As a teenager in what seems like constant growing phases, the need for food gets to an almost primal desire for nourishment. Every September, the Ames High Marching Band receives boxes upon boxes of chocolate....
Katy Perry, Pitbull, and many other pop artists have songs full of uncomplicated lyrics and melodies. Lesser known ex-band Bon Iver challenges this prevailing ideology that music is soley made for a party....
In the Flesh is the the one thing I didn’t know I needed in my life but now cannot live without. In fact, this show has replaced all my human needs: I no longer require air, food, or drink (much like...
Despite the usual stigma of high school students going trick-or-treating, Ames High Key Club has had a fine tradition of teenagers donating their time for a good cause on the last day of October every...
Your English teacher has probably told you that they don’t tolerate the “singular they.” I just used it in that last sentence: reread it if you didn’t notice. I should have said “Your English...
Though there are many clubs in the halls of Ames High that can suit your fancy, the Ames High Fishing Club is one of the newest clubs to come into fruition this year. The club was founded by seniors William...
Just as Robin Thicke seems to think, rape always has “blurred lines”. Did they say yes? Did they want it? Those are questions people don’t tend to ask when they’re in the moment. California has...
In the beginning, there were hormones.
Then after a couple thousand of years, people got lazier and lazier. Yet, these hormones never left their bodies, but if anything, were intensified.
Getting...
Out of the blue, a new member of the swimming and diving team has come into the midst of Ames High School. Freshman Emme Peters has been enjoying her time and new-found independence not only with different...
Monica Gordillo-Herrmann, super-soccer mom, part-time business lecturer at ISU, is finally able to not worry about her 14-year old son missing the first half an hour of his school day.
“[One morning,...
