Freedom deemed hazardous under new policy
In last year’s visit from Wayne Walker, the first principal and founder of many of the school’s core ideals, remarked on how he remembered the school, and how he felt proud the school has stayed true to how he formed, and eventually left, it. It must have been a proud moment to stand in front […]
Opportunity for community, tradition lost
Tomorrow night as the University of Missouri Tigers football team prepares to take on No. 21 South Carolina in the 102nd Homecoming Game, students, alumni, and members of the community alike will stroll around Greektown observing and taking part in the long-standing tradition of House Decs. With an atmosphere of excitement mixed with the cool […]
Scheduling conflict results in homecoming, ACT back-to-back
It’s October; school is in full swing, the workload has been set and the struggle is real. Underclassmen have finally adjusted to the new school and upperclassmen are settling into their classes, trying to manage the stress of junior and senior year. Though all other aspects of life seem 100 times more important, there is […]
Increase in non-driving student population jams lots
As students may notice from the cramped hallways and overcrowded lunchroom, RBHS has grown significantly this year. With 2,337 students, RBHS is now the seventh largest school in Missouri and has pushed the boundaries of capacity. Increased student population has resulted for many in a daily sprint to the parking lot at the end of […]
Collegiate opportunities induce unfair acceptance rates
High achievement should merit reward, especially for high school students. RBHS is an above average school filled with above average students who deserve recognition for their accomplishments. For example, on the 2011 ACT, 65 percent of RBHS students scored at or above the national average, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education […]
Administration anchors new class drop policies
In recent years, taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to nudge more students into Advanced Placement classes, according to the educational news site, politico.com, by promoting classes and subsidizing exam fees for low-income students. However, a close looks at test scores suggests the government has wasted much of its investment. According to the […]
Closed campus lunch proves smothering to underclassmen
The recent changes for the school district and RBHS have been both far reaching and complex. Along with the many concrete changes in school rules and procedures that have been finalized, a dozen more questions simultaneously arise. As we navigate through this new and unfamiliar high school setup for the first time, it gives us […]
Old Political Grudges Stifle New Ideas, Intellectual Progress
Humans have found many ways to govern themselves, from dictatorships to fascism, to democracy or theocracy. Any one system of law able to hold the masses under a common agreement is the recognized pillar of civilization. Now, the effectiveness of these governments remains solely dependent upon their underlying purpose, as well as where the perspective […]
The time has come for affirmative action
Rich white males still dominate America. In its 237 years as a nation, upper-class white men still control the United States,; our politicians, our economic leaders, even our academic pioneers remain, overwhelmingly, wealthy, white and male. Though discrimination is illegal in America, not enough has been done to fix the inequality suffered by so many […]
Social media prove unreliable for breaking news
Seven out of 10 RBHS students use Twitter, according to a survey of 360 students taken by the yearbook, Flashback. While the number is dissimilar to a national statistic from Education Week that shows only eight percent of teens use Twitter, the number still shows how much impact this outlet has on RBHS. Many use […]
Golden path to stress paved with procrastination, ‘Netflix’, ‘We TV’
The clock strikes 12 a.m., and I still have an English paper to write. My computer mocks me with its overly white screen. The furthest I have gotten was a witty intro that had no relation to the topic of women’s rights. We’ve all been at the point where the amount of overdue work is […]
Indian Supreme Court overturns Novartis’ drug patent bid for the good of humanity
On the front of it, the Indian Supreme Court’s denial of a patent for Novartis’ new anti-cancer medicine seems like a bad choice. The decision, made just two weeks ago on April 1, would logically stem any type of drug innovation in India. After all, if companies are not allowed to patent their hard work […]
BSA proposal not helpful in addressing equal rights
Maryland rung in the New Year with the legalization of gay marriage, the ninth state to do so in the United States. It’s following the trend started by Massachusetts nine years ago, in 2004. Seeing the news segments and photo galleries on some of the first gay marriages in the United States, it was hard […]
Social Media cleanse leads to anxiety-free month
Three days in and I was already starting to notice the effects that the withdrawal was having on my life. Socially excluded, an outsider, like I had no part in the world of happenings all around me. I was only a tenth of the way in and already suffering from the effects. I didn’t give […]
By Brittany CornelisonNovember 14, 2013
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