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on favorite RBHS memory

Ketti Horton, Staff writer May 12, 2022

As the 2021-22 school year comes to a close, seniors reflect on their last four years at RBHS. While their high school experience has been anything but traditional with virtual learning, hybrid learning...

Baseball falls to Hickman in Giving Game, raises $7,000

Baseball falls to Hickman in “Giving Game”, raises $7,000

Ketti Horton, Staff writer May 7, 2022

Wednesday May 4’s RBHS varsity baseball game versus cross-town rival Hickman High School (HHS) started off a bit different than most. This game, also known as the “Giving Game” was a benefit for...

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Gilded Glamour: Celebrities walk red carpet at 2022 Met Gala

Ketti Horton, Staff writer May 4, 2022

The 2022 Met Gala theme was In America: An Anthology of Fashion, an homage to all things corsets, boning, feathers and large statement jewelry. It is the latter of a two-part exhibit, with its counterpart...

TikTok sounds: TikTok influences popular music, changes industry

TikTok sounds: TikTok influences popular music, changes industry

Allison Kim, Op/Ed Editor March 9, 2022

TikTok, the short-form video social media platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has seen massive growth in the past four years since the app’s launch in 2017. TikTok was the most downloaded...

The impact of Omicron: variant heightens risk of infection, targets disabled communities

The impact of Omicron: variant heightens risk of infection, targets disabled communities

Julia Kim, Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2022
First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November, the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has surged around the world over the past two months and now accounts for 99.9% of new infections in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The pandemic continues to play a recurring role in people’s lives, and Omicron poses new risks toward able-bodied and disabled people in the new year.
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Show Choir to premiere first concert on Jan. 20

Julia Kim, Staff Writer January 20, 2022
The RBHS show choir will perform their first concert of the year on Jan. 20 in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m.
Two editors-in-chief try photography: Unfamiliar journalistic medium inspires creativity

Two editors-in-chief try photography: Unfamiliar journalistic medium inspires creativity

Anjali Noel Ramesh and Nora Crutcher-McGowan December 21, 2021

On a particularly chilly day in November, editors-in-chief Nora Crutcher-McGowan and Anjali Noel Ramesh set out downtown with the purpose of trying photography for the day, under the guidance of photo...

The female gaze counteracts existing standards in cinema

The female gaze counteracts existing standards in cinema

Allison Kim December 20, 2021
In every visual representation in media  consumed, the creator controls the perspective through which audiences view the work. The female and male gazes are two defined examples, primarily found and discussed concerning cinema, of said perspectives intentionally curated to guide how viewers are meant to engage with the content.
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on finals week

Ketti Horton, Staff Writer December 17, 2021

As the first in-person finals week since the 2019-2020 school year comes to an end, students at RBHS are certainly feeling the heat. Finals week is a dreaded time for most, but some see it as relieving...

What song are you listening to?

Joan Kwon, Multimedia Editor December 17, 2021

  Student council president Haeam Lee and Op/Ed editor Allison Kim go around RBHS interviewing students on what songs they are listening to. What song are you listening to? Let us know in the...

Senior ad deadline approaches, yearbook staff faces difficulty meeting sales goal

Senior ad deadline approaches, yearbook staff faces difficulty meeting sales goal

Anjali Noel Ramesh, Editor-in-Chief December 16, 2021

In response to the school’s shift away from the use of paper, yearbook and senior ad sales will remain online for the 2021-22 school year. Senior ads are a designated section of the yearbook where family...

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inteGIRLS STL/MO chapter hosts first Winter Contest

Shubha Gautam, News Editor December 7, 2021

The inteGIRLS STL/Missouri chapter hosted their Winter 2021 Math Contest for girls and non-binary individuals comfortable with being placed with girls Saturday, Dec. 4. The student-led group hosted the...

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