Bearing News

Questionable ideologies turn into damaging mindsets

Sarah Mosteller • March 28, 2020

Throughout elementary school, I believed when boys pestered me it meant they had a crush on me. That mindset didn't put me at risk of dating violence at a young age, but in middle and high school where flirting is more common those beliefs make me more susceptible to abusive, manipulative, or violent relationships than girls who were taught consent.

That’s debatable: Should CPS require P.E. credits?

Multiple Authors • March 23, 2020

The requirement for physical education credits in order for high school schoolers to graduate has sparked debate about whether or not it is necessary.

The Wasian complication

Isaac Yontz • March 19, 2020

Filipino and white culture are polarized, and it makes being somewhere in between confusing. Wasian culture, characterized by being a half-Asian, half-white teenager, is prominent on social media platforms like TikTok; although there is a Wasian community online, Columbia is not known for its diversity.

CPS coronavirus plan necessary, but too rushed

The Rock and Bearing News Staff • March 18, 2020

Although closure is a meaningful step toward protecting safety and health, the limited notice will minimize its effectiveness.

Speedo Region VIII Sectionals canceled because of COVID-19 health concerns

Turner DeArmond • March 16, 2020

Junior Turner DeArmond's swim season was supposed to culminate the Speedo Region VIII Sectionals March 12-15, but COVID-19 health concerns cut it short.

Family meals make memories, shape habits

Audrey Novinger • March 14, 2020

If one peeked into my pale-yellow kitchen on any given day of the week between 6 and 7 p.m., he or she would glimpse my family of four seated in tall, wooden, swivel-backed chairs around a circular table,...

That’s debatable: Should Disney stop producing live-action remakes?

Will Cover • March 12, 2020

Disney has been remaking original animated films such as "The Lion King" and "Mulan" in a live-action style, inciting controversy among fans.

Lack of diversity in medicine lowers quality of care

Multiple Authors • February 29, 2020

As America becomes more and more diverse, the field of medicine struggles to keep up. In medicine, underrepresented minorities include African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. Currently, only 6% of practicing doctors are underrepresented people of color. Comparatively, this group makes up 31.5% of the U.S. population, according to ABC News.

Nostalgia stirs introspection

Bailey Stover • February 25, 2020

Talking about how my life has changed becomes increasingly difficult when I struggle to recall the sequence of my youth. The only consistent memory my Swiss cheese brain has kept safe from time’s thieving grasp has been the Sunday mornings I spent with my grandpa in his house, which hasn’t changed since I was born.

Housing reparations necessary to counteract redlining, institutionalized racism

Will Cover • February 24, 2020

Housing has been the most egregious instance of discrimination in America's economy, with a 32.5% gap in homeownership between black and white Americans. This in turn drives a massive racial wealth gap because of the economic importance of owning a home. Therefore, housing reparations are needed to increase black homeownership and counteract existing biases.

US meddling in the Middle East increases instability, terrorism

Will Cover • February 23, 2020

Although the aim to stop global terrorism must inarguably be a goal of the U.S., the War on Terror and U.S. engagement in the Middle East will only serve to do the exact opposite by fueling anti-American sentiment.

In Venezuela, economic sanctions bring human suffering

Will Cover • February 21, 2020

Although the goal of sanctions is to remove Maduro from office for his human rights abuses, they tragically only increase the suffering of the Venezuelan people. It is time for the U.S. to learn from its history of misguided intervention in Latin America and recognize we are worsening the problems we aim to solve.