Buy Away Your Fears
9/16/13 SAFETY: Hardwire Armor Systems creates inessential bulletproof whiteboards, backpacks and jackets in response to shootings in American public schools. By Valeria Gutierrez, Staff Writer Schools around the country are…
Battling Bullies
BULLYING: A texting service connecting students and their school has the potential to stop bullying. By Amy Wang, Staff Writer A new texting service will allow students from grades K-12…
Okay, But Only Once a Year
CROSSDRESSING: An elementary school’s crossdressing day has sparked angry comments from parents but seems more nonsensical than righteously outrageous. By Isabel De La Garza, Senior Writer “Switch It Up Day,”…
SAT Stress
TESTING: The May SAT test was cancelled nationwide in South Korea, leaving more than a thousand students who hope to attend American colleges scrambling. By Isabel De La Garza, Senior…
Yahoo Buys Tumblr
BLOGGING: Much to the displeasure of many Tumblr users, owner and CEO David Karp sold the site to Yahoo for $1.1 billion in order to finance more improvements. By Isabel…
But Wait! If you pay 2,000 More We’ll Give You a Master’s!
EDUCATION: Texas Governor Rick Perry’s plan to overhaul the state’s public higher education system will do nothing more than turn education into a business and source of profit for the…
The Face Behind the Gun
GUNS: Background checks will help prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. By Amy Wang, Staff Writer The verdict is in and it seems…
Hitting the Standards
TESTS: Standardized tests are necessary to grade students on an equal level. By Amy Wang, Staff Writer The sun is coming out of hiding. The flowers are blooming. The days…
Taking Teachers Out of the Grading Process
GRADING: Computer essay grading is not truly that effective. By Kate Doak, Staff Writer Most students have complained about a grade received on an essay and demanded an explanation from…
It’s AIDS… or not?
MEDICINE: The causes regarding the recent deaths due to meningococcal infection are increasingly cloudy, but at least prevention is being advocated. By Isabel De La Garza, Senior Writer The recent…