Building entry times changed to increase security
Pony Express Staff
October 27, 2018
As students walk towards the school doors ready to enter the building for the day, they are stopped when the door does not open and a staff member comes out to tell them they have to wait. The school policy, newly enforced this year, does not permit students to enter the building before 7:10 a.m....
Apple rolls out new iOS 12
Q.C. Huong, Editorial Cartoonist
October 24, 2018
Straight from Apple headquarters, the iOS 12 replaced the iOS 11.4 as the latest mobile operating system. While not as revolutionary as when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, the iOS 12 brought new features and quality of life changes for Apple users. Released Sept. 17, the new iOS is defaul...
Potential Brookview addition sparks debate
John Franklin, Copy Editor
October 23, 2018
The School Board has met on multiple occasions over the past months to discuss a possible expansion to Brookview Elementary. They have also explored whether to re-open Oak-Park and spend money to hire new staff. The agenda item under consideration was labeled "Facility & Financial Considerations...
Schools should provide opportunities for weekly Pledge
Catherine Monty, Distribution Reporter
September 25, 2018
Now that students are back in school, the controversy around the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance will most certainly surface again. There was a time when students stood with hand over heart and recite the Pledge every day without much fanfare. Those days are long gone, and the divide between ...
Stricter cell phone policies implemented this fall
Paige Speedling, Distribution Reporter
September 13, 2018
This last fall, administration updated and changed the cell phone policy. Students are only allowed to have their phones on them in passing time, lunch, before and after school and when it serves a purpose in the classroom. Using them otherwise results in punishments that become more extreme over...
President Trump shuffles his cabinet
Paxton Watson, Podcast Reporter
May 12, 2018
President Donald Trump has been taking a lot of heat in the last few weeks due to the fact he has reshuffled his cabinet multiple times. This started on March 13 when President Trump removed the Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. This was followed by the removal of his National Security Advisor, H.R....
Student activists: more powerful, more necessary than ever
Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2018
The Parkland massacre was easily one of the worst tragedies to occur in recent years and one of the most devastating terrorist attacks to happen on U.S. soil. Students who have been able to stand up to protest these completely preventable deaths represent a larger movement of political involvement on...
Safety regulations called into question after Parkland shooting
Hannah Sween, Layout Editor
March 15, 2018
Less than a week after a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. resulted in the deaths of 17 people, Stillwater Area High School held an emergency lockdown drill. During this lockdown, many students questioned just how prepared the school was for emergency situations su...
Know your rights: guide to exercising First Amendment
Hannah Boardman, Print Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2018
In the weeks following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida there have been a wide variety of responses to the tragedy. Some have been through thoughts and prayers, some have been through social media, but the biggest by far has been the steady stream of marches and walkouts in schools ...
Despite growing opposition, FCC passes repeal of Net Neutrality
Hannah Sween, Layout Editor
January 13, 2018
The internet is like a grocery store. It is full of all different kinds and qualities of foods and is open to all people. Grocery stores are set up like this because everyone needs and deserves open and equal access to food. The same goes for the internet, anyone with access to a computer can go any...
Freedom of speech under threat from gossip
Abby Banks, Print-Editor-in-Chief
December 7, 2017
Amidst heated debate about whether or not being politically correct is beneficial for society, a plague of people seem to be dreadfully misinformed on their First Amendment rights. Freedom of speech is freedom from government persecution - not the oft heard “This is America, so I can say what I wa...
Racial colorblindness, a secret enemy
Mira LaNasa, Print Editor-in-Chief
December 7, 2017
“I don’t see color” is not something a colored person wants to hear. Racial colorblindness is an attempt at proving one is not racist, but the term “racial colorblindness” is actually hurting, not helping. Sometimes, ignorance is not bliss. Racial colorblindness is a person refusing to acknowledge one’s ra...