Sneed on the beat and the beat got sicker
Story by Autumn Golden, staff writer
April 13, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
He puts on his headphones and presses play on the computer. As soon as the beat hits his ear, the words from his soul pour out and bounce off the microphone. No matter what the world around him does, all that matters is this line, this verse, this song. Senior Joshua Sneed records and produces...
Signed, sealed and delivered with love
Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Service. Respect. Discipline. All of these words embody the sentiment sophomore Sophia Conkleton experiences when the topic of the military passes through a conversation. Conkleton’s passion for the sacrifices made by the armed forces provided her with the opportunity to send considerate cards to th...
Be careful out there
Story by Eleanor Schroeder, editor in chief
April 9, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories, Video
There are teachers who follow a guideline. They teach the curriculum and only the curriculum. And then, there are teachers like John P. Littmann, who open their students' eyes to other perspectives. They teach more than a history or calculus lesson: they teach life lessons. A month ago, senior government...
Striving for success
Story by Jenny Gonzales, staff writer
March 22, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Students gather around the window, waiting for the results to be posted. Soon enough, he makes his way through the crowd. He looks through the list for his name. “David Bell 9; 1st clarinet.” He made the top place for his section-- first chair. Freshman David Bell earned the top chair after auditioning for t...
Mother overcomes low self worth inflicted by human trafficking and sexual abuse
Story by Colton Johnson and Emily McMaster
March 7, 2018
Filed under Feature
Silence, when left uninterrupted, is a dangerous thing. It allows for an abandoned trailer in the middle of the woods to become a prison for a little girl. She is left untouched, except by the men who stumble in with promise of exchange. A promise made without consent by the mother, for her...
A pretty way to be permanent
Story by Audrey Haskins, staff writer
March 1, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Lying bored in her bedroom, she turns the volume down and picks the paintbrush up. After mindless hours of staring at a TV screen, she’s fed up with the lack of creativity. Being grounded, options for entertainment remained low. She realizes as she’s swimming through her imagination that what she...
Reaching goals off campus
Story by Kaitlyn Gordon, staff writer
February 26, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Hospitals and check ups. Nurses and doctors. Needles and medications. These are the things she looks forward to doing, but she’s getting the opportunity to do them almost everyday in a class at school. “We only go to the college to get the required classroom time and skills lab time out of the way ...
Entrepreneuring his passions
Story by Margaret Debenport, staff writer
February 19, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Whether he is sitting behind a soundboard, shooting pictures with a camera or designing a website, sStophomore Colton Minter is pursuing his passions as a young business owner. Minter runs Texarkana Media Solutions and caters to many customers in and out of the ArkLaTex area. As of now, Minter offers...
Making moves in D.C.
Story by Eleanor Schroeder, editor in chief
February 13, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Senior Jay Williamson has been selected to serve as one of two student representatives from Texas at the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). This year will be the 56th annual program held in Washington, D.C. from March 3-10, 2018. Williamson was chosen for this honor by the Texas Education Agenc...
A huge step to take
Story by Kaitlyn Gordon, staff writer
February 6, 2018
Filed under Feature
Right now it’s five months away. She has five measly months to make up for all of the times she’s going to miss. Then, it will be 1000 miles and fourteen hours away. Then, it will be too late. The distance and time between her best friends and a place that she calls home is not something she wants...
A virtual love for the game
Story by Amanda Garmon, staff writer
February 6, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Imagination flows through his brain. A whirlwind of thoughts and ideas envelop him. A variety of different video game scenarios inspire him to dig deeper into the background of how video games function. His curiosity prompts his desire to learn more and more about it. Junior, Braiden Brown, want...
Somewhere across the sea
Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
February 2, 2018
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
She walks through the halls of Texas High, her new school. Students bustle running to classes and laughing with friends. Administrators and teachers dispersed throughout the hallways, monitoring the vast sea of strangers that surround her. This would be junior Julia Kubiak’s world for the next nine months....
