Bearing News

CPS begins composting program at pilot schools

Sarah Ding • March 9, 2020

RBHS will be one of the Columbia Public School’s (CPS) pilot schools to introduce composting starting Monday, March 16.

RBHS to include compost bins in waste removal system

Anjali Noel Ramesh • September 28, 2019

By the end of September, RBHS, along with Hickman High School and Battle High School, will add compost bins to their trash disposal systems. Partnering with the City of Columbia and the Mid-Missouri Solid Waste Management District (MMSWMD), Columbia Public Schools’ (CPS) high schools will label bins separating compost from recycling and trash.

Movie theaters lack compared to their competition

Jared Geyer • October 26, 2018

In a world of growing online competition, movie theaters contain many flaws that continuously bog down and stagnate the experience.

Students strive for sustainability through environment’s protection

Ji-Sung Lee • January 29, 2018

Students and clubs strive for eco-friendliness, trying to take into account the natural systems that support people.

Clean up Columbia encourages community to contribute

Grace Dorsey • April 12, 2016

As a Columbia tradition going on 20 years, Cleanup Columbia has made it possible for residents to participate in a large-scale contribution to the city.

Tunnels close during lunch periods in attempt to curb trash problem

Anna Wright • March 13, 2014

The tunnels in RBHS’s lower level are now closed during A and B lunches, preventing students from sitting and eating in this area during their allotted half hour eating period. The administration announced...

District standardizes trash cans, replacing metal with plastic

Derek Wang • February 13, 2014

After today, all of the trash cans in the district will be standardized. No longer will the trash cans be of varying shapes and sizes. All will now have to be the same type of plastic cans instead of...

Recent intercom announcement encourages students to clean up lunch trash

Anna Wright • October 29, 2013

In an intercom announcement yesterday at noon , Dr. Jennifer Mast, principal, reminded students of the importance that they dispose of their lunch trash in order to keep a clean school environment and...