Bearing News

Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade creates unsafe abortions, exacerbates racial and economic disparities

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • May 20, 2022

A Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft surrounding abortion laws under the court case Roe v. Wade was leaked May 1. The opinion document voted to strike down the SCOTUS case Roe v. Wade, a...

RBHS music department’s combined concert concludes year, celebrates achievements

Allison Kim, Op/Ed Editor • May 16, 2022

With the end of the school year fast approaching, the RBHS Music Department held one final celebration of the RBHS chamber orchestra, chamber choir and wind symphony bands' hard work with a combined spring...

on AP testing

Allison Kim, Op/Ed Editor • May 13, 2022

Friday, May 13, marks the conclusion of all 2022 College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams after two long weeks of testing. From underclassmen taking their first AP tests to upperclassmen adjusting from...

Girls’ soccer loses 0-3 to Cor Jesu Academy in last home game

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • May 8, 2022

The RBHS girls’ soccer team faced the highest ranked team in the state, Cor Jesu Academy (CJA), May 6. The team lost 0-3 after playing two 40-minute halves. Scott Wittenborn, the girls’ soccer coach,...

RBHS girls’ soccer defeats Hickman High School in decisive victory, looks to build intensity for upcoming game

Julia Kim, Staff Writer • May 6, 2022

In their second-to-last home game for the season, the RBHS girls’ soccer team defeated the Hickman High School (HHS) Kewpies with a clean 2-0 victory Wednesday, May 4. The game marks the Anna Alioto...

Fetishization drives violence against Asian women

Julia Kim, Staff Writer • April 7, 2022

Content Warning: Anti-Asian racism, misogyny, sexual violence On March 16, 2021, eight people were shot and killed by a white man in Atlanta massage parlors, six of the victims being Asian women. The...

The Environmental Coalition wraps up initiative to counteract RBHS paper usage

Julia Kim, Staff Writer • March 24, 2022

The RBHS Environmental Coalition concluded their initiative to offset RBHS paper usage with the non-profit organization, Tree-Plenish, March 16. The club was able to order 92 native tree saplings to plant...

Debate team competes at districts, sends 7 to Nationals

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • March 21, 2022

The RBHS Speech and Debate team competed at the National Speech and Debate Eastern Missouri districts tournament at Ladue High School this past weekend, March 17-19. The team sent 27 competitors, with...

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...

K-Pop industry abuses capitalist practices

Julia Kim, Staff Writer • March 7, 2022

Korean pop (K-Pop) has seen a steady rise in popularity, becoming a recognized global phenomenon in the past five to ten years and breaking into the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls became the first K-Pop group to enter the chart in 2009 with the English version of their hit song “Nobody.”

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.

Critical Race Theory necessary to address white washed curriculum

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • February 1, 2022

Despite several initiatives to diversify the textbooks taught in schools, many textbooks have not changed. In regards to the education system, “whitewashed,” is a term used to explain how many textbook...