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DACA Dillema

DACA Dillema

Andrea Rahman, Writer September 27, 2017

In 2012, President Obama implemented a program entitled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This made it so that children brought here by illegal immigrants would be allowed to stay in the...

Artie Hour

Artie Hour

Lydia Rector, Writer September 6, 2017

  With the 2017-2018 school year comes a number of changes for both students and faculty. One of the biggest changes for Martinsville High School is the lunch schedule. Instead of the ABC lunch...

Charlottesville, Virginia Hate Crime

Charlottesville, Virginia Hate Crime

Ally Staley, Online Editor August 12, 2017

Recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have sparked many questions and concerns regarding racism and white nationalism throughout the country. On Saturday, August 12th, this southern college town...

States Rights Regarding Marijuana

States’ Rights Regarding Marijuana

Marija Rakovic, Writer April 20, 2017

As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis proclaimed, "It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel...

Budget Cuts for the 2018-2019 School Year

Budget Cuts for the 2018-2019 School Year

Hannah Traylor-Doyle, Writer April 12, 2017

  The M.S.D. of Martinsville has recently announced that it will be making a $1.6 million budget cut for the 2018-2019 school year. When it comes to money, often times people do not understand...

Democracy: A Foreign Concept

Democracy: A Foreign Concept

Marija Rakovic, Writer April 12, 2017

Democracy - one of the words most foreigners associate with America, or the ideal of America. The United States had gained much acclaim by proclaiming freedom, not only in the historical sense of declaring...

Extra! Extra! This is Fake!

Extra! Extra! This is Fake!

Marija Rakovic, Writer March 24, 2017

To illustrate the amount of attention this topic has been receiving lately, you merely need to look at the word the Oxford Dictionaries selected as the word of the year: post truth – an adjective defined...

Growing Up With Depression

Growing Up With Depression

March 13, 2017

Mental illness is a terrible, terrible thing. It has countless beginnings but no ending. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for about seven years. I was eleven years old when I felt a storm brewing...

Are Consoles Dying?

Are Consoles Dying?

Gary Baker, Editor March 1, 2017

Gaming has changed throughout its history. It’s no longer just a bunch of token machines found in an arcade or a few pixels moving around the screen. It has evolved over time, and a big shift has been...

Smartphone: Dumb Move

Smartphone: Dumb Move

Kiki Chandler, Writer March 1, 2017

We see it every day. We witness our peers walking down the hallway staring at their phone screens, avoiding conversations. We can see moms standing in line at the supermarket scrolling through online coupons...

Origin of Spring Break

Origin of Spring Break

Jianni Adams, Writer February 27, 2017

Whether you plan to hit the beach or hit the couch, we all look forward to a relaxing week in the sun. So close to the end of the year, students all over the nation take part in this celebratory week....

The Final Stretch

The Final Stretch

Jianni Adams, Writer February 17, 2017

As the class of 2017 approaches their final trimester, emotions are flying high. Some students stroll down memory lane with their friends and put on nostalgic songs as they see the their youth fleeting,...

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