By Avery Friedt Media is fantastic. TV, magazines, and social networks all help keep us connected and informed. Unfortunately, the media has reached a whole new level, a level that is causing more harm than good. It is giving young girls a false perception of what they have to look like to be considered “beautiful”. Beauty has become unachievable. When I open up a magazine, … Continue reading Media’s Influence Continues to Weigh on Females

By Katelyn Wachendorf Electronics and social media are rapidly becoming a large part of our lives. People walk around accompanied by countless “buzzes” from every kind of notification from a text message to a recent Facebook update. Most heads in coffee shops are no longer tucked into books, but into laptops, iPads, smart phones, kindles, or any other kind of electronic device. Let’s not forget … Continue reading Mixing Mobiles, Media, and Relationships

By Gerry Zhu Drivers everywhere should have had at least once in their long driving careers experience the pain of merging into a lane when the roads are congested. You know what this is: where your lane is going to end and there is this adorable sign that is foretelling your fate as you check the exceptionally long line of cars in the lane you … Continue reading Reconsidering Late Mergers, or How the Zipper Rule Can Save the World

By Jacob Knutson Move over Neil Armstrong and the Lunar Landing, because the next ground breaking, history-changing human accomplishment has arrived: Dewitos, the liquidation of the beloved Doritos. I’ve heard many people enjoy Mountain Dew and Doritos together, when they play video games I’m guessing. Now Pepsi-Co and Frito-Lay have heard this too, and with the help of tools leftover from the Manhattan Project, they … Continue reading American Ingenuity Reaches New Lows with the Dewito

By Katelyn Wachendorf I remember when having school spirit was cool and people that didn’t dress up were in the minority. Back when I was in middle school at South, EVERYONE dressed up. Anything people could get their hands on that was black or red they wore: both guys and girls in red leggings, face and hair paint, jerseys, and more. Katie F. wore a … Continue reading A Homecoming Reflection: Why Don’t More People Dress Up?

Editor’s note: On a recent day Mr. Hagen’s classes took a break from their window-less classroom and ventured to the courtyard to write. This article emerged from the experience. By Sage Preble Feet beat down on stone steps, taking an irregular rhythm. Cafeteria goers stop their socializing to watch the spectacle of our descent, a reflection of their boredom. We’re on our way outside, into … Continue reading A Student Journeys to the Courtyard and Finds an Oasis

By Aaron Thies Baby birds don’t spend their time worrying about whether or not they can learn how to fly. When the time comes to leave the nest, these birds trust that they have acquired the knowledge how to take flight. As a senior, this is my last year being fully dependent on others, and I, unlike the bird, catch myself worrying about my ability … Continue reading A Senior Reflects on Leaving the Nest

By Bailey Morgan There is this song I love to think about in the moments of inner stillness I sometimes get, when there’s  three seconds of peace to be found and you snatch it up quickly before it fades back into the speed and chaos that’s so prevalent today. Think Indiana Jones in the beginning of The Lost Ark, that fleeting moment of relief that … Continue reading In Praise of Yin and All Things Negative