My morning routine can be narrowed down to a few daily constants: eggs and toast for breakfast, hitting every possible red light on Falls Road and waiting over 15 minutes each day simply to get in the...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• October 30, 2013
In school there are certain phrases students hear a lot: stay in school, do your homework, stop bullying. One of the most stressed of these commandments is "say no to drugs."
For the most part, drugs...
Everyone at CHS is talking about Miley. Students are blowing up their social media sites about her new suggestive look, risqué "Wrecking Ball" music video, raunchy VMA performance and magazine cover,...
By Dana Harris, Online Features Editor
• October 1, 2013
Within the past few years, reports of school shootings have flooded the national media. Too many innocent lives have been cut short by ill individuals. These incidents may have turned out very differently...
Where there are guns, violence often follows. Do not bring that potential violence into our school by putting a gun here. CHS was recently issued an armed police officer. It should not have happened.
Guns...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• September 25, 2013
Dress codes are meant to ensure that clothing does not create a distracting or uncomfortable learning environment for students. However, at CHS, the dress code is starting to add unnecessary stress and...
By Gil Jacobson, Production Editor
• September 24, 2013
"Nobody likes you," "Why would you wear that?" and "You’re so gay," are just a few of the phrases heard throughout the CHS hallways every day. While some of these are said in a joking or even sarcastic...
The fear that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19, instilled during the Boston Marathon bombing has led many to question whether stricter gun regulation will put an end to the acts of violence...
Dear Editor:
I am writing in regards to your recent article “What we learned from the Boston Bombing” which was published in the school newspaper on May 22nd, 2013. I have some concerns and reservations...
With school days dwindling down to single digits, it seems like almost every teenager is talking about heading to the beach to get a nice summer glow.
However, for every way that tanning may seem to benefit...
For its latest effort in a relentless campaign against smoking, New York City began hearings May 2 on a proposal to raise the city’s legal sale age of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old.
NYC Mayor...
In a world dominated by smartphones, I remain stuck in the past. My phone does not have Internet capabilities, cannot send out Snapchats and cannot upload photos to Instagram. The extent of my cellular...
