New students face trials, tribulations
August 27, 2009
Filed under News
The first bell rings. As you make your way to room 201, you feel your palms start to sweat. Suddenly, your hair is way too frizzy and you have no idea what you were thinking when you put on that yellow shirt this morning. You open the door. Feeling 21 pairs of eyes on you, your heart starts to... Read more »
Guidon earns top honor
August 27, 2009
Filed under News
For the first time in school history, the Guidon earned an All-Kansas Award for Excellence in Newspaper and Journalism from the Kansas Scholastic Press Association. The honor was bestowed upon the Guidon last spring. Out of the five categories – Design, Visuals, Coverage, Leadership and Writing... Read more »
Donating blood a privilege
August 27, 2009
Filed under Opinion
Last spring, I had the privilege to donate blood for the first time. I say “privilege” because it’s not every day that someone gets to save three lives for the small price of a prick in the arm and maybe a little wooziness after the fact. Typically it takes a little more effort to make that kind... Read more »
Six Way To Relieve Stress
August 27, 2009
Filed under A&E
Silly Putty – Silly Putty is not just for kids. Rolling it around can provide a physical outlet for pent up physiological symptoms. Shaping it, mashing it, rolling it flat or simply rolling it into a ball and squeezing it can provide the fidgeting mind with focus, relieve an accelerated heart rate... Read more »
Internet filters prompt discussion
August 27, 2009
Filed under News
by Michael Raven As you watch the clock tick into the early hours of the morning, you decide that it’s finally time to shut down the computer and log off Facebook for the night. You close your internet, but not without first saving your tabs. The next morning at school you realize that you need to... Read more »
Young Life bumps into your schedule
August 28, 2009
Filed under News
The typical “I hate Mondays” motto from Garfield no longer applies to Hays High students. Last Monday night 36 students and the seven college leaders met at Sonic to start off Young Life with a few games of volleyball and dodge ball. Unlike any other youth group, Young Life turns a student’s boring,... Read more »
"Looking for Alaska" Book Review
August 28, 2009
Filed under Movie/Book Reviews
“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?” –Simon Bolivar’s last words. This infamous question is asked many times throughout “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green . Miles Halter is obsessed with famous last words. Miles and his friends, Alaska and the Colonel, go to seek the great perhaps... Read more »
Home Remedy Health Tips
August 28, 2009
Filed under Random
Has bad breath got you down? Do you wish those hiccups would go away? Or maybe that headache is causing you stress. Worry no longer, because over hundreds of home remedies from GrannyMed.com are there to help cure whatever your problem may be. Here are some ways that you can take care of that issue,... Read more »
Important dates for seniors
August 28, 2009
Filed under News
Getting ready for college? Well here are some dates to mark on your calendars. Dane Hansen Scholarships for College Bound Deadline – Sept. 2 Test date – Sept. 17 Dane Hansen Scholarships for Vocational Education Deadline – Nov. 2 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award Deadline – Oct. 1 (Grades... Read more »
KATZE to create awareness through music, art
August 28, 2009
Filed under News
Music, art and festivities all in the name of cats. On Aug. 29th at, Northern Frontier Park, will be KATZE: a music and art festival and fundraiser to help trap, neuter, and return a portion of the stray cats around the FHSU campus. “I have heard and seen some of the horrible things that happen to... Read more »
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