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The School Newspaper of Texas High School

Tiger Times

The School Newspaper of Texas High School

Tiger Times

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Financial help available for prom tickets

Story by Colton Johnson, feature editor April 19, 2017

For high school students, prom is the one night romanticized in movies and television shows as being the dance where anything could happen. It is portrayed as being the magical night that will be remembered...

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The debate heard ’round the world

Story by Ricky Cooks, in-depth editor April 19, 2017

Over the past few years, online music streaming has been the craze. According to Forbes, over “317.2 billion songs streamed in 2015.” People are able to conjure up music at the touch of a fingertip,...

Junior Colton Johnson receives help from senior Grace Hickey with putting on his stage makeup. Johnson played the role of Pascal in “The Axeman’s Requiem.” Photo by Odin Contreras

UIL show gives junior new perspective of theater

Story by Colton Johnson, feature editor April 19, 2017

“I can’t, I have rehearsals.” This phrase quickly became integrated into my everyday speech. For 15 actors and actresses, four techies and four alternates, it became the repeated decline to plans....

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Writing class provides opportunity for independent thought

Story by Lois Lefors, staff writer April 19, 2017

The world is filled with multitudes of distinctly different varieties of writers. There are poetry enthusiasts and novelists, short story composers and journalists. Each kind of writer possesses different...

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Prep work makes the dream work

Story by Caleb Snow, staff writer April 19, 2017

I walk into a dimly lit room. The judges are all in the back, clicking their pens impatiently as they wait for me to begin. I haven’t prepared. There’s no way I’ll advance to finals, so why should...

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Rosebuds dance to be held April 19

Story by Ashlyn Sander, business manager April 18, 2017

This year’s Rosebuds Dinner Dance will be held Wednesday, April 19, from 6-8 p.m. at Texarkana Country Club.  All members can bring a date if they wish. Members can get their tickets from Ms. Downs...

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Listen outside the lines

Story by Jhovany Perez, staff writer April 17, 2017

Everyone has been in that moment where all they want to listen to new music.  Anxiously looking through Youtube searching for your next favorite song; refreshing the recommended list, constantly hoping...

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Society must stop shaming

Story by Madison Brown, staff writer April 13, 2017

Slut, body, intelligence, abortion and even filter. These are just a few of the millions of “shaming” fads that my generation, although not the first, has contributed to in recent years. The concept...

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Leaping into adulthood

Story by Ali Richter, copy editor April 12, 2017

The door to adolescence shuts behind me, but in front of me the doors to adulthood swing open. Buying lottery tickets and cigarettes, registering to vote, opening a personal bank account, getting a tattoo...

Malcolm Mitchell greets students at Highland Park Elementary. The Read with Malcolm program was founded to encourage children to read.

The magic of reading

Story by Jillian Cheney, editor in chief April 10, 2017

A gym full of students waits with anticipation for their awaited guest, clutching their books tightly and daring to break the rules and sit on their knees just for a moment, if it means they’ll catch...

Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court during a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden April 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

A nuclear confirmation

Story by John Debenport, staff writer April 10, 2017

Four hundred and twenty two days, two nominees and the triggering of the nuclear option later, the seat left vacant by the passing of the renowned Justice Antonin Scalia has been filled. Neil Gorsuch,...

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Testing the system

April 10, 2017

Standardized tests can provide an opportunity for colleges to measure students' academic ability, but many believe the testing format is unfair and that intelligence can't be standardized. Students that...

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