The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

Lost

Lost

The Rock and Bearing News Staff April 10, 2012

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things,” observed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Noted for his pessimism, Schopenhauer, who died in 1860, believed we are unable to satisfy...

Deception

Deception

The Rock and Bearing News Staff April 10, 2012

Deception is a pervasive issue. This special report covers the mistaken deception associated with lawyers, the deception anonymous cyberbullies pull over victims and the deception one Kenyan refugee used...

Celestine Hayes stands in front of Hickman High School, which she attended in 1957 as one of the first desegregated students in Columbia. Photo by Asa Lory

Black History Month

The Rock and Bearing News Staff February 13, 2012

In honor of Black History month, Bearing News reached out to members of the community to find stories representative of struggles and opportunities African-Americans have had. When the Little Rock Nine...

Photo illustration by Muhammad Al-Rawi

Modern Medicine

The Rock and Bearing News Staff February 13, 2012

As sophomore Anna Wright was growing up, her dad began to worry about her. Although she seemed healthy, she had stopped gaining weight and growing taller. "I fell off my growth curve, and I was a lot shorter...

Generation Me

Generation Me

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

We are the children of the X’ers and the younger siblings of the Y’s. We are obsessed with ourselves, some scholars say, naming us Generation Me. Others argue we are best defined by our dependence...

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

Stereotypes define the ways many students interact, especially gender stereotypes as you will see in this special report. Gender stereotypes affect everything from how both genders view the other to how...

Temporary fixes provide motivation: Joplin residents find ways to stay hopeful, such as the duct tape modification to the former high schools sign. Photo provided by Mary Crane.

4 months after the tornado

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 26, 2012

On May 22, a merciless EF5 twister, the highest intensity possible, ripped through Joplin, Mo., population 49,000. With scores of citizens dead, millions of dollars lost and an entire town devastated,...

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