By: FAITH NICKENS With Halloween right around the corner- or Samhain, if you’re a Pagan – it’s only typical that some tension is arising in the halls of Truman High School. Two groups were going at it, specifically, a Satanist and a Christian. Jones White, dressed in a […]
By: REGAN HENNING Students are our future. Without them and their brains, we won’t be able to succeed as an economy. To get their minds ready for the future, they rely mainly on teachers and the education to guide them. If teachers don’t do their job correctly, we’re […]
BY WALTER CANADY III Should your hair be the determining factor in whether or not you get a job? Of course we consider things such as personal maintenance, like body odors, maybe hair dye colors and maintaining dress codes. But the actual style of it? No, that is ridiculous, […]
BY WALTER CANADY III As we all know the month of February is dedicated to black history and the spread of the knowledge of African American history and yet again, another whole month goes by with little significance to the black history. Honestly I feel as if I have […]
BY WALTER CANADY III After the horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last month there has been a lot of deliberation on the possible remedy to these incidents. One of the things that had been brought up to offer more safety to schools […]
BY WALTER CANADY III Being a senior in high school holds three of the most exciting moments in a person’s life. You are on the way to attending perhaps your first prom, you are turning 18 if you aren’t already, and most importantly you are about to graduate. By […]
BY WALTER CANADY III A lot of hallway rules have been implemented this year in order to maintain safety during passing time. The most recent and maybe the most irritable one is the rule that you’re only supposed to have one earphone in during passing time. At this point […]
BY WALTER CANADY III One of the most exciting parts of high school experience is Senior Prom. It’s one of the moments you want to make the best, regardless of what the costs may be. Much of the senior class was very shocked when they learned the requirements […]
BY WALTER CANADY III This past week the story of a woman named Cyntoia Brown went viral across social media. Brown, a 16-year-old girl forced into a life of prostitution, was sentenced to life in prison by the state of Tenn. in 2004 after killing a 43-year old child […]
BY WALTER CANADY III GQ magazine sparked a lot of conversation with this years’ surprising selection of Citizen of the Year being Colin Kaepernick. The surprising factor is not that Kaepernick has not proven himself to be a notable citizen, but rather that he has done it in what […]