February 4, 2019
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It’s been over 30 years since Hazelwood School District won the case against Kuhlmeier on student free speech. Students for years have been fired up about the fact of schools taking out the ability for students to use their right...
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
January 28, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinions
Nowadays with a wide spectrum of different types of technology, news is recorded across all forms of media. Whether it’s visually or written in words there is a story or viral video put out every day. But, sometimes, those stor...
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
January 15, 2019
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One’s teenage years, while full of exciting and fun, can also be the beginning of an everlasting addiction. Even though it's always been a problem for teens, it seems like drug use has been increasing in popularity to the point wher...
Kris Long, Junior News Editor
December 17, 2018
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The current school policy on fighting is a zero-tolerance-of-violence policy, meaning anyone involved in a fight is automatically suspended out of school for one day. Is this really a fair policy? Is it fair that students can ge...
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
December 11, 2018
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Public image in a world where almost nothing else seems to matter is a driving force for the way society as a whole perceives people. Every aspect of a public figure or official’s life is plopped under a microscope for common f...
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
December 4, 2018
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Security has been an issue for dozens of schools worldwide, including Manhattan High. One debated issue is our current lock-down and secure campus system. At the moment, school emergencies happen during class times at Manhattan...
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
November 13, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinions
As support for mainstream media declines, media literacy is becoming less important than it should be. According to MediaLiteracy.com, media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, communicate and create using al...

November 6, 2018
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
October 29, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinions
USD 383 has been in a slump for a while now. With this upcoming bond referendum, that could all change. New tennis courts, a new elementary school and the expansion of Manhattan High will fix most of our problems our district ...
Kaitlin Clark, Print Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2018
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Every two years, young adults across the nation must decide whether they will sit silently on the sidelines or take a stand and make their voices heard.
As the Nov. 6 Midterm Election draws steadily nearer, newly-mint...
Meredith Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2018
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As students, parents and teachers of the Kansas public education system, we all -- through observation and government-confirmed fact -- are aware of the disastrous state of education funding in the sunflower state.
This isn...
Meredith Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 27, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinions
As we get closer to the general elections this November, the race for the next governor of Kansas has reached its most vulnerable and intense point in any campaign: pleasing the public eye.
Of course, this means debates, county visits...
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