Every year around conference time, the boys’ swim team makes a change. Namely, they change their hair. The boys on the team have two choices: they can shave their heads or bleach their hair....

So after four unbearable years, it’s back. No, I’m not talking about the presidential elections or some other event that happens every four years; I’m talking about the Winter...

President Bush’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 31, highlighted the growing problems with social security and America’s dependence on foreign oil. He also was adamant on...

During homeroom Wednesday Feb. 8, AHS students were given Computer Technology Acceptable Use Policy forms to sign. The terms included restrictions on websites not intended for educational purposes-- specifically...

Starting this semester, Ames High will start using Infinite Campus software as a new way to keep track of students’ records. The information monitored by this program will include grades, test...

The weekend of Feb. 4, hundreds of demonstrators set the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria on fire. Both events occurred as a result of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a terrorist appeared...

With the opening of the new cafeteria at Ames High, a number of new issues have arisen. While there are many issues, a few particular ones have rubbed me the wrong way. The biggest one has been the “garden,”...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, the traditional Crush can fundraiser is underway yet again, giving the students of Ames High the perfect opportunity to do a little something special for that special...

I have always prided Ames High on being extremely socially accepting of each ethnicity and religion represented within our student body. Yet on Jan. 16, something seemed a little out of the ordinary. While...

Recently, two of the most important women in the history of the United States passed away, Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., took many important...