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

Banners hang from the columns on Francis Quadrangle. Photo by Asa Lory

Addition of on-campus Wal-Mart displeases community

George Sarafianos December 10, 2013

In the month of July, Wal-Mart announced it would be partnering with Columbia Realtor Travis Mcgee, owner of The Lofts at 308 9th St. to launch an on-campus Walmart at The University of Missouri- Columbia....

Social Media cleanse leads to anxiety-free month

Social Media cleanse leads to anxiety-free month

Brittany Cornelison November 14, 2013

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...

Freedom deemed hazardous under new policy

Freedom deemed hazardous under new policy

Ross Parks November 5, 2013

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...

The theme for this years homecoming is Land of the Free, Home of the Bruins. Posters in the Main Commons display each days theme.

Opportunity for community, tradition lost

Brayden Parker October 24, 2013

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...

Senior Mary Arnold, studies for her ACT. Photo by Rachel Kirchhofer.

Scheduling conflict results in homecoming, ACT back-to-back

Brittany Cornelison October 24, 2013

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...

Increase in non-driving student population jams lots

Increase in non-driving student population jams lots

Brittany Cornelison October 9, 2013

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...

Collegiate opportunities induce unfair acceptance rates

Collegiate opportunities induce unfair acceptance rates

Emily Franke October 8, 2013

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,...

Administration anchors new class drop policies

Administration anchors new class drop policies

Manal Salim October 8, 2013

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...

Art by Maddy Meuller

Closed campus lunch proves smothering to underclassmen

Anna Wright October 2, 2013

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...

Old Political Grudges Stifle New Ideas, Intellectual Progress

Old Political Grudges Stifle New Ideas, Intellectual Progress

Ross Parks May 23, 2013

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...

Redefining video games

Redefining video games

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi May 21, 2013

[tabgroup][tab title="Redefining video games"] In order to sell, video games must contain amazing graphics, ear-ripping sounds and, in most situations, blood. Activision, the creators of the “Call...

The time has come for affirmative action

The time has come for affirmative action

Humera Lodhi May 21, 2013

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,...

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