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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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Even though students complain about the parking lots being over-sold, over a hundred spots sit empty everyday. Photo by Maribeth Eiken

Parking spots in north and south lots to be rearranged

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi October 8, 2014

Today six signposts were placed in the parking lot in front of the South entrance doors. “Ultimately, a lot of it is to make visitor parking,” Assistant Principal Brian Gaub said. “The motivation...

Should America get involved in another war in Iraq after the failure of the last one?

Two sides to America’s new Middle East war

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi October 1, 2014

[column] USA not economically ready for a new war In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech, he sent out a warning to the world: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall...

Two Syrian boys who fled with their families from the violence in their village, look on as one holds a gun toy at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border with Syria, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Terrorist group invades Iraq, American bombs hit the ground

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi October 1, 2014

[imagemap id="265883"] The United States declared war on a terrorist group that rules more than half of Syria and Iraq on Sept. 18 2014. However, in order to understand this current crisis centered in...

Guest Columnist Guidelines

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi September 23, 2014

If you wish to write about your views and opinions about local, state, national or global news, you have the opportunity to get it published in The Rock as a guest columnist. There are a few guidelines...

Senior Jackson Dubinski walks to his next hole during practice.
Photo by Catherine Howser

Boys golf wins districts, Echelmeier gets individual district title

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi May 8, 2014

The beautiful weather and sunshine Monday, May 5 at Old Kinderhook south of Columbia overlooked RBHS’s boys golf team as they won the district golf championship. “Our team shot 304,” junior Matt...

Family counselor discusses teen drug use

Family counselor discusses teen drug use

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi April 28, 2014

[vimeo url="https://vimeo.com/92768108" width="640" height="360"] Video by Renata Williams In the past five years, alcohol use among high school seniors dropped from 43 percent to 39 percent; however,...

source: Mashable.com; infographic by Sarah Poor

Computer glitch endangers internet privacy

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi April 27, 2014

Recently, news of a disaster reached the ears of the Internet, bringing fear to the hearts of programmers and laymen alike. That disaster was called Heartbleed. An important phrase when talking about...

art by Yasmeen El-Jayyousi

Immigration mindset outdated, needs reform

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi April 27, 2014

When discussing the issue of immigration, it is fairly common to hear an argument spring up comparing America to a house; if someone enters a house, wouldn't the owners want them out? In other words,...

Global conflict escalates as Russian troops enter Crimea

Global conflict escalates as Russian troops enter Crimea

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi March 23, 2014

Paris lies 4,462 miles away. Rome, a bit further, is 5,141 miles from here. A mere 200 miles beyond sits Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and it has dominated the headlines of all major media outlets for...

Nina Totenberg speaks at Columbia College

Nina Totenberg speaks at Columbia College

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi March 13, 2014

In November 2000, John Schiffman donated $1.5 million to Columbia College to start the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman Endowed Chair in Ethics, Religious Studies and Philosophy. This funded a series...

NPR legal affairs correspondent visiting Columbia

NPR legal affairs correspondent visiting Columbia

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi March 12, 2014

Tomorrow Wednesday, March 12, award winning National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg will give a lecture titled "The Supreme Court And It's Impact on You" on the Columbia College...

Undergraduate art education program at MU cut

Undergraduate art education program at MU cut

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi February 26, 2014

Senior Wynter Bresaw will have to rethink either the career path or the university she wishes to attend because of a new decision the School of Education at MU made, and she is not the only student who...

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