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

Flipping the bird puts First Amendment freedom to the test

Flipping the bird puts First Amendment freedom to the test

Raj Satpathy February 12, 2013

Every single citizen in the United States should be aware of our “inalienable rights.” The supreme law of the land, the Constitution, guarantees certain privileges to everybody in the United States,...

Death penalty is unfair retribution

Death penalty is unfair retribution

Urmilla Kuttikad February 12, 2013

It’s easy in the United States to watch the world around us and judge it. We look at conflicts such as the ongoing genocide in Syria and feel proud that we’re not like that, that our hands aren't blood-stained,...

Maus, secondary administrators deserve commendation

Maus, secondary administrators deserve commendation

Adam Schoelz January 11, 2013

Yesterday could not have been an easy day to be Mark Maus. After an email to RBHS teachers outlined the most recent proposal for start times, many were miffed, to say the least, that high school was scheduled...

Feature photo by Asa Lory

Hollywood rumors shed light on relationship abuse

Anna Wright January 11, 2013

Recently, a myriad of tabloids exploded with juicy celebrity headlines splashed over scandalous black and white photos on the glossy covers of magazines, detailing the renewing of a romantic relationship...

Show Choir is one of the activities that the takes place before school and would be affected by earlier start times. Photo by Daphne Yu

CPS hits the mark with new start times proposal

Atreyo Ghosh January 11, 2013

Your browser does not support the audio element. This is a satirical piece. BREAKING NEWS: Columbia Public Schools has released a new proposal regarding school start times that does not at all contradict...

Standardized test score reports unfair

Standardized test score reports unfair

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj January 6, 2013

According to collegeboard.org, the College Board's "membership of educators" created the SAT in 1926 to "democratize access to college for all students." Each academic year, nearly three million students...

The flag in front of RBHS hangs at half mast Dec. 21. Flags hung at half mast throughout the week to remember those who passed away in the Netwon shootings last Friday. Photo by Daphne Yu

Recent shootings show need for assault weapons ban

Brett Stover December 21, 2012

One week ago, Adam Lanza apparently walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and gunned down 20 children and six adults. He had shot his mother in the head before arriving at school. The weapons he used...

Overly edited senior pictures obscure reality

Overly edited senior pictures obscure reality

Lauren Puckett November 27, 2012

There's one rite of passage only seniors have the privilege to taste. It's their 15 minutes of fame, their one glimpse of stardom: their senior photo session.  For those few, fleeting minutes, we’re...

Schools should promote religious tolerance

Schools should promote religious tolerance

Brittany Cornelison November 12, 2012

Let me start off by saying, freedom of religious expression has been a debated topic in America for quite some time through arguments over actions justified by the first amendment of the Constitution. The...

RBHS students take part in defacing Hickman property. Photo by Riley Johnson

Student behavior humiliates RBHS

Hagar Gov-Ari November 5, 2012

RBHS faced crosstown rival Hickman High School in football on Friday for the second time this year. During district play the Bruins traveled north on Providence Road to face the Kewpies on their turf,...

NFL fans should not have had to suffer through referee lockout

NFL fans should not have had to suffer through referee lockout

Jacqueline LeBlanc October 4, 2012

Your browser does not support the audio element. NFL fans breathed a sigh of relief that their 2011 NFL season was no longer in any danger of not existing July 25.  Avid fans would be able to enjoy...

College fair should not be mandated

College fair should not be mandated

Maria Kalaitzandonakes October 4, 2012

By the time we make it to the doors of RBHS, we’ve been coddled enough.  Our moms walked us through kindergarten; our homeroom teachers dragged us by our ears through elementary classes. It continued...

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