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For graduating high school seniors, becoming ‘something’ starts now
As little children, everybody dreams about becoming a something. Some want to be doctors, lawyers, and police officers, while others want to be rock stars, famous athletes, and models. The majorit...
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Pets provide perfect remedy for teen stress
Between the never-ending homework, stressful exams, peer pressure and gossip, it’s a wonder anyone gets through high school with their sanity intact. Some don’t. Most will escape with a few scars...
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Spring signs prompt more ‘sun days’
Just as third term ends, as it did last Friday, the countdown to summer begins. A great restlessness develops in the school’s crowded hallways and classrooms, and an inaudible voice screams over ...
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Facebook feeds teen need to make the private public
You have one new message.” The majority of teenagers have felt the rush of adrenaline that comes when one reads that pop-up message, accompanied with a short jingle or a computer voice. Questions...
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Gadgets are mother’s milk to teens
Perhaps the best way to learn about a modern teenager’s basic needs would be to wander a high school hallway during the five-minute break between classes. Teenagers, much like the closely relate...
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Senioritis takes over in home stretch
With the school year almost three quarters through, an epidemic is hitting students like the plague. This illness is very specific, targeting all students, but hitting those in their senior year ...
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Drug talk becoming all too common at Tooele High
by Emma Penrod
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Culture, literature, and the media may not, in all cases, glamorize drug usage, but they display it as a fact of high school life. Unfortunately, that may not be a distortion. As long as humans ...
Old cars bring adventure, if not prestige
by Courtnee Cartwright
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There are two sounds that cars emit. One is the typical “vroom vroom” — the sound of a healthy, running car. And the other is “click,” the deafening absence of sound coming from the old car inher...
Lame questions further student stress
by Emma Penrod
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Last week was an event many students, especially sophomores, find to be unbearably stressful: Standardized Utah State Basic Skills Competency testing. Yes, there’s nothing as terrifying as being t...
Resurrection of chivalry, common courtesy is far overdue
by Courtnee Cartwright
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As a high school student, I have been on a variety of dates, with a number of different boys. Some have been unforgettably chivalrous, while others couldn’t care less and thus have left my memory...
Love of intercom drives students, teachers mad
by Emma Penrod
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There is nothing more irritating than frequent, unceasing distractions. Unfortunately, interruptions come in all shapes and sizes, from Internet pop-ups and ringing cell phones to the clatter of ...
Creativity is the key for a guaranteed second date
by Courtnee Cartwright
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More often than not, when a high school girl hears her phone ringing, she runs to answer it, silently praying that it will be her No. 1 guy of the time. However, it is only smooth sailing for the...
Best-laid plans of high school cheaters rarely pan out
by Emma Penrod
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Whether or not you want to believe it, it’s a well-known fact that many students cheat. It could even be said that the majority of today’s students will cheat on a test or assignment at some point ...
Resolutions work when approached with right idea
by Courtnee Cartwright
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Years ago, as the new year approached, I delved into a goal-setting mode, telling myself that as of Jan. 1, I would stop procrastinating. And that was it. I stuck to it for awhile, but I soon fell ...
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