Category: Opinion

Book Review: The Song of Achilles

BY BAY COLT The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a lyrical, fast-paced, and illuminatingly queer retelling of Homer’s famous Ancient Greek epic, The Iliad. The book examines and expounds upon the relationship between Homer’s two main characters from the eyes of Patroclus, legendary warrior Achilles’ best […]

The Phone Policy Dilemma

BY ADAM PRESTON Unfair, destructive, volatile, fair, justifiable, and sound are descriptions of our current cell phone policy within the Independence School District from students and staff. Generally speaking, most would agree that the phone policy in its current iteration is in poor shape. Whether it is inconsistent […]

My Experience With DECA

BY SYDNEY SNELSON Second semester of freshman year I walked into Mr. Harper’s class three weeks late. This was back when Truman partook in a hybrid schedule, and due to quarantine for possible exposure this was my first time back in school before winter break. Harper told me […]