New Year’s resolution complications
Miles Hellebusch, Reporter
January 9, 2019
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New Year's resolutions have never worked out for anybody I know. Some members of my family have tried New Year's resolutions and always at about a week in they’ve failed them. I’ve tried New Year’s resolutions and often forgot about them simply by virtue of the fact that expending effort to go...
NFL must change abuse rules
Jake Hillermann, Head reporter
December 10, 2018
Before this year's NFL season had started, Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt had been involved in a domestic violence incident in February. The league had claimed they looked into it and did not suspend him. However, nine months later, TMZ had obtained and leaked a video of the incident to the ...
Thanksgiving should get the appreciation it deserves
Katelyn Garrett, Entertainment Editor
December 5, 2018
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As Thanksgiving comes to a close, Christmas is coming up fairly quickly. Many start celebrating Christmas as early as the day after Halloween, but what about Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks to our family, friends and people who we appreciate in our lives. Some people don’t take...
Psychology class makes learning truly enjoyable for students
Miles Hellebusch, Reporter
November 30, 2018
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One of, if not my favorite class of the day, is Clint Schneider’s psychology class. I look forward to this class every day. The way he uses his teaching platform to support education is very pleasant. While in his class, he’ll never force you to learn by giving you tons of useless homework. And b...
Make holiday traditions important
Madilynn Kipp, Editor-in-Chief and Advertising Editor
November 29, 2018
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Lots of families gather together on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate and spend quality time together. Most eat turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pie, etc. Some go Black Friday shopping together, watch movies or take naps together. Whatever your tradition might be, the important part is that you do i...
Old war anger rises in Europe
George Smith, Reporter
October 22, 2018
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The date is Sept. 1, 1939, and German forces are charging across the Polish border against weak resistance, and in a month the Nazi flag will fly over Warsaw, bringing the Holocaust to Poland. Now imagine millions of Polish Jews in concentration camps suffering for six years until the Soviets liber...
Adding an extra class is not so EPIC
Jake Hillermann, Head Reporter
October 14, 2018
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Last year, the school created a new class that met throughout second and third quarter that was meant to help students explore possible future career paths and provide them with new information about skills that they need to be successful after high school. However, what ended up happening was that the...
Career choices place pressure on students
Elizabeth Busch, Reporter
May 1, 2018
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While the numerous career exploratory classes and college preparatory materials offered at WHS can be a welcome and beneficial resource to students, these options also come with an implied demand: we need to decide our futures. This message places both an unhealthy and unnecessary pressure on student...
The season of flowers, life and allergies
Samantha Montgomery, Web Editor
April 30, 2018
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Oh spring, many people’s favorite season. It brings so many things along with it, such as Prom, the end of the school year and rain of course. Some see it as a season of beauty, life and prosperity. However, I see it as a season of allergies and misery. Don’t let me get you down or anything, I jus...
Tennis should be brought to WHS
Katelyn Garrett, Reporter
April 5, 2018
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Most schools have the traditional football, basketball, soccer and baseball/softball as their school sports. Most students play these sports during their four years of high school. Outside of the school grounds, football, basketball and baseball are watched all of the time by a majority of Washingto...
Students deserve break from stress
Madilynn Kipp, Advertising and Entertainment Editor
April 2, 2018
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As the end of my junior year is approaching, college and “adulting” start popping into my mind more frequently. In the next year, I will apply to colleges, get accepted into a few (hopefully), decide where I am going, apply for scholarships, decide what career I want to pursue, etc. All of my frien...
Truth about addiction
Jacki Reid, Reporter
February 28, 2018
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In the past 17 years, I haven’t known how addicting any kind of drug could be or how it could affect the people around you. But since the beginning of 2018, I've lost three people one drug: heroin. I've been around many addicts, whether that’s my intermediate family, co-workers or close friends. ...
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