The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

A few weeks ago, a new link labeled Blackboard appeared on the RBHS website.

District will replace Angel with Blackboard

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi February 19, 2014

Platforms, whether Harry Potter's one at 9 3/4 or those that host web information, can be difficult to navigate, and for Columbia Public Schools, they can be hard to settle on. For years Columbia Public...

art by Elena Franck

Photo ID at polls complicates voting

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi February 14, 2014

Fifteen dollars, the average cost of a government issued photo identification, may not seem like a lot of money, but for the majority of Americans, it adds up to a lot of their monthly paycheck. The median...

Photo by Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi

Eye-dazzling laser show held in Planetarium

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi January 9, 2014

[vsw id="83819252" source="vimeo" width="425" height="344" autoplay="no"] The Rock Bridge Planetarium will host laser shows today through Jan. 12. Lasers will fly across the ceiling to go along with 40...

New tycoon explores video game creation

New tycoon explores video game creation

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi December 16, 2013

Game Dev Tycoon is a game that simulates a video game creator starting small and eventually becoming famous. Players start out working by themselves in a garage, producing games and trying their best...

Photo illustration by Asa Lory

Tech war continues with tablets

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi November 15, 2013

A war exists among dozens upon dozens of armies and it is happening at all times in the United States while many do not see it or even feel it. All tech companies, like Apple, Samsung and Microsoft, among...

Bruins’ doubles teams advance to state

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi October 18, 2013

[heading]Doubles teams advance from individual regional's, while the singles players lose their matches.[/heading] The RBHS girls’ tennis team played Individual Regionals this past week, from Tuesday,...

Boys soccer victorious in game cut short due to weather

Boys’ soccer victorious in game cut short due to weather

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi September 19, 2013

[heading]Weather ends soccer game prematurely [/heading] On Thursday, Sept. 19, the varsity soccer team once again emerged victorious in a match against Lee’s Summit in Kansas City, MO. With the score...

Shakir Hamoodi in a family photo. Taken by Carole Patterson.

Shakir Hamoodi completes one year in prison, family fights for release

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi August 30, 2013

Around 300 years ago, millions of buffalo roamed the United States freely and without limitation. When the land they lived on was needed, they were killed by the hundreds of thousands with only a few...

Redefining video games

Redefining video games

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi May 21, 2013

[tabgroup][tab title="Redefining video games"] In order to sell, video games must contain amazing graphics, ear-ripping sounds and, in most situations, blood. Activision, the creators of the “Call...

#21901-045: Story of my hero

#21901-045: Story of my hero

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi January 18, 2013

In front of our destination, I see big, hunchbacked brown buffalo roaming freely in the bare grassland between them and the outer road. We take the slightly curved exit and then make a right turn;...

Glenn Greenwald speaks on injustice in government

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi September 28, 2012

The biggest room of the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School overflowed with people waiting to listen to Glenn Greenwald, author of four books, three of them New York Times bestsellers, today, Sept....

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