Editorial: School Theaters Have to Make Cuts
Chris Santiago, Copy Editor
April 20, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Editorial
As it is done commonly with sports teams, school theater programs must make cuts when it comes to the cast of a musical or play. Allowing someone to be a part of a group or team just because they auditioned may have a negative impact on this person’s mindset in the future. Those who audition prepare ...
Competitive cheerleading deserves more recognition
Halle Burk, Reporter
April 18, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Cheerleading has many different variations, similar to any activity. But the debate of whether or not it is a sport has been ongoing since the beginning. Competitive cheerleading is its own branch of cheerleading. Athletes perform a two minute and thirty second routine that includes stunting, tumblin...
Editorial: Economics of Why College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid
Brooke Daniels, Editor-in-Chief
April 12, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Not only should college athletes not be paid to attend college, but paying them would deter from the spirit of the game, educational opportunities, and academic experiences. Playing a sport is not a job. Playing a sport should be a gift. By paying athletes to play the sport they love, it take...
Editorial: 15 Years in Iraq, but No One Wins
Brooke Daniels, Editor-In-Chief
April 10, 2018
Filed under Editorial
It has been over a decade since the United States has entered Iraq, and there is still no clear winner. Fifteen years ago on March 20, 2002, U.S. troops invaded Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks under the guise that Saddam Hussein was harboring, “weapons of mass destruction.” It...
Never Again Movement: Stricter Gun Control of Assault Rifles
Olivia Bratton, Copy Editor
April 9, 2018
Filed under Editorial
The moral injustice and national disgrace regarding Americans’ legal ability to purchase killing machines leaves our country broken and crying out for a change. How many lives have to be taken in order for action to occur? Destructive weapons like semi-automatics, designed specifically to kill humans...
Editorial: Retiring Bonds’ Number is a Bad Decision
Sam Allery, Sports Section Editor
March 19, 2018
Cheating is going unpunished. Barry Bonds defined the steroid era. As one of the premier players in the 90s and early 2000s, Bonds became an icon for all baseball fans and players. Little did they know that Bonds was involved in PED (Performance Enhancing Drug) usage deals with BALCO (Bay Area Labo...
Editorial: Overtures Need to Make a Return to Theatre
Chris Santiago, Copy Editor
March 14, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Editorial
Nowadays, many musicals do not include overtures, or in other words, orchestral pieces usually played before the showing of a musical or opera. During an overture, there is usually nothing, or little to nothing going on on stage. Simply put, overtures are that special part of a performance that make you ap...
School Starting Times Should be Later
Caroline Corcoran, Reporter
February 12, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Imagine having to take a test, eyes barely open, still half asleep. Many Hershey High School students can relate. As a result of sleepiness, teens are mentally and physically unprepared for the long school day ahead. The school starting time needs to be pushed back for teens to perform better acad...
Students Should Not let Rankings Affect their College Decision
Emma Quillen, Reporter
February 12, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Imagine you’re buying a new car. Naturally, you may look up rankings to see efficiency, comfort, and overall visual appeal. Looking at these rankings wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing; unless the rankings were based on factors unrelated to the car, or written by a biased company. This is what U...
Dodgers and Yankees show off phenoms in 2017
Sam Allery, Section Editor
November 30, 2017
Filed under Editorial
Easy victory for the young studs? The 2017 Rookie of the Year (ROY) awards will be announced soon, and this one could be no contest. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger and the Yankees’ Aaron Judge both displayed power rarely seen by rookies, and few rival them in any aspect. But it’s not over until ...
Twitter should not double tweet length
Alex Elchev, Section Editor
October 26, 2017
Filed under Editorial
Twitter is trying to fix something that was never broken. On September 26, 2017, Twitter announced that they would test changing the limit of characters per tweet from 140 to 280. In their announcement, Product Manager Aliza Rosen cited limits posed by having such a small character count onto most langu...
Pop Musicians, No Longer Original
Christopher Santiago, Copy Editor
October 4, 2017
Filed under Editorial
Much of what is heard when turning on the radio will sound similar in one way or another. Whether it be artists repeating the same lyrics over and over again, or singers using a similar electronic dance sound. The variety of music in the world used to be something to appreciate. There was R&B,...
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