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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

Shooting sports comfortably

Shooting sports comfortably

Camryn DeVore November 21, 2018

I had always shot photos for my brother's football games, but neither did I have the equipment to do that job well, nor did I take what I was doing all that seriously. When I first joined the staff of...

IN STITCHES:
Sophomore Owen Dack wears an Eeyore onesie, and drew stitches across his face to represent the stuffed nature of the character. Theres this theory that the characters in Winnie the Pooh represent the seven deadly sins and different types of mental illnesses, and Eeyore is depression.
Photo by George Frey / Bearing News

The many faces of Halloween

George Frey October 31, 2018

Oct. 31. To some, it’s just an average day, but for others it is a chance for them to showcase their self expression in various forms of costumes. From mimes to Steve from Blue’s Clues, various RBHS...

Senior Kerrie Heath celebrating MidMo Pride back on Aug. 25 of this year. Heath adorned herself with blue, purple, and dark pink face paint. These colors come from the bisexual pride flag, which is used to represent the bi community.
Photo by George Frey / Bearing News

To love two

George Frey October 27, 2018

In middle school senior Kerrie Heath began to realize she was bisexual after having a crush on a girl. Since then she has been openly bisexual and has been in a same-sex relationship. “I had this sudden...

Veteran and street performer Nathan Hardesty preforms on the corner of 9th St. & Broadway. He plays the guitar, and came to Columbia from St. Louis in search of a new audience. Hardesty says that happiness is wherever we can find it, but sometimes you can just find it where you are standing, if you choose to.
Photo by George Frey / Bearing News

A diverse downtown

George Frey September 20, 2018

The city of Columbia was ranked in 2013 as the number four out of 10 best college towns, according to livability.com, “[Columbia] retains an artsy vibe that is equal parts to college quirk, Midwestern...

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Habits about American students

Eléa-Marie Gilles April 17, 2017

Hello! Today I’m back to talk again about what I noticed at school and that are different to me, and about some small differences between French and American houses. I would add that I'm sorry for...

RBHS Jazz ensemble.

In a Time Lapse: Rock Bridge Jazz Festival

Ty Jamieson March 16, 2017

Time Lapse photography has always fascinated me as a as a photographer. The simple fact that so much information and so much of a story can be recorded into a single, consolidated piece of media is quite...

Junior Morgan Banker is looking the catalog for choosing her classes for the next year.

How American schools work

Eléa-Marie Gilles January 30, 2017

Hello! I hope you had good holidays and that you’re ready for that new year that’s just starting. I’m back with an article mostly about school in the United States compared to how it is in France. I...

Capen Park holds nature landscape in the city

Capen Park holds nature landscape in the city

Cassidy Viox December 20, 2016
This hidden park allows nature-seekers to find a safe haven in busy Columbia.
A store displays holiday cheer during the Living Windows celebration from two years ago, on Dec. 4. Photo by Skyler Froese

A lot of details and a little bit of downtown

Eléa-Marie Gilles December 17, 2016

Almost two weeks ago we went downtown for “Living Windows,” the event where people go into windows and stay there for almost all the time of the event. That can be the people who owned the store,...

Discovering Thanksgiving, and the first Christmas decorations

Discovering Thanksgiving, and the first Christmas decorations

Eléa-Marie Gilles November 29, 2016

Thanksgiving is an American celebration that is very different from any French holidays. This event became a national day under Abraham Lincoln's presidency during the Civil War (1861-1865) because...

Alley A, famous for senior pictures and authentic Sushi, is a favorite of many Columbians.

Small downtown comforts city girl in midst of hick Missouri

Cassidy Viox November 25, 2016

When people hear “Missouri”, they usually think of soybean fields and pickup trucks in the middle of a small farming community. For those who prefer an urban life over camouflage jackets and cowboy...

Cross country athletes gather before a meet. Photo by Eléa-Marie Gilles.

School, students, home in the United States

Eléa-Marie Gilles November 15, 2016

On Oct. 18, I played my first concert as member of the RBHS concert orchestra. I already performed with an orchestra in France but never with a school orchestra with people that I go in class with. In...

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