KKK Kookout
Delaney Collier, Writer
October 31, 2018
Filed under News
An organization called the Ku Klux Klan (the KKK) has cast a menacing shadow over the United States since December of 1854. The forming of the group was stimulated by the loss of the Civil War the South suffered. It was created by six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee. Following the Ci...
Leaving a Legacy
Delaney Collier, Macie Crawmer, Writers
October 30, 2018
Filed under News, Showcase, Student Life
Those who knew Mr. Hawkins remember him as a man who always wore a smile, was patient, understanding, and inclusive of all people.
Popping Pipes
Becca Clark, Writer
October 25, 2018
Filed under News
It’s a normal day, spending the time outside with friends and family. The day is good, an enjoyably lazy afternoon. However, as you and your family are walking the roads next to what is normally a peaceful river, you’re hit by an awful smell. This is a reality for you right now, a regular and ex...
Goodbye Quizlet?
Hannah Johnson, Writer
October 25, 2018
Filed under News, Showcase, Student Life
Many students rely on Quizlet for studying needs, but what would happen if they couldn’t? Word has been going around the school that Quizlet will supposedly be blocked because of cheating. There has been no official evidence of this, but students have been talking about the agony of having to go back ...
When The Unexpected Happens
Annie Sichting, Writer
October 3, 2018
In life, anything could happen, good or bad. Julie Presley knew from the beginning that life wasn’t going to be easy, but she knew she would be strong enough to go through anything, no matter how terrible the situation. May 25, 2018 may have just been a normal day for most people, but on that day ...
Jacksonville Shooting
Sophia Jackson and Becca Clark
September 25, 2018
Filed under News
Video games: A lovely escape, until that escape becomes a nightmare. For participants of the Madden 19 Tournament, a day of fun virtual competition became just that when David Katz, a 24-year-old native of Baltimore, Maryland, opened fire on participants of the tournament. According to a CNN article ...
The Bloody Virus
Becca Clark, Writer
September 21, 2018
Filed under News
Back in 2014, Africa suffered one of their worst ebola outbreaks ever. Now, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s happening again. Ebola, also known as hemorrhagic fever, is a virus characterized by a fever, headache, muscle pains, chills, and internal bleeding which leads to vomiting or coug...
The Queen of Soul
Dylan Archer, Writer
September 6, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, News
“In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart. We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds,” Franklin’s family said. The g...
Take Your Shots!
Becca Clark, Writer
May 15, 2018
You’re sitting in the doctor’s office, and your knees are shaking against each other as you anxiously await the contact of the sharp needle against your flesh. Needles are most certainly not your thing, but the school requires you be vaccinated. Keeping your head turned away so as not to spot the drea...
The New Space Race
Becca Clark, Writer
May 15, 2018
Filed under News
Space, The Final Frontier. Where no man has gone before. These are not just the introductions to the long-running Star Trek franchise, they are also a universal truth. Even now, when man has walked on the moon and satellites have orbited planets as far as Jupiter and Saturn, man has not truly been in ...
The Quiverfull Movement : The Scary Truth
Sophia Jackson, Writer
May 15, 2018
Filed under News, Uncategorized
Imagine a world where your home and your church are all you know. You have very little interaction, if any, with the outside world. You are not allowed to know much about it either. You are only taught what your parents, or rather your father, wants you to know. The room is always crowded due to the...
Letters of War
Sophia Jackson and Becca Clark
May 15, 2018
Filed under News
American Women, In 1990, your military became an active option for you. While your men fought battle after battle, war after war, you had to sit home during each of these and wait. Some jobs opened in due time, like working as a Marine or as part of the Air Force, but the military overall remaine...
Styel Mechling and Makayla Capilla
December 10, 2018 • No Comments
Sports, tests, friends, family, multiple hours of homework, and even outside-of-school work are all factors in making a high school student tense. Sometimes it can feel as...
Makayla Capilla, Writer
December 10, 2018 • No Comments
Most kids and teenagers nowadays can’t remember a time without having a cell phone. They are in our hands almost every moment of every day. If they aren’t in our hands,...
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Alexa Shrake, Writer
December 7, 2018 • No Comments
It would seem strange that Americans choose to represent themselves as a wild animal to describe their political beliefs, but they have for centuries. A donkey is used to...
Macey Staley, Writer
November 14, 2018 • No Comments
As Artesians, we take pride in our school spirit and aim to exemplify our good character both in and out of school. As many of us know, overall school attitude and behavior...
Makayla Capilla, Writer
October 31, 2018 • No Comments
A recent trend across the United States and other parts of the world has put a ban on plastic straws. This is a part of a bigger trend, though. The world is progressively...
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