Power in Numbers
May 3, 2013 • Aarika Novelli
People are always trying to tell you that there’s power in numbers. They try to say that “teamwork is dream work” and “there’s no ‘I’ in team” and all other heinous lies to get you emotionally prepared for what’s to come. I learned the hard truth about what really happens in groups... Read more »
Equality for all
April 12, 2013 • Alyssa Garrett
Gay marriage should be legalized Gay rights for men and women is a big topic and discussion in the news today. Millions of Facebook users changed their profile picture of to a red equal sign to protest the laws against gay marriage. The image, replacing profile pictures on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,... Read more »
Disrespectful children
April 4, 2013 • Alyssa Garrett
Parents become their children’s friends instead of discipline In this day and age parents are becoming their children’s friends rather than being their parents. Parents are allowing their children to speak to them any way they would like; it’s like how they talk to their friends without any... Read more »
Empathy Elizabeth
March 28, 2013 • Liz Abrams
How I spent time as a pregnant teenager According to Dosomething.org, around 750,000 teenagers end up pregnant every year. That is three out of every 10 teens. If you take 10 girls: the valedictorian, the dancer, the cheerleader, the nerd, the hick, the harlot, the preppy, the popular, the athletic and... Read more »
Transportation Security Administration cuts down the ban on knives
March 28, 2013 • Matt Milton
A bomb is something to worry about when flying, but is a smaller weapon such as a pocket knife something to be so concerned about? According to CNN, the Transportation Security Administration is telling their screeners to stop confiscating small knives and start focusing on the real threats such as guns... Read more »
Six is the new 18
March 22, 2013 • Marah Townzen
Children are being exposed to mature content more frequently through cartoons, shows A simple click of the remote turns on the TV, and a logo flashes “Cartoon Network.” Many childhood memories are filled with lazy days watching cartoons and kids’ shows. But maybe the appropriateness of these shows... Read more »
Waging America’s workers
February 25, 2013 • Matt Milton
President Barack Obama proposes to raise minimum wage During the State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama announced that he proposes to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour. Obama predicts that by tying minimum wage to inflation, it too should also rise along with the... Read more »
Time of your life
February 19, 2013 • Matthew Milton
Curfew times unknown to teenagers Curfew in the city of Wylie causes confusion amongst teenagers and parents. From a teenage perspective we do not know when we can stay out in public with our friends without getting in trouble. Parents try to keep their children out of trouble and they can’t do that... Read more »
From one Raider to another
February 18, 2013 • Nikki Culver, Contributor
With graduation coming up, there are a lot of things that seniors should be thinking about. College is one of them. By this time, most people know where they’re going to be attending school in the fall, but what do you do when you get there? Here are a few tips I’ve picked up during my first year... Read more »
Cashin’ out on a concert
February 15, 2013 • Alyssa Garrett
Maybe it’s not my weekend, but it’s going to be my year… Concerts ticket expenses can add up when more than one band comes to town in the same month. All Time Low on the second, South by So What on the twenty-fifth, and every other artist coming to town, who has money to buy tickets for even... Read more »