How ordering food online has changed my life
Tifany Chu, Opinion Editor
April 25, 2017
Filed under Opinion
In today’s very irritating world, you already start the day off feeling like god is testing you. You have to get to class on time (the horror), turn homework in on time (the horror) and then deal with many underclassmen who don’t seem to understand that school hallway is not a runway. Finally, you w...
Are Bagels Bread?
Achala Thippeswamy, Reporter
April 25, 2017
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
As you take a bite of a bagel, does it feel and taste like bread or something completely different? This issue surrounding whether bagels are considered bread is a hot topic that has been constantly debated about. Let’s start by comparing and contrasting a typical loaf of bread and a bagel. Brea...
Why I should have attended more high school musicals
Sam Stuve, Reporter
April 19, 2017
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
No, I'm not talking about the "High School Musical" movies (although they are awesome, judge me I dare you), I’m talking about the musicals that happen at our high school. I have been in this high school for 2 and half years now, and until I attended the amazing Guys and Dolls musical, I had never...
Tomi, Toni, Tomato
Jourdan-Ashle Barnes, Reporter
March 23, 2017
Filed under Opinion
If you consider yourself politically aware and an active social media user then you have probably seen or heard about Tomi “Toyota Lasagna” Lahren. Lahren is known for her menacing rants expressing her opinions on major events that she usually is in disagreement with. Tammy has been the voice for yo...
OJ didn’t do it.
Tifany Chu, Opinion Editor
March 22, 2017
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
Recently, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the infamous O.J. Simpson Murder Trial. In Oct 1995, the jury of the “Trial of the Century” acquitted Simpson of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her “friend” Ron Goldman. With the permission of Judge Lance Ito (the presiding judge), the media was allowed to broadcast ...
Bernie Sanders Is Too Good For America
McKenzie Reimer, Co-Editor In Chief
March 22, 2017
Filed under Opinion
America, we are wrong. We voted for a man who young children have nightmares about. We vote for a man who makes the Statue Of Liberty look like a joke. How? How did America fall so far from grace? Was he our only option for a change? Was he the only way to get what we needed? No. We were wrong. There...
Art is Important
Peter VanDerZanden, Reporter
February 28, 2017
During elementary school and middle school students are required (some might say forced) to take art classes. After talking with a variety of students most of them did not like these classes. They didn’t like the teachers, the content, the time commitment pretty much the whole class. I think this e...
Creating a Positive Life
Elizabeth Jackson, Reporter
February 15, 2017
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
It may be ironic that I’m writing an article about positivity. I’ve been told far too many times by my parents that I complain too much and that I need to count my blessings. Recently, I’ve coined the nickname, “Whiny Beth”. But in my opinion, it’s never too late to try and change the way ...
We Won’t ‘Shut our Mouths’: A Message from the media to Steve Bannon
Lisa Cochran, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2017
The recently appointed chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has made derogatory claims against the media. More specifically, he has alleged that the media is “the opposition party” and that the media “needs to shut its mouth.” What incited this exactly? We are ricocheting into a time where the media i...
Snowden: a Question of Ethics
Lisa Cochran, Co-editor in Chief
February 10, 2017
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
In the world of U.S Government policy, Edward Snowden is a multi-faceted figure. As a former CIA employee, his actions in revealing the covert operations of the United States Government and the National Security Agency have created an ethical dilemma and a question of how our country should deal wit...
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...
December 14, 2018 • No Comments
At the beginning of the month six hundred and thirteen Ames High students signed a petition asking for the school district and Ames community to take climate action. As a...
Seth Bequette, Reporter
November 20, 2018 • No Comments
Driving - a sixteen-year-old’s long-awaited ticket to freedom from bumming rides and begging for a lift, it’s now time to chauffeur friends around with the car speakers...
The Humanitarian Case for ‘Sweatshops’
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Quick Tunes: Iridescence by Brockhampton
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Jonathan Watt, Reporter
December 14, 2018 • No Comments
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! I have a confession to make: I’ve been living two lives. For the past month, my entire world has been more or less consumed by a Wild West...
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