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Fight against fighting

Standing up for what you believe in can be a way of giving back to your society. For students Beyond War coming together against war is their way to strengthen our society. For senior Sean Bremhorst who has been a member for 2 years, the thought of organized violence is wrong. everyone in the group has [...]

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Kelly mcCann do anything

Walking through the halls of Hoover distracted by our schedule we find on the sides the people who take part of this school. Those are the janitors. Naming one, Kelly McCann, that has been a janitor for 15 years. “I’ve worked at Hoover for nine years, I did work as a janitor at another school [...]

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Precious untainted urine

I shuttered as my mother handed me a small cardboard box labeled ‘At Home Marijuana Testing Kit’, “Take it”, she said, walking out of the bathroom. I looked up to see my pale, stunned face staring back at me through the mirror, toothpaste foaming out of my mouth. In all reality, I should have seen this coming. [...]

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Homeless student has hope

  As they were denied from shelter to shelter in hopes of finding a temporary bed for Sean Carnahan, the family that had generously taken him, had no choice but to tear up. The anonymous family that Carnahan was staying with had to move into a smaller house and it wasn’t an option to take him [...]

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Losing you: part one

You always asked me who I was. My answer was always just Faen Walker. You’ve been asking me questions since the day we met 8 years ago. I never understood what you meant, not until the envelope. We had been best friends since that first day. You were all alone and I was new, we connected in [...]

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1017 ways to Succeed at Hoover Highschool

1. Ask questions: It’s the only way people, specifically teachers, will know if you understand.To be successful you must know whats going on around you. There is no such thing as a stupid question. 2. Stand up and scream at pep assemblies: Make your class look good. The spirit stick is a coveted award. Enjoy [...]

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