Journalists advocate against censorship
Rebecca Covington, Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2019
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
To raise awareness of the censorship student journalists face and to advocate for the "New Voices Act" legislation, today is Student Press Freedom Day. In the New Voices Act, school administrations would be prohibited from blocking or censoring student journalists in high schools and colleges. Thi...
Future of press endangered by youth apathy
Rebecca Covington, Editor-in-Chief
December 19, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
Technology and the internet are more accessible to a larger population than ever before. However, Generation Z, raised almost completely on technology, currently earns itself the title as the generation most uninterested and apathetic towards news. It is essential that students start paying attention...
Decisions, decisions, decisions
November 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
For starters, Laney knew nothing and I was wearing a crop top. With a Halloween party on my mind, and Laney’s incisive voice rambling about a school project, anyone could tell we clearly weren't ready to vote. BUT there was a column due by the end of the week. So nevertheless, we voted. It w...
Texas’s low pay unfair to public
Laney Rendon, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
A common rite of passage for high school students is to get a job. It is hard to find someone who doesn’t know someone who is employed. Whether a student works part time, or manages to work nearly full time if they are in co-op, a class designated for teenagers in school to gain access to leave early t...
Does daylight saving save time?
Taralynn Gates, Staff Writer
November 2, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
As people prepare to turn their clocks back an hour on Nov 4, the argument of whether daylight saving time should continue arises. Daylight saving in the United States dates back to 1918, and the nation continues to jump forward each March and fall back each November by an hour. Daylight savings is ...
Teen drinking and its consequences
Rebecca Covington, Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
I am 17 years old. The majority of my classmates, the class of 2019, are also 17 years old. Constantly, we are told how much our actions define us, and how our actions will continue to follow us, especially in the age of social media. Brett Kavanaugh was 17 years old when he allegedly committed mul...
Fall season spicing things up
Leslie Juarez, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
Autumn officially began on Sept. 22 and only after a few short weeks after, there have already been several noticeable changes. Whether it is the fallen leaves, the pumpkin spice flavoring in almost every sweet dessert or maybe even the shift in the weather, students are in shock. "My favorite part...
Which sign is right?
Kylee Bridges, Staff Writer
September 25, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
Games in Ranger Stadium have one thing in common: students holding their "guns up," waving their school pride in the air as the school song plays. However, some students hold one finger up and other students hold two fingers up. This might be because at feeder middle school Spring Branch, the school...
From pot roast to skillet queso
Laney Rendon, News Editor
May 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
New flavors of chips are the new wave. Coffee, bacon and milk chocolate don’t sound like your average "Lay's" flavor, yet they still hit the market. H-E-B recently came out with three new flavors, letting their employees roam the store and hand samples out to customers just trying to buy some brea...
News editor remembers dog
Laney Rendon, News Editor
May 10, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial, Showcase
We used to have a dog. Tootsie was black, about the size of a of a lab - she was probably half lab, I don’t really remember - and she had pointy ears and a purple tongue. She looked a lot like my neighbor’s dog, Tokyo. The fact that their names were rare for dogs and both began with a T entertained...
Online user, beware
Rebecca Covington, Opinion Editor
April 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
Data breaches seem to dominate the media, with new websites losing customer and user information everyday because of hackers. The age of putting personal information, such as social Security numbers and credit card information online, which means putting trust into websites to protect data. In recent ...
Tragic anniversaries
Leslie Juarez, Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
They call it "America The Beautiful." That does not mean it is perfect. On April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colo., two teens began shooting inside Columbine High School, killing 13 people and wounding 20 more. At the time, it was the worst shooting in U.S. history. On Feb. 14, another massive shooti...
Staff Writer
Hi, my name is Chloe. I am a sophomore this year, and it is my first year on the media team. I enjoy debate, writing and anything related to psychology. I hope to put out stories everyone at this school...