Charles Deng, Opinion Editor
April 29, 2019
Filed under Staff Editorial
The blinds in a students’ room open to welcome the sun and its warm glow, but instead it’s pitch black. The darkness is not caused by an eclipse or pollution, but by the school district’s early start time for schools.
The...
January 25, 2019
Filed under Staff Editorial
Imagine a world where pollution masks are normal attire, where devastating floods happen every week and where there is so much pollution that people can’t even see the tops of buildings.
Imagine a world without any flowers...
Alice Addair, Staff Writer
November 28, 2018
Filed under Staff Editorial
Public schools get a pretty good quantity of money from both state and federal governments. Sometimes, when they are not provided with enough money, the school or district can apply for a grant.
That is where Amy Doran comes...
Staff Editor, Editor
November 20, 2018
Filed under Staff Editorial, Uncategorized
Jesse Randall Davidson, age 53, was a high school teacher in Dalton, Georgia. He was also completely and totally unstable.
After barricading himself in his own classroom at Georgia High and firing two shots through a nearby...
Editorial Board
September 27, 2018
Filed under Staff Editorial
As the debate rages on about school safety since the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, there is one thing everybody seems to agree on: schools are not as safe as they should be.
While some argue that gun...
EDITORIAL
February 2, 2018
Filed under Staff Editorial
Safe high? Yeah right.
Synthetic drugs are harmful substances that are created from man-made chemicals. The notion that they would provide a “safe high” is downright crazy.
The chemicals that make up synthetic drugs...
EDITORIAL
November 1, 2017
Filed under Staff Editorial
Fads have been a part of the world for many centuries. A fad is an action or object that becomes very popular quickly, but vanishes just as quickly. They can be anything from toys to clothes to television shows. Fads have made...
EDITORIAL
September 13, 2017
Filed under Staff Editorial
The eighth grade can bring a sense of finality to middle school students. Often, students will hear from their teachers that the entire purpose of the eighth grade year is to prepare them for high school. They repeat that same...
Editorial
January 10, 2017
Filed under Staff Editorial
Students at John Sevier Middle School often complain about how they aren’t given enough privileges. They complain that there are no locks on some bathroom stall doors, that there aren’t enough guest speakers, that there are...
November 1, 2016
