Local band releases demo, dreams of making it big

October 18, 2010 • Lexi Pfannenstiel, Staff Reporter  
Filed under A&E

Taking advantage of any show it can play, this one-year-old pop punk/alternative band has performed over 18 shows hoping to rise to fame. Brown Bag Special is a three-man band consisting of a lead guitarist and backup singer Mason Ruder; lead singer Blake Ruder; and drummer Braden Dreiling. Blake is... Read more »

Cross Country at Rimrock

October 18, 2010 • Kylee Filley, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Sports

Varsity boys cross country had one medalist at Rimrock.  Senior Seth Tophoj finished fifth out of 260 runners.  Tophoj’s time was 16:47. The rest of the boys running for varsity were seniors Eli Fort (18:03) and Danny Mulkey (20:23), junior Dallas Kaiser (18:55), sophomores Joshua Brungardt (19:37)... Read more »

Student shares school differences

October 18, 2010 • Jackie Balzer, Online Editor  
Filed under Feature

Some students think that the detentions given by teachers for being tardy or the zero in the grade book for not having homework done are strict punishments. Junior Maryam Ogunbiyi would probably think that our discipline actions are fairly easy when compared to her native Nigeria. “If you were late... Read more »

Cross Country at Junction City

October 18, 2010 • Kylee Filley, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Sports

Senior Seth Tophoj finished in third with a time of 16:55 leading the varsity boys to a sixth place finish at Junction City. Seniors Eli Fort (17:56) and Danny Mulkey (21:00), junior Dallas Kaiser (18:30), and sophomores Joshua Brungardt (19:15), Alec Webb (19:16), and Blake Mathews (19:17) also ran... Read more »

Students Need to Take Politics Seriously

October 18, 2010 • Katie Krug, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Opinion

With school, sports and work, teens today have little time to pay attention to national politics. That is a major problem when we become tomorrow’s leaders. So many things are changing in Washington D.C. Teens shouldn’t ignore what’s really going on.  Whether teens favor Republicans or Democrats... Read more »

Halo Reach: the new must-have

October 18, 2010 • Kellen Griffin, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Feature, Top Stories

The new video game to the Halo series, “Halo: Reach,” just came out last month and is hoping to beat the “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” video game in sales. “I think Halo: Reach is one of the best games out there because I mean come on,” sophomore Blake Mathews said. “Who does not like... Read more »

How old is too old for candy?

October 18, 2010 • Anna Shippy, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Feature

It’s almost that time of year again.  The weather is cooling off, there’s a smiling jack-o-lantern on every front porch in town, and kids are deciding who or what to dress up as this year for Halloween. Among all of the chatter, you realize you haven’t even decided what you want to be yet, and... Read more »

Text language seeps into some English papers

October 18, 2010 • Anna Shippy, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Feature

It’s something almost all teenagers do, and it’s starting to affect their high school careers. In the world of texting, nobody actually spells out full words—that’s just the way it is.  And now students and teachers everywhere are starting to notice writing and grammar mistakes made as a result... Read more »

Weird sports rules cause clothing controversy

October 18, 2010 • Kylee Filley, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Sports

When looking at all the rules a sport may have, someone may find something just a bit odd. According to the rules and regulations of all sports, no metal is allowed on the athlete, but what about the metal spikes worn in cross country or the pins worn with numbers for track?  Those are allowed, but... Read more »

Teenage Mother: ‘Be smart. Use your head.’

October 18, 2010 • Kylee Filley, Staff Reporter  
Filed under Feature

It seems all the talk lately is “Did you watch ‘Teen Mom’ last night?” or “Do you like the new girl on‘16 and Pregnant’?” With all the sensationalism over teen pregnancy, why do people keep asking how more and more teens are getting pregnant? Looking at the little outfits or shoes they... Read more »