Julia Scharfstein, Campus and City Editor
January 4, 2012
President Barack Obama spoke about the steps he intends to take to protect consumers from “abusive financial practices” during a speech Jan. 4 in the North Gymnasium. The visit was the president’s second appearance at the high school in the last two and a half years. All seniors were invited to... READ MORE »»
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller, Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
October 17, 2011
Your GPA. Your SAT score. Your AP or IB exam scores. Your volunteer hours. Your parents’ five-digit paycheck. These are the numbers that define you on a college application. Admissions has never been an even playing field, and a little common sense suggests that this will always be the case – having... READ MORE »»
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller, Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
September 27, 2011
“Facebook is dead.” So says junior Sophie Borione, who turned to Twitter as a comparable method of communication after her parents took away her texting privileges. However, she went on to say, “Twitter [exposes] people’s personal lives too much.” Twitter is a popular social... READ MORE »»
Ian Round, Raiderzone Editor
September 26, 2011
The high school will not have a turf field until the district finds a donor, according to Athletics Director Don Readance. And there is no timetable. Readance wants the high school’s football field and track to be replaced. Ideally, the Onaway/Woodbury field would be replaced with turf as well. Readance... READ MORE »»
September 26, 2011
Tweeting in class. It’s like passing notes on the Internet. Twitter use has reached 200 million posts a day, and, according to researchers, most of them are junk. Students contribute their share of those tweets during class while commenting on their teachers and peers, never giving thought to how these... READ MORE »»