Amans lingua Latina
by Taylor Key, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
Filed under Featured, Features
Although it is considered a dead language and not spoken by any one country, Latin has managed to maintain the rich Roman history and culture that surrounds it, while giving glimpses into the past of a civilization has long since past. It is a tie to a world that is gone, but not forgotten. It was th...
Run to live, live to run
by Amanda Nguyen, Staff Writer
May 1, 2017
Filed under Features, Sports Features, Varsity Track
She is running to get to class on time, running to release stress, running to improve her time, running towards her future. As she crosses the finish line, she knows she’s one step closer to breaking her personal record. Freshman Elizabeth Roca is on the Varsity track team. She runs the 400 meter ...
Living with Leukemia
by Austin Graham, Assistant Editor
April 5, 2017
Filed under Featured, Features
Three years old. There are strange people standing around the hospital bed that she is laying in. There beady eyes are all on her and the doctors say a bunch of words that she doesn't know. She hears "Leukemia" float around in the confusion as everyone looks down on her with worry and pity. This...
Number one, IB and all
by Kyle Gehman, Editor-In-Chief
March 3, 2017
Filed under Featured, Features
Being number one in your class comes with high expectations from your peers, stress after getting a high A but not a 100, and constantly getting questions for help. However, it can help lead to a world of opportunities and rewards as one junior has already seen. Since freshman year, junior Emma Aldred...
Seeing America
by Michelle Parker, Staff Writer
March 1, 2017
Filed under Features
It’s the tiny details that catch you. Talking about Instagram instead of Weibu or introducing yourself as Lisa instead of Jinghuan. Sophomore Lisa Xu is an exchange student from Qingdao, China. The exchange program allows students to travel and stay with a host family as they attend school and expe...
The experience of a lifetime
by Kyle Gehman, Editor-In-Chief
February 17, 2017
Filed under Featured, Features
Waking up in a stranger’s house and walking downstairs to hear a different language. Wondering why on your history test they give you the answers behind the letters A, B, C and D. Wanting to call your parents because you haven’t heard their voice in your ears for a whole month but realizing that...
Made by the Hart, for the heart
by Austin Graham, Assistant Editor
February 15, 2017
Filed under Features
Holding three awards for swimming, and being the captain of the swim team, senior Tanner Hartwick may just be seen as a swimmer, but there’s more to his story than that. Hartwick was struck with a bolt of creativity as a kid when he realized his last name would be great for a candle business, Hartwicks...
Creating love
by Gigi Allen, Staff Writer
November 11, 2016
Filed under Features
Jared Bouloy has a full day. He writes a last minute prompt for Youth and Government. Once done with that his next item is helping children with PALS, but suddenly he is running off at cross country and track. When practice is over, he ends his day with a job at Lifetime Fitness, but something stops hi...
Just for kicks
by Amanda Nguyen, Staff Writer
November 5, 2016
Filed under Features
She goes to dance every day and gives her all in each move she makes. Even though sleep and her AP world history homework are calling her name, she continues to move. As she dances, all of her worries escape her body. Ayanna Zachary started dancing when she was ten years old. Dancing just came natural ...
Eat, sleep, cheer, repeat
by Amanda Nguyen, Staff Writer
November 3, 2016
Filed under Features
She steps out onto the sidelines under the bright lights of the football field. Her home team is about to make a touchdown, and it’s time to get the student section pumped. She can feel the energy from the crowd and hear the voices of her fellow cheerleaders as they encourage their team to win the...
Born to ride
by Amanda Nguyen, Staff Writer
October 26, 2016
Filed under Features
Every day after school she goes to her safe place in Liberty Hill, Texas. The smell of hay and grass makes her feel at ease. As she arrives inside of the barn, she feels her mind start to clear of all the worries she had before. She spots her favorite horse Paisley and goes to get her saddle. ...
No dairy, no meat, no problem
by Amanda Nguyen, Staff Writer
October 14, 2016
Filed under Features
For breakfast, most people imagine bacon and eggs, but not this girl. Instead of bacon, the smell of oatmeal fills her sinuses. Instead of milk, she drinks smoothies. She walks out of the house feeling healthy and energized for school. Ever since Elizabeth Rocha was a little girl, she’s wanted to...
Seniors say goodbye
by Bri Branscomb, Assistant Editor
High school can be an interesting time. It’s filled with ups and downs; of homework and stressful tests; old friends that can disappear and new ones that pop up; and of le...
June 2, 2017
Finals fiasco
by Bri Branscomb, Assistant Editor
As always, the finals exemption list has been rolled out, and students have been filled with either relief or dread as the check to see what end of year test they will have...
May 28, 2017
Rallying as Roadrunners
by Bri Branscomb, Assistant Editor
The University of Texas at San Antonio, or more commonly referred to as UTSA, will have several students from the school joining the class of 2021. The now-Lions will be ...
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