Every civilized society needs to have some rules and guidelines for how to define what is publicly acceptable. There have to be moral guidelines; if there were not rules there would be chaos. For instance,...
Throughout our history as a species, we have tried to suppress knowledge from each other, as an attempt to stay on top of the knowledge hierarchy. This vicious process is known as censorship. Censorship...
Compared to plenty of other student populations, Stillwater Area High School students are amazingly lucky. With a nationaly renowned yearbook and newspaper, SAHS has had experiences with attempts at censorship....
This year, Oxford Dictionary selected the word “selfie” as the word of 2013. Selfies are becoming very popular with the invention of the forward facing camera and smart phones.
Oxford chooses...
Words do not seem like they can do much damage to a person, but they can. On the other hand, there are motivational words that can help bring a student to life and that can help achieve their potential...
Walking through the halls, it is nearly impossible to make it through the six-minute passing time without hearing one. Sometimes it is an exclamation. Other times, it is part of name calling or an expression...
Many kids dream of being firefighters when they are in preschool or kindergarten. Few actually do go on to become one. The job is very important and people like retired firefighter Guy Peterson are very...
Many people might think of heroes as the people you have seen in comic books, or maybe on the Sunday morning cartoons; but what people usually don’t think of as heroes are the true heroes that help society...
Math teacher Cathy Gunvalson teaches Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus. She has been teaching for 39 years. Gunvalson graduated from high school in 1971, the same time the Vietnam War was going on.
“Part...
Everyone has their own story. For veterans, their story is a little different. Burned in their minds is a floating, clear-cut grim image of a distressed world. An image no one else has. They carry burdens....
Students at Stillwater Area High School are slowly being introduced to the aggressive world of college. They find that to succeed after high school, ambition is a necessity. Seniors graduating in the class...
While the senior girls huddled up with their coach to call the next play, the junior girls waited on the line of scrimmage, ready to take the win. On Sept. 30, Stillwater Area High School held their first...
