You don’t need to know my body count
Courtney Krebs, Writer
March 3, 2020
Let me paint you a picture. It's the Monday after a school dance and everyone is sharing their weekend adventures at the lunch table. You’re a girl. Your friend leans in and whispers about how that girl sitting one table over hooked up with two different guys in one night. Wait, maybe three. Oh ye...
The necessity of Personal Finance
Lauren Kline, Photographer
February 13, 2020
If you have ever spoken to a high school student, you have assuredly heard the common complaint of not learning anything useful in school. What you may not know is that most schools, including Blue Valley, offer a class teaching high school students necessary things in order to succeed in life. One o...
The case for impeachment
Jack Bensing, Writer
January 22, 2020
Politicians have riled up the country for months with cases for and against the impeachment of President Trump. If one unbiasedly looks at the evidence and the facts, the case for both articles of impeachment is a lot more compelling than the opposition’s premise. The Democrats in the House of Representative...
With rise in external pressure on teens, more emphasis should be on own internal well-being
Grace Miller, Writer
January 20, 2020
As a junior in high school, I often hear my fellow students reminisce about the good old days when they were children and didn’t have to deal with the grind of a young adult reality. As kids, their time after school consisted of carefree play, and they slept their nights away without a second thought. ...
Ivy leagues are overhyped
Emma Johnson, Managing Editor
January 15, 2020
Ivy League fever has swept the nation with these schools reaching a record number of applications and the lowest acceptance rates in their histories. This leaves people to go to extremes to get in. For one family, that was paying $1.2 million in order to make their daughter a fake athletic profile so she ...
Teen’s latest obsession: themselves
Bella Rinne, Opinions Editor
November 11, 2019
In a world of selfies and Tik Tok fame at one’s fingertips, it’s no surprise that the ever-growing presence of social media has contributed to the impression that teens are more narcissistic than ever. Think about the last time you went through your Instagram feed or For You page: how often d...
Why So Silent?
Raabia Qureshi, Writer
November 7, 2019
A few weeks ago, Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner called it quits--and now that I’ve grabbed your attention, there are much more pressing matters to discuss. Almost 80 years ago, the world said “Never again” after witnessing one of the most horrendous periods of time: the Holocaust. Today, that...
The balancing act
Katie Rodriguez, Writer
February 6, 2019
Some high school students seem to be capable of doing it all. They’re constantly locked in a balancing act, filling their schedules to the absolute brim with athletics, extracurriculars, advanced classes, insane loads of homework and endless hours of community service. On the surface, you see lot...
The extrovert expectation
Raabia Qureshi, Staff writer
February 4, 2019
In the past, I’ve struggled with determining where I lie on the scale of introversion. Although I enjoy talking to people, I find it exhausting and sometimes meaningless to make shallow small talk with others. After hours of spending time and going out with people, the desire to go home, rec...
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