Cooperation, not competition, leads to success Fellows mentor David Graham believes success is subjective, but far too often students associate success with grades. Students could also be successful at...

Feeding time With a cold sweat clinging to the back of my neck and a slight tautness in my calf muscles, I finally reach my favorite path of the zoo: the elephant trail. The powerful pachyderm ambles...

New legislature hopes to bring justice, aid to victims of rape and sexual assault  Sexual assault has long been a problem on college campuses across America, and recent events have pushed the issue into...

Acting different around people to create a certain personality that one thinks others will like is not uncommon. RBHS students explore the harmless and harmful effects of this practice. Self-Deception The...

After a health scare in senior Sarah Freyermuth's family slightly altered her thinking, her whole life soon turned upside down as she developed anorexia nervosa. Freyermuth tried to suppress her mental...

Journalists often face-off against police forces Out of 1,000 people polled, nearly 45 percent said they had a great deal of confidence in the police investigations that have taken place during the events...

If the United States received a report card for 2014, the overall grade would be a D+ and the overall GPA would be a measly 1.40. According to reportcards.studentsfirst.org, a website for the movement...

In April, The ROCK staff looked at the role of luck in student life and student activities. Almost every language has a word for it. In Persian it’s “chashm zakhm”; in Spanish it’s “mal de...

In February, The ROCK staff looked at the concept of independence in high school life. Freedom. Perhaps the most stirring of ideals, it has powered wars and revolutions, invention and migration. Our country...

In January, The ROCK staff looked at the multiple facets of rejection in high school life. After turning in more than a dozen applications to various businesses around Columbia, junior Phoebe Johanningmeier...

In December, The ROCK looked at the Maya 2012 Doomsday Apocalypse and reported on other destructive and disastrous events. First, she said, there is a plane. It’s a commercial airliner or larger, perhaps...