Pesky parents: the negative effects of excess parental involvement
By Morgan Nguyen and Nidhi Madhaven Assistant Features Editor and Copy Editor High school has the potential to feel like a mess of numbers. Class grades, grade point averages, ACT scores – it is a jumble that so much effort, stress and money are put into achieving. There is no doubt that this hard work...
Why Welfare Isn’t Working
By Jack McBreen Staff Writer With the presidential election upon the United States, both candidates are working hard to convince the public that they know what is right for America. In the national debates, strong points have been made about foreign policy, the economy, and other domestic issues. However, with the national debt increasing and...
Decision 2012: Point of View
Republican You have all seen the ads: “He can CREATE jobs, LOWER taxes, and CUT national budget spending! Vote today!” Of course, that all sounds nice. But really, what teenage kid wanted to know about “working closely with Israel to maintain its strategic military edge?” Personally, I didn’t. I did not care about any...
By Pauline Gaffney Assistant Opinion Editor Walking down the sidewalk in my red glittered shoes I feel the crunch of leaves beneath my feet. Like every other Halloween, it is freezing and as the wind whips through the air I am reminded, “I am no longer in Kansas anymore.” Scanning the horizon I see salvation....
Mao’s Last Dancer Review
Morgan Nguyen Staff Writer A young Chinese peasant boy forced from his home, When they took me from my family, I did not recognize this as an honor. and thrust into the drastically different culture of Houston. My father had $50 one year. You spend $500 one day, sir. An infinite determination to succeed and...
A Day Without Make-Up
Mehgan Keeley Sports Editor Put your mascara brushes down, ladies. February 9, 2012, called for an day to celebrate the beauty of a clean slate—A Day Without Makeup. This student-sanctioned event is the first one of its kind scheduled forBarringtonHigh School. The concept was for female students to attend school that day with honest faces—bare...
Smart Boards?
By Courtney Wilt Staff Writer The chalkboard was first incorporated into educational facilities in 1801, and with this addition came a revolutionized teaching environment. Now a new upgrade has taken place; in 200 years, we’ve gone from scraping chalk on slate to swiping giant projected touch screens. That’s right—I’m talking about the Smart Board, a...
Should technology replace tradition?
By Rajeev Jayaraman Business Editor Before 1993, people wrote letters and mailed them. For some time, they would be transported by several horses sprinting through the countryside. Now, Electronic Mail, also known as E-mail, has replaced that. However, technology has evolved into something much larger than E-mail. People can see and talk to each...
Feathers for fashion: not worth the cost
By Amanda Dee Photo Editor Plucking roosters for hairstyles hurts more than just the animals… Like bell-bottoms, poodle skirts and shoulder pads preceding it; feather hair extensions are currently the trend. Sparked by stars like Ke$ha and Steven Tyler, the feather boom has spread to teenagers, adults and even toddlers. These extensions seem as innocent...
Should we have year-round school?
By Kelsey Kober Assistant Features Editor PRO: “This is a vital change Barrington needs.” It’s the end of summer. Your days are now being spent on the couch, lazily flipping through the TV channels and awaiting texts from friends. It’s hot outside, too hot for any activities and you’ve run out of other ideas....
Tell your Dad to stop riding his bike
By Tom West Editor-in-Chief Tell your Dad to stop riding his bike. I’m serious. I don’t want to see him wearing that ridiculous fanny-pack on my road again. Tell him to stop pumping his pedals through my neighborhood. Tell him to stop taking up so much space and take off that form fitting,...
Summer music reviews
By Rajeev Jayaraman Business Manager The Adventures of Rain Dance, “Maggie” By: Red Hot Chili Peppers There are two unique styles of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The first being a funk based style that appears in many of the earlier albums like Blood Sugar Sex Magic and Mother’s Milk. The second style...
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