School considers laptop options
December 16, 2010 • Kendall Kandt, Online Reporter
Filed under News, Top Stories
While most of us are looking forward to the winter break, the USD 489 Board of Education is looking for what we will need next year. Due to our current lease with Dell for the Latitude D520 Laptops ending at the end of this year, the USD 489 Technology Committee has begun the search for new laptops. “We... Read more »
Sleep deprivation harmful to teens, but fixable
December 16, 2010 • Kylee Filley, Staff Reporter
Filed under Feature
It’s now 1 a.m. and there are still five more pages of math to do. Instead of listening to the body pleading for sleep, the pencil keeps writing. Semester tests are closer than ever, and for some students that means giving up sleep. “On a daily basis, I would say I stay up until midnight just... Read more »
‘Not A Fun Time’
December 16, 2010 • Katie Krug, Staff Reporter
Filed under Feature
The recession started in 2008 but its lasting effects are felt to this very day. To some students the effects have been very mild. Most students say that it hasn’t even really affected them. While many towns and cities are reeling from the aftershocks, Hays seems to be spared from the worst. “The... Read more »
Teens: the dumber generation?
December 16, 2010 • Erica Staab, A&E Editor
Filed under A&E
“When I was your age, I walked two miles in the snow, uphill, both ways to get to school.” Every generation seems to think they had it so much tougher than the ones to follow. Parents and grandparents seem to look down upon this generation of kids. Elders say they are lazy, they don’t know how... Read more »
Demands keep teens stressed
December 16, 2010 • Erica Staab, A&E Editor
Filed under Opinion
As students, we have many things on our plates. School is the main dish, all the classes jumbled together taking up the majority of our time. Then there are the side dishes, consisting of work, youth groups, sports and clubs. These take up any extra time we have not spent doing homework. And that small... Read more »
Indians place seventh at Colby Invitational
December 16, 2010 • Jordan Dietze, Staff Reporter
Filed under Sports
On Friday and Saturday, the Indians finished seventh out of the 18 teams competing. Garden City finished second with Hoxie coming in at third. The Indians beat Scott City 47-24, defeated Goodland 40-20, and trampled over St. Francis 64-18. The Indians lost to both Hutchinson 37-27 and Hoxie 48-27. The... Read more »
Cheering without pom-poms
December 16, 2010 • Kellen Griffin, Staff Reporter
Filed under Sports
The crowd becomes quiet as the opposing team prepares to shoot a free throw. The player starts his shooting motion when three or four students start to scream and make crazy noises. His shot misses. This is one of many things that students do at basketball games to try and help the basketball team to... Read more »
Junior year ‘a challenge’ for students
December 16, 2010 • Jackie Balzer, Online Editor
Filed under Feature
It’s the year that is heard about from the start of being a freshman. It’s the year that everyone dreads, the hardest year, the one that causes teenagers to give up their social lives. It’s junior year. For whatever reason, this year seems to be the hardest out of the high school years. Some students... Read more »
Intramurals moving in fast
December 16, 2010 • Bonnie McRae, Staff Reporter
Filed under Top Stories
The kid pump fakes and passes to Kobe on the wing. He dribbles and looks for the shot. A pass back to Jones. The clock winds down, he shoots. THE BASKET IS COMPLETE. THE YELLOW TEAM WINS. AND THE CROWD GOES WILD…or at least in your head they do. Intramural season begins Dec. 17 and the anticipation... Read more »
Moderation the way to go
December 16, 2010 • Bonnie McRae, Staff Reporter
Filed under Opinion
The amount of food that we intake both in and out of our homes has increased rapidly. Although most people assume the more the better, that may not be the case. As the years have gone by, hamburgers, sandwiches, and steaks have ballooned in size. Michelle Obama has been working hard to get Americans... Read more »
Loading ...
