Disruption at Global Village fashion show baffles, disappoints
Ever since I was a sophomore, I’ve looked forward to the Global Village fashion show. Every year, I start planning my outfit a month in advance and lay it out the night before so I’m ready to go in the morning. The thrill of leaving class and getting dolled up with my closest friends is […]
NCAA regulations forbid assistance to athletes
Walking out of his classroom following his morning public speaking course, a University of Missouri football player set out in the pouring rain to his dorm somewhere across the Francis Quadrangle. A daily venture he makes has recently been impeded by a broken leg, suffered in the previous week’s practice. Wobbling out the door, he […]
Positive attitude ensures success even in most negative situations
There is a very fine line between a good day and a bad day. A little rainstorm, a bad haircut or even a slightly negative comment is all it takes to turn a day upside down for some. However, think about how insignificant these little events are compared to our entire lives; it would seem […]
Raise in minimum wage leads to greater employment
At the beginning of this year, the state of Missouri raised the federal minimum wage by 15 cents to $7.50 an hour. While aimed at a singular portion of the population, a raise is actually given to each individual over sometimes vast amounts of hours per worker. Such a raise and any like it in […]
Lack of solid opposing claims necessitates legalization of marijuana in Missouri
When Chris Kelly introduced a bill in the Missouri legislature last week, it opened the door to make Missouri the third state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. If legislatures pass the bill as proposed, the law would impose a 25 percent tax on pot, set up a system for licensing growers and retailers but […]
Photo ID at polls complicates voting
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 paycheck for working age Americans is $2820 per month, not including rent, food, utilities, transportation and other expenses. […]
Poverty, economic inequality poses problem
In 1964, after the death of John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood up on the capitol and declared war on poverty in the hopes of increasing the welfare state of Americans. According to the National Public Radio in an interview with Robert Caro, a Johnson biographer, the constant humiliation Johnson faced during boyhood motivated him […]
Virtual learning supplements snow days with continuous education
Once the red font appears across the banner on the Columbia Public Schools website, students instantly anticipate a day of relaxation, sledding and perhaps some hot chocolate. With the announcement of a snow day, both students and teachers take a break from learning for however long the cancellation lasts. In the recent week-long stretch of […]
Oversimplified U Matter campaign lacks concrete results
In 2008, Columbia Public Schools started a program known as U Matter. The program’s main goal is to prevent youth consumption of drugs and alcohol. Before its start, the organization gathered surveys and opinions from students to prove the unpopularity of consumption and change students’ overall social perception. Not only did they hope these surveys […]
Upperclassmen should meet new parking passes with open arms
The new northwest parking passes that went on sale earlier this week, made available to sophomores as well as upperclassmen, is one of the best decisions that I have ever seen made at Rock Bridge High School. Anyone who had a license in 10th grade will tell you about how awful it was having to […]
Strenuous schedule leads girl’s basketball team to success
Dot-dot-dot. Dash-dash-dash. Dot-dot-dot. Harold Bride wanted people to care. With nine metallic pings, Bride, the radio controller of the RMS Titanic, sent this newly created signal bouncing aimlessly through the air, landing on the telegraphs of all, but noticed only by those who happened to hear the percussive distress signal breaking up the otherwise calm […]
Sousveillance proves that we should adapt into the new world without privacy
More than six months after Edward Snowden revealed the National Security Agency’s corruption, privacy-right activists and civil libertarians certain that they are living in a world that George Orwell predicted. The government monitors people’s life to see who’s naughty or nice, and list out the the most suspicious looking pacifists they could find. President Barack […]
Obamacare debate too heated
Debates become too heated when it comes to politics. Especially when it comes to amateur debates of misinformed citizens spewing words out of their party leaders’ mouths. One of the topics among laborious discussion is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare, part of the platform that President Barack Obama ran […]
Date of grade submission causes difficulties
Upon the end of the current semester, the start of a new year is bound to bring about difficulties for both students and teachers. At RBHS, grades are due on the morning of January 8, which is a mere two days after students return from winter break. The problem lies in that students will have […]
Selfies at funerals
I can’t remember the last time I went to a funeral, but there was one event that relates to one I went to more than five years ago. This event was my late grandfather’s jesa, a Korean veneration ritual usually held on the anniversary of the ancestor’s death. As I can remember, it was like […]
By Jay WhangDecember 28, 2013
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