Body Shaming Breaks Hearts
Lauren Martin, Reporter
May 12, 2017
Filed under Feature Page, On Your Mind, Recent Stories, Top Stories
As the days pass, it seems that more people are being shamed for their size, genetic or not. Self-esteem is something that a lot of women struggle to obtain in general, but in recent years, it seems that society has failed to realize the actual insecurities that women hold. “Today, girls are c...
School Funding
May 11, 2017
Filed under Feature Page, Recent Stories, Student Musings, Top Stories
There are different educational policies for each district in every state. Certain education policies make funding difficult for schools. There have been problems with the funding for Chicago Public Schools; in fact, Chicago Public Schools and the rest of Illinois have the biggest funding gap in the ...
Antisocial Culture
Angela coppola, Reporter
May 9, 2017
Filed under Blogs, Feature Page, News, Recent Stories, Reviews/Opinions, Student Musings
There are about seven billion people living on the Earth. Now, take a moment and think about all the people you know or even the people you see around. Have you ever stopped to make conversation with them or compliment them randomly? I do, and I do it because I value meeting new people and having genuine c...
Safety First
Angela Coppola, Reporter
May 1, 2017
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Summer is just around the corner, and everyone is daydreaming to be poolside or beach side, but we can't forget the dangers of too much sun exposure. After the long winter and fall season, everyone just wants to feel the warm rays on their skin, but we must take precautions. Most of the time, we get to the pool and bea...
The Heart Of A Corporation
Meghan Pennington, Reporter
April 24, 2017
Filed under Feature Page, Recent Stories
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are three inalienable rights that the United States government is sworn to protect. These rights, originally intended to protect the individual, are slowly being extended to include corporations. “[Giving them rights] is reasonable, but, at the same time, it...
Insensitive or Overlysensitive
Taylor Thornton, Reporter
April 17, 2017
Filed under Feature Page, News, On Your Mind, Recent Stories, Top Stories
Today and throughout history, you could be separated by the color of your skin, how much money you have, how smart you are, or how talented you are. The ways people were separated in the past has an impact on the way we live today. Today’s society awards and compliments everyone as a whole, instead of...
Color Blind
Angela Coppola, Reporter
March 29, 2017
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Take a moment to think about your friends and family. You love them unconditionally, despite their looks, pigmentation of skin, and ethnicity. Imagine if every person had that same love for one another. Our earth would not be just a place we inhabit, but it would become a home for mankind : a home wit...
Bad Times in Brazil
Robin Conner, Reporter
March 13, 2017
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While America is busy with our new President, it is easy to forget that the rest of the world is experiencing their own problems. More specifically, Brazil. This country received a lot of spotlight and tourism for the 2016 Rio Olympics, but now the country is in turmoil. North of Rio is the state of Es...
In Our Image
Meghan Pennington, Reporter
March 9, 2017
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Throughout 2017, the London Science Museum will be having an exhibit on the 500 year history of robots and why they were created. The idea of super-intelligent robots has enthralled, and often unsettled, people for generations. People are simultaneously fascinated by and fearful of the machines we att...
The Gilded Race
Graeme Hanson, Reporter
March 8, 2017
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Every year, around February, a special day, swathed in red, arrives so people can express their affection and appreciation with expensive gifts and public proclamations of gratitude. The day, of course, is the Academy Awards, where this love of films is expressed through the Oscar. “The Oscars are i...
Are Books Necessary…And Other Tales
Graeme Hanson, Reporter
February 27, 2017
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Language is, in of itself, the greatest human invention, always innovating and updating to the changing times. Regardless of these innovations, though, language can be preserved and understood across all of time. This preservation, unlike most inventions, does not take place in a museum; it takes pla...
Breaking the Finsta’s Enigma
Angela Coppola, Reporter
February 14, 2017
Filed under News, Recent Stories
Some of 2016 trends were Pokemon Go and the 100 layer challenge. Looking back on those trends most people may think, “Wow that was stupid why did we even do that?", but that's probably the best type of trend, something to laugh about later on down the road. Along with a new year comes new trends, an...
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