Opinion

How far is too far

Teenage hormones can get the best of teens sometimes, grinding at school dances being one.  The no grinding rule at Valley started a chain of events that could change things for students.  There is a point when there can be too much of something, like grinding at dances. Some people might say, oh its just grinding! What’s the [...]

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If one goes down, we all go down

A stormy gray sky boomed with the forming twister.  Students go into their respective spots in the hallway.  But wait, the long hallway students had yet to leave their classrooms.  The announcement that was made about the oncoming twister failed to reach their rooms. The classrooms that are by the Meredith-Hoover connection do not have [...]

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You say ‘geometry’, I say ‘no thanks!’

A common question asked by students in the classroom is why am I learning this? I’m never going to use it.” but the truth is there is a reason for what we learn during high school. Here in Iowa the legislature has made the Iowa Core curriculum. Which is the learning plan that schools have [...]

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Christianity, Captialism, Contradictions

I’ve always felt that SUV’s have the power to crush souls. When it’s a fully loaded, a black Cadillac SRX with bumper stickers saying ‘Santorum 2012′, ‘PROUD CHRISTIAN’ and ‘End Welfare’ I feel SUV’s have the power to destroy entire civilizations. The SRX, a hulking Goliath of excess, sped past me, it’s driver looking down from their tower of black, slick [...]

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53-3 = late to class

This 2011-12 school year has braught many new changes to how Hoover is run. All studnets are required to wear student I.D. laniards, late pass scanners, and all doors are locked to student access except for four. The knew locked door rule has caused lots of controversy within the student body. When asked what his feelings were [...]

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Politics Schmolitics

In a day and age where one can turn on the television and actively choose what side of the political spectrum they wish to see represented, it comes as no surprise that bridging political gaps has become increasingly difficult. But what about the large number of people who remain oblivious to what is taking place [...]

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