How long have you been playing basketball?
I started playing basketball in 2nd grade for the West Terrace Booster Club. I played on summer travel teams. I normally play for the Evansville Hornets, but this year I played for Ohio Swarm in Dayton, Ohio. There were two teams that watched me play and [...]
One day I was walking through the math hall with my friends, and saw a huge blue and gray sign reading: “Girls Basketball Call Out Meeting; NO CUTS PLANNED.” As soon as I read this one thought came in to my head, “Wow that can only end bad.”
As a sports lover, no cuts could mean [...]
written by guest writer Mrs. Carnahan
Students tend to see the final exams as an unnecessary evil enacted by unsympathetic teachers to place ungodly pressure on undeserving high school students. However, the final exams serve a real purpose.
First of all, students must understand that most learning within the high school years is not foundational [...]
Around this time of year everyone is worried what they’re going to wear to Turnabout and what they’re going to get for Christmas. Most of the students at Reitz are worried about one test, the final.
This test is worth 20% of your overall semester grade and causes 100% of the stress for students around the [...]
December is my favorite month of the year. December brings chilly weather, cute boots, hot cocoa, snow, and best of all Christmas. Christmas is, in my opinion, the best holiday out of them all.
Families come together whether they live 2 minutes, 2 hours, or 2 timezones away to spend the holiday together. There’s great [...]
Reitz hosted its very first health fair on December 9th for all its students. What is the health fair? The health fair brought a bunch of vendors from the health profession from all over the community to Reitz to educate students on how to live a healthier lifestyle.
The EVSC is now promoting a more healthy [...]
“Five finger discount”, “lifting”, “jacking”, “racking”, “nicking”, and “boosting” are some of the slang terms used for shoplifting. But no matter what name is used, shoplifting is a crime. Approximately 25 percent of teenage shoplifters are juveniles. Specialists say,
“This theft is often not premeditated, 72 percent of teens and 73 percent of adults didn’t plan [...]
Thank you, Mr. Jack Dorsey. You have given us all freedom from the tyranny of Myspace, Facebook, and all other overused and overemphasized social networking sites that attempt to take over the world with their fancy applications, gaudy homepages, and impersonal interactions. You have given us this magnificent tool of communication known only as Twitter.
The [...]
This holiday season, not every family is looking forward to trimming the Christmas tree. Some families around Evansville are looking forward to lighting the first candle of the menorah.
Today the two winter religious holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah, coexist in a blended holiday that most people just assume is Christmas. However, both religions’ holidays are very [...]
written by Shelby Daugherty
There have been quite a few exciting new CD
