When Michael Sam’s name was called in the 7th round of the 2014 NFL draft, supporters of same-sex marriage rejoiced. Sam became the first openly gay football player to be drafted. No openly gay football...
You’re sitting at your computer, maybe on your phone, browsing Facebook like you always do when you’re bored. You stumble upon a friend’s profile (“I’m not stalking, I swear!”) and you see...
At a powerful 4’11, freshman heartthrob Ben Eyles dashes around Ames High. He stops in one of his two study halls and takes a break.
“Yeah, so one of the first days of highschool I went to four...
If you’re a member of that select group of Ames High students who know neither what senior Rylan Rudd looks like nor what kind of a human being he is, you’re probably a freshman who’s too short to...
After a 36 hour trip across the Pacific ocean, junior Aaron Mann did a headfirst dive into a country where he only knew the language and how long he’d be there: six weeks.
Traveling abroad,...
What did you do over the summer?
I swam, I went to the ghetto, thats all I did I lied…
Any hobbies?
I really like to act and sing, I also like to make people laugh
What...
MacShack. McDank’s. McDick’s. McNasty’s. MacDaddy’s. Mickey D’s. Whatever the moniker, this culinary hotspot has forever been synonymous with “big.” With Big Macs and even bigger employees,...
Ames High’s Senior body looks a little different this year. The 2014 Global Builder’s Life to Life Uganda trip was unusually filled with more than half of the students that went, are rising seniors.
“Going...
“God. My hips are huge!” “Oh please. I hate my calves.” “At least you guys can wear halters. I've got man shoulders.” “My hairline is so weird.” “My pores are huge.” “My nail beds...
After Earth. Pacific Rim. The Hunger Games, The Giver, and The Maze Runner. Dystopias and apocalypses are everywhere in our media, and sometimes they even infiltrate other genres, such as when HYDRA...
