From sweet apple cider and bacon brownies to rocking to Mission 6 and cheering on friends in activities, Fall Festival is the time of year everyone looked forward to. Year by year different, bizarre foods are introduced. This year fried kool-aid, chocolate covered grapes, and bacon brownies were new. The bacon brownies were something many people were fans of.

There is something comforting about getting decked out in our pajamas, cooking popcorn, and settling in on the couch for a quality night of American television. Which show’s return are you most looking forward to in September 2011?

People don’t seem to realize what they have until it’s gone. They don’t realize how a simple task such as walking across the stage at graduation could be so important in one’s life because they’ve never had to go without it. They always talk about how they’re going to “walk across the stage with their [...]

The education system in this country needs dynamic change. Evansville has been experimenting with new ideas and methods of learning. Two years ago Reitz brought technology to its students with the netbook program. Similar reforms may be in the works for 2011. The school board has been acting on its own goals for the year [...]

By Stephanie Jenkins, Special to The Mirror With the world enduring issue after crucial issue, so many things are left unattended to. The ticking of the clock, the amounts of money rising in the negatives, and the lack of people effortlessly aiding in the bandaging of the wrong: they all play a role in why [...]

Approximately 77 people receive an organ transplant each day, and the waiting list for them grows by 300 people each month. With these transplants, 10 percent of the patients are under 18 years of age. Senior Sarah Tuley knows what it is like being under 18 and going through one of these transplants. This is [...]

Although the Evansville local music scene is not very big, especially the hardcore music scene, there are some very talented individuals in some of the bands around here. This includes members of the band With Sincerity. They are a sub-genre of hardcore known as “melodic hardcore,” meaning their sound still has the fast, loud, energetic [...]

Students walk into the bathroom, set their belongings down on a sink counter and then walk into the stall. When the students return to wash their hands and pick up their things, their belongings have disappeared. Or sometimes, a student will be walking up the stairs when an item will just fall out of a [...]

Swimming and diving are sports that not many students attending Reitz High School know about. Part of the reason could be because practices are not held at Reitz, but at Lloyd Pool on the North Side of Evansville. Swimmers and divers have to drive about fifteen minutes to practice each day when coming from the [...]

Seniors, it’s your time to shine. With three years behind you and one short year to go, it may seem that you deserve a little break. Here’s why you shouldn’t slack off and why your senior year is the most important of your high school career. 1. Get involved. It’s not too late to get [...]