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The RBHS quiz bowl team stands with their fourth place plaque at Tiger Bowl VII. Photo by Luke Chval

Quiz bowl team takes fourth at tournament

Luke Chval February 1, 2015

The RBHS quiz bowl team, led by coach Greg Irwin, placed fourth in a field of 32 teams at Tiger Bowl VII. The Tiger Bowl is an annual tournament held by the University of Missouri Quizbowl Club, contended...

Painting inconviences students, faculty

Painting inconviences students, faculty

Luke Chval January 2, 2015

Every seven years, the Columbia Public Schools painting crew makes its way to RBHS on the rotation. Several classrooms and hallways were painted over again in November, creating a minor inconvenience...

The seniors arrive for their Powder Puff football game against the juniors. Photo by Renata Williams.

Annual powderpuff game donates to Columbia homeless shelters

Luke Chval January 1, 2015

The annual powderpuff tournament was at Rock Bridge Field, an event that pitted female flag football teams from each year against each other, in which the senior team “won” the championship game 46-20...

Its a Wonderful Life goes beyond the expectations of a Christmas movie

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ goes beyond the expectations of a Christmas movie

Luke Chval December 19, 2014

There’s a reason why films often opt to deal with despair, misfortune and unavoidable circumstance. Feel-good movies are too kitschy, too void of meaningful human emotion, and most annoyingly, too artificial....

Boys basketball advances to 5-0 after 81-49 thrashing of DeSmet

Boys’ basketball advances to 5-0 after 81-49 thrashing of DeSmet

Luke Chval December 17, 2014

The Bruins extended their unbeaten record this season to 5-0, Monday, Dec. 17 with a 81-49 rout over the DeSmet Jesuit Spartans. Senior forward Eric Kuse scored 10 points, all in the first quarter, as...

CACC class showcase exhibits learned skills

CACC class showcase exhibits learned skills

Luke Chval December 15, 2014

Burly boys strolled down the hall in full firefighter regalia, rolling down a stretcher with a fake body as they wandered through the clamor. Biomedical sciences students offered microscopes showing blood...

CACC Culinary classes show off semester work with holiday sale

CACC Culinary classes show off semester work with holiday sale

Luke Chval December 15, 2014

All semester long, Columbia Area Career Center students have been harvesting the skill of cooking in a variation of methods in Culinary class. Now, their work is being displayed in the form of a CACC holiday...

CPS implements winter weather late start schedule

CPS implements winter weather late start schedule

Luke Chval December 11, 2014

In the coming winter, starting on Dec. 21, RBHS will have yet another schedule variation. To decrease the number of inclement weather days used by the district, CPS will begin using a late start schedule...

Seniors to throw annual Breakfast with Santa for community children

Seniors to throw annual Breakfast with Santa for community children

Luke Chval December 6, 2014

Every year in early December, senior RBHS students organize "Breakfast with Santa", a Christmas themed event as a fundraiser for the senior class that goes toward things like prom, the senior picnic, and...

School adds new boiler to protect against fierce cold

School adds new boiler to protect against fierce cold

Luke Chval November 17, 2014

With the cold temperatures that have struck Columbia hard, the administration has decided that a winter boiler was necessary. On Friday, Nov. 14, the school replaced the boiler to attempt to alleviate...

Be prepared: Students rush out of the school during an intruder drill Oct. 23. These drills are in response to school shootings in the United States. Photo by Alice Yu.

RBHS simulates intruder drill to gain experience

Luke Chval October 30, 2014

After a slew of school attacks led by crazed shooters in the last decade, two years ago CPS decided to change its policy regarding intruders to the ALICE system. ALICE, an acronym for Alert, Lockdown,...

photo by Abdul Rahman

Bruins golf secures state title

Luke Chval May 28, 2014

The Bruins’ boys golf team won its first MSHSAA Class 4 state championship since 2011, at the Dalhousie Golf Club, Wednesday May 21 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The team of senior Jackson Dubinski, juniors...

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