While America boasts itself as the home of a free and working democracy, voter turnout rates of late tell a contradictory story. In the 2008 general election, merely 44 percent of 18 through 25 year-olds voted in the intense presidential race widely considered of historical importance. State and local elections closer to home garner even less participation. But with local […]
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Read moreJanica Kaneshiro | Staff Writer I’m tired of being told what I can’t do. Ever reminisce about the toddler days when great-aunt Sue asked you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I do. I answered in a variety of ways of course, like all young kids, from “I want to be President” to “I want to […]
Read moreThere’s a list of things a student can do after receiving that sought-after high school diploma: attend a four-year college, a technical school or enter the job market. Sometimes the military is not even considered.
Read moreIncrease of Subways will not affect eating habits Even though Subway has passed McDonalds in chains worldwide, I don’t think that this will affect how people eat. Just because there are more Subways doesn’t mean that people will choose to go to them. …It will take a lot more Subways’ advertising to change people’s minds about where they eat. -Ben […]
Read moreThom Carter | Staff Writer If you’ve ever been to TMZ.com, and I honestly hope you haven’t, you’re probably accustomed to the constant stream of repetitive celebrity news gossip. Much of it can be boiled down to useless babbling by so-called journalists who rely on tips from outside sources in order to report news that can be called “relevant.” This […]
Read moreJanie Simonton | Staff Writer Ahh, here we stand. I know in the rest of my senior-related columns, I’ve repeatedly said that we’re on the brink of the rest of our lives, ready to reach out and relish the world. But now, we really are. Graduation is nine days from today, and college a few short months after that. There’s […]
Read moreJulia Halpin | Staff Writer “What did you get on your ACT?” “Did you see those pictures on Facebook from last weekend?” “Can you believe they broke up?” To all of the gossipers, Facebook stalkers, girly cliques and cocky guys, I just have one small request. Stop. Stop thinking that every second spent in the classrooms, fields or cafeterias of […]
Read moreShould public input regarding a new superintendent be considered as much as the school board’s opinion? Nazz Brandon, junior “Regardless of how much we want to say that the people matter, a lot of people don’t even know what’s going on half the time when they’re making their decision. [Like] when we vote, [we] don’t really [know] what’s on the […]
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