Don’t Tread on Me — Individual liberty should be supreme

April 27, 2010 • Robb Lindsey, Section Editor  
Filed under Opinion

Tuxedo: $119. Limo down payment: $160. Prom getting canceled by a Mississippi school’s inability to accept the existence of a lesbian couple: pricey. How so? In the case of Constance McMillen – the now famous openly gay teenager who attempted to persuade Itawamba County Agricultural High School administration... Read more »

Price Check at Theater Seven: Movie prices climb

March 10, 2010 • Michelle Brox, Reporter  
Filed under Opinion

While standing in line at Palazzo, you see teenagers flirting while waiting for their movie and little children waiting for the new “Harry Potter” in 3D. There’s a family of five purchasing tickets, and the expression painted on each one of their faces is full of excitement, imagining what Voldemort... Read more »

‘The Bachelor’: Will Work for Love

March 10, 2010 • Kara David, Reporter  
Filed under Opinion

“The Bachelor” is ABC’s form of therapy. Without this popular reality show, many Americans would not get to be an outside observer of a struggling couple and what it takes to make a relationship work. Since first airing in 2002, “The Bachelor” has received criticism for its lack of success,... Read more »

Battling for Acceptance: Bisexuals face challenges

March 10, 2010 • Kirsten Selstad, Reporter  
Filed under Opinion

HIV, “Hair,” and homosexuality were the struggles of our parents. Many people of their generation grew up terrified and prejudiced of alternative lifestyles, frightened that even a breath from an AIDS-afflicted patient could kill their children, convinced that such a sickness was a righteous punishment... Read more »

The Atlas Generation: Teens put their spin on the future

January 21, 2010 • Robb Lindsey, Section Editor  
Filed under Opinion

The future is dead. Our predecessors killed it. I mean, let’s face the music; the economy is a joke, the world wants to bomb us, reality has lost its down-to-earth spirit and Miley Cyrus is an internationally adored musician. Thanks for handing us such an awesome future, Mom and Dad. But with a dangerously... Read more »

Staff Editorial: Seniors should broaden college search

January 21, 2010  
Filed under Opinion

Every spring, in locker rooms and classrooms across the country, seniors groan the same wanna-be adult phrases. “I can’t wait to get out of this prison!” “Man, I can’t wait to be in college.” Some people even starting count the days until graduation months in advance. But then an interesting... Read more »

Private Promises: Resolutions oft’ go awry

January 21, 2010 • Sophia Laster, Reporter  
Filed under Opinion

At exactly midnight, in the fleeting moment between 2009 and 2010, you probably made a promise. Filled with good intentions and an earnest desire for a bit of change in your life, you decided that some aspect of you would get a New Year’s makeover. You were not alone. According to a survey by the United... Read more »

Lessons of ‘Crash’ fall to district video policy

December 10, 2009 • Staff Editorial  
Filed under Opinion

For as long as books have been published and read by the masses, they have also been thrown into flames, destroying free thought and any hope that society will awaken to its own flawed nature. Destroying or banning media that reveal the shocking realities of the world creates a naïve, passive society.... Read more »

Scary Stories: Young women must always be alert

December 9, 2009 • Michelle Brox, Reporter  
Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized

Walking out of Target with a new pair of boots, a bottle of shampoo and the newest People magazine is a simple and mindless part of many girls’ days, but maybe it is a little too mindless. I have walked out of stores, rape whistle in hand, to see girls sending a text, doing cartwheels or looking at... Read more »

Political correctness tips the scales of standardized tests

October 14, 2009 • Jim Becker, Managing Editor  
Filed under Opinion

Beware: the culture of political correctness and hand holding is affecting your future right now. Millions of teens will wake up early on a Saturday morning this fall to take the SAT and ACT, completely unaware of the scale-tipping forces hard at work behind the scenes. An ugly truth lurks underneath... Read more »

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