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 »