Mason Jar Jason
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Filed under Archives, Profiles, Showcase
Most of us have grown up watching High School Musical or have at least expected High School to be a tad bit like the movies. But in reality, we all know by now that that isn’t the case. Freshman year for most of us went by quickly and was quite hazy. However, freshman Jason Vernon has made it h...
The Hunger Games Book Review
Lauren Gilligan, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Filed under Archives, Reviews, Showcase
I decided to do a book review over The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It came out back in 2008, yet I only read it this past school year. It was a lovely discovery. I have not been able to find any recent books that I am interested in enough to read. But reading The Hunger Games caught my full at...
“It smells like broke in here!”
Logan Adams-Bacon, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase, Uncategorized
As we all know, if you don't have AirPods, you're broke. It's just a fact, don't question it. But what if I told you that AirPod owners were the broke ones? There is a new king among the headphone kind. The Louis Vuitton AirPods have taken the supreme role of first class. So the news is out, if you...
Saving Private Liam
Liam Struck, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Filed under Archives, In-Depth, Showcase
Up to 5% of the US general population suffers from claustrophobia in some form, including mild versions of this phobia. I was not one of them, but all that changed Saturday, January 12th 2019. The lights were dim, the music was loud and the atmosphere was carefree. I was surrounded by friends, laughter...
Zmolek Spices up Social Studies
Seth Bequette, Reporter
February 12, 2019
Filed under Archives, Campus Life
A punching bag that’s verbally bludgeoned, slaughtered and slandered for being boring, dull, and stale — history class has been dragged through the dirt by everyone who’s ever been stuffed into a wobbly desk and had a textbook with six hundred pages (or more) thrown at them. Including myself. Chad...
Maria Kozakova Ain’t No Square
Seth Bequette, Reporter
February 12, 2019
Filed under Archives, Profiles
“This is so hard, I don’t know how to describe myself. I dunno who the heck I am,” said Maria Kozakova, an Ames High senior. When her interview began, she quickly turned around to a group of classmates for words they’d use to describe her. “Erratic” and “Unique :)” (textual smiley included)...
The secret lives of teachers
Zoe Mamakos, Reporter
February 12, 2019
Filed under Archives, Campus Life
As you walk into the English hallway and burst into the first classroom on the left you feel a rush of relief that you aren’t sitting the those dreaded chairs waiting to open brown and white textbooks to a text titled Barn Burning. A familiar feeling, that upperclassmen and underclassmen alike can rel...
Designing a different kind of agricultural pathway
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
February 12, 2019
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In January, the district announced that the high school would offering an agricultural Pathway for the 2019-2020 school year. This offering is in part designed to meet state legislation that requires all secondary schools offer at least 4 out of 6 service areas. Ames high will meet this requirement by off...
How do Ames High Students celebrate holidays?
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
December 14, 2018
Filed under Archives, In-Depth, Uncategorized
“We go to night mass at a Catholic church, and y’know, gift giving, that whole sh’bang.” - Andrew Sailer “When we’re in Ames, we celebrate it kind of normally, just standard setting up the tree, lights etc...but when we go to Colombia, we join our family and engage in other...
Here’s the tea about Ames Boba.
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
December 14, 2018
Filed under Archives, Reviews, Showcase
It has been a tiresome day and the only thing that you need is a refreshment. You reach out to grab the chilled drink and take a sip of the icy and flavorful milk and the flavor of tea just flows all in your mouth. You chew into the gummy boba’s sweet flavor and realize that this drink is all that you...
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019 • No Comments
Winter break: a time to relax, celebrate the holidays and spend time with family. Yet for many, a once beloved respite from the academic year has turned into a prolonged...
Logan Adams-Bacon, Reporter
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
As we all know, if you don't have AirPods, you're broke. It's just a fact, don't question it. But what if I told you that AirPod owners were the broke ones? There is a...
Seth Bequette, Reporter
December 14, 2018 • No Comments
“What, are you triggered?” Cue flashbacks to freshman year when the only word in anyone’s repertoire was triggered, spit out at classmates anytime they displayed...
WEB Editorial: Facing the climate threat head on
December 14, 2018
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The Humanitarian Case for ‘Sweatshops’
November 20, 2018
Lauren Gilligan, Reporter
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
I decided to do a book review over The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It came out back in 2008, yet I only read it this past school year. It was a lovely discovery. I...
Get caught up in the Spider Verse
February 13, 2019
Red Dead Redemption: your new life as a shut-in
December 14, 2018
Here’s the tea about Ames Boba.
December 14, 2018