Richmond Road Tiger King
Carson Sanders, Reporter
May 7, 2020
With the new Netflix documentary series “Tiger King” gaining so much popularity, I was thinking I could be deserving of a similar title… just on a much more domestic level. One day last October, I had to fill up on gas after getting back from a cross country meet late that night. I pulled u...
My language makes me who I am
Leslie Reyes, Reporter
May 5, 2020
English wasn’t my first language. With both of my parents being Latinos, I was exposed to a whole different culture. When I started school, my palate only increased. After living all of my life surrounded by the Spanish language, going to school exposed me to a different culture and language. Th...
Where I came from is a complicated question
Sadie Moore, Reporter
May 2, 2020
When someone asks where I’m from, I never know how to answer them. I’ll ask them, “Do you mean where I lived the longest or where I was born?” It’s the perks of being a military brat. After my dad retired from the army, we moved to Texas and it was the first time I didn’t live on a milit...
Quarantine vibes
Conner Payne, Reporter
April 27, 2020
With the world unfolding all around us, I have reverted back to my ‘emo phase’. I’ve logged back on to my old social media accounts and abandoned all playlists that don’t include My Chemical Romance, Paramore, All Time Low, Panic! At The Disco, Falling in Reverse, Papa Roach, the list goes on....
Before it’s too late
Delia Tuttlebee, Print Editor
April 21, 2020
As the COVD-19 pandemic sweeps across the nation, I think a lot of us are wondering how we didn’t understand how good we had it. My soccer season is gone, I can only talk to my friends through the internet, and it's not looking so good for the end of my junior year. Because of this, I’ve spent mo...
Change by 7,907 Miles
Nistha Neupane, Reporter
April 8, 2020
Cell Phones. Computers. Even airplanes. For most Americans, these are casual day to day things. But for me, experiencing those for the first time 13 years ago felt like entering a completely new world. Even as a four-year-old, my parents say I had the “most bewildering ideas and curiosity.” O...
2020: A (Not So) Great Year
Cadence Pov, Reporter
April 6, 2020
Seriously, what is going on with 2020? This has got to be one of the worst years of my life, and I’m a teenager. I started off the year looking at all the WW3 memes on social media. And the fact North Korea warned us about a “Christmas gift” beforehand didn’t help either, though the memes gave me a laugh or two. Across the w...
Delay the day
Alexandra Norton, Print Editor
April 2, 2020
The first week of online school is done and what can I say other than the obvious: this is going to be rough. Now I’ve always considered myself a good student. I have a 4.0 GPA with honors, Dual Credit, and AP classes, I’ve won many academic awards and achievements, and I’m responsible about...
Hope for today comes from the past
Jazmin Hever, Reporter
March 31, 2020
I’m pretty sure everyone can agree that this virus has put the world on pause, has caused us to be strapped unwillingly on a roller coaster of emotions, going up and then flying back down again. Just over this past week, I have experienced extreme highs and lows. On Friday evening I found myself s...
Cats: How Can A Movie Be This Bad?
Conner Payne, Reporter
January 22, 2020
Despite a promising, talented cast including stars such as Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, and Idris Elba and a $95 million budget, Cats (2019) was a cinematic fever dream. The film lacks a sense of direction, any basic storytelling, and all visual appeal. While the Broadway musical remains th...