State High has organized a way to keep track of students' whereabouts when they are out of the classroom. But what the school board may not know is the opinions of the student body. The first problem with the hall passes is the sanitation and the health issues it poses to the students. Every year, “flu season” starts and colds start to go around. The passes have a bad rap of being a cause of...

It’s 6 O'clock on October 31st - Halloween night. There are children running through the streets of various neighborhoods screaming, “trick or treat” with their extravagant costumes. One of the best parts of this thrilling holiday is looking at what others have decided to dress up as. However, there is an important question to ask. When is a costume crossing the line on Halloween? There are...

It's that time of year again. The air is crisp, the weather is cooling down, and the ground is covered with leaves of all colors. October has always been one of my favorite months of the year. Not just the football and the cooler weather, but the candy and the dressing up. I am, of course, talking about Halloween, a holiday celebrated in the United States where kids go door to door dressed up as their...

For a lot of students at State High (and their parents), grades are very important. For me, I aim for grades in the 90s, and for some students with higher expectations, an A+ is the only acceptable grade. Sometimes these grades are hard to get. With the marking period wrapping up and our final grades very close we are reminded of this fact. As we chase down teachers to put in grades and scramble to...