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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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Speaking up against castigation

Speaking up against castigation

Caylea Ray November 5, 2015

To be happy and healthy, you need to surround yourself with people who are good for you. My stepfather was not one of those people. When I was six, my mom married a man who had been in my life since I...

STEM field stereotypes drive women out

STEM field stereotypes drive women out

Rochita Ghosh October 9, 2015

The thud of my footsteps was all I heard as I walked the halls of the Career Center, heading to my first class, Introduction to Engineering Design on the first day of school. Heart thumping, I tried to...

art by Megan Goyette

How to survive freshman year

Caylea Ray October 9, 2015

The graduating class of 2019 at  RBHS consists of  more than 500 freshmen from various primary schools of Columbia. Becoming a freshmen was different three years ago when ninth grade was still apart...

photo by Devesh Kumar

The importance of independent film

Kat Sarafianos October 5, 2015

I don't actually remember when I fell in love with independent film. I can’t remember the exact film or what it was about, but I know that it was a process. I grew up with the big picture commercial...

Treat every moment like it’s your last

Treat every moment like it’s your last

Ashley Tanner September 29, 2015

Down Memory lane: author Ashley Tanner visits the scene of the accident with memorable photograph in honor of her late stepfather.[vc_empty_space]Often the only time I saw my stepdad Jim was during the...

Students lack empathy

Students lack empathy

Lauren Hofmann May 19, 2015

"Achoo,” someone sneezes in the hallway. “Uh-oh,” the sneezer’s friend says. “Looks like we might have a case of Ebola here.” I heard this type of joking multiple times a day when the Ebola...

art by Stephanie Kang

Senioritis strikes RBHS

Grace Vance May 17, 2015

When second semester senior year came, senioritis had hit the halls like the common flu. I’ve walked through the familiar south entrance doors of RBHS, up the stairs and to my resting nook in the main...

Warming up after depressions chilly touch

Warming up after depression’s chilly touch

Rochita Ghosh May 16, 2015

I stare at an unzipped pouch lying on the floor, its contents spilled all over the ground. Look at you. You can’t even get a pencil out right. I pick up each pencil, my grip so loose I expected something...

Vestige of past should drop from our everyday vocabulary

Vestige of past should drop from our everyday vocabulary

Renata Poet Williams May 15, 2015

I have recently broken my YouTube comment silence and become one of those people who writes paragraphs in the comment section. An avid YouTube viewer, I watch at least five videos a day, so to have gone...

A mothers instinct

A mother’s instinct

Joy Park May 10, 2015

My living room is almost like any other living room. We have a mundane white couch, a dark leather armchair and a coffee table the color of, well, coffee. We have a handmade mahogany bench that bolsters...

The dangerous game of life

The dangerous game of life

Renata Poet Williams May 8, 2015

As a freshman stuck in junior high, I found it easy to feel separated from the high school “experience.” Teachers constantly said, “You’re in high school now. What you’re doing matters,” but...

feature photo by: Nikki Briggs

Combat the stigma of depression

Nikki Briggs May 4, 2015

More than 350 million people in the world suffers from Depression.  Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. I should know because I was recently diagnosed with severe depression. I tell...

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