Jumping forward in Earth’s Orbit
Kayla Gonzalez, Staff Writer
March 10, 2020
Growing up, many people never receive an explanation about why February gains an extra day every four years. Each year, the Earth spins for about 365.25 days. Every four years, February needs that one day to make up for that extra day we missed within those years in order to keep the balance. Confusing? Most peo...
Keep Your Paws to Yourself
Kayla Gonzalez, Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
Recently, authorities announced that they need the public’s help in finding the culprits who committed animal cruelty offenses, including a dog in Wise County cut in half and thrown out on a random county road and multiple reports of cattle being shot in Montague County. Animal cruelty happ...
Old Traditions, New Spin
Nathan Martin, Assistant Editor
January 14, 2020
The Babylonians remain known as the culture that started the New Year’s resolutions, which occurred over 4,000 years ago. In that time, the people of Babylon made resolutions to gods, setting them to pay back debts in the upcoming months. While the calendar started in March for them, modern day American...
Bring on the Scare
Kayla Gonzalez, Staff Writer
October 29, 2019
As Halloween approaches, darkness hangs around during the month of October. The scary critters come around and people jump at the sudden sounds around the corner. Halloween excites people with the love of everything spooky and creepy. Though fears exist out there that people find totally normal, fear...
New Push for Free College
Nathan Martin, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2019
The old notion that all public universities need to accept students free of tuition remains popular in American society, yet there lacks a real push by lawmakers and politicians, until now. Historically speaking, people began the push for free public education since the establishment of the United S...
Crowning Juuls
Magen McMillian, Staff Writer
October 4, 2019
The crude memes taped to the bathroom walls. The smell of something strangely sweet coming from the last locked stall. The room looks hazy. In high schools across the country, this description of public restrooms remains common. Other school districts in Texas took a stand, creating more severe punishment...
Happiness Heals Hard Hearts
Eden Jones, Staff Writer
September 23, 2019
Laughing, instinctually known among all people builds relationships and guides people through a rough day. Scientific studies at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions revealed that a good laugh reduces stress, helps reduce anger and even ease pain -to a degree. Research collected...
National Crisis in Bahamas
Kayla Gonzalez, Staff Writer
September 23, 2019
As of Sept. 1, Hurricane Dorian, which became a category five storm, came rushing through the Bahamas and left it in an utter disaster. Dorian left homes in shambles and people’s lives threatened. Help reached the Bahamas when President Trump sent out a cruise ship that carried 1,200 people back to Flor...
Violence Among Us
Nathan Martin, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019
First, deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio and now a threat to Decatur ISD’s neighboring school district in Bridgeport, Texas. The body count of El Paso and Dayton reached 31, and an obvious question remains: When will this happen next? In this time in America, people no longer ask the like...
New York Abortion Laws
Taryn Holmes, Assistant editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2019
On January 22, New York passed the Reproductive Health Act concerning the abortion laws of the state. The previous laws regarding abortion restricted the time required to get an abortion to 24 weeks after pregnancy with exceptions deriving only from extreme medical problems threatening the...
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