Elise Dowler
May 21, 2019
Filed under Opinion
I’ve always been told that the end of high school is bittersweet. Sweet because it means we’ve survived high school, but bitter because, after the excitement of prom and graduation parties, the life that we’ve known drastically...
Bri Riney
May 21, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized
Dear East High School,
This letter goes out to all the teachers and friends that I have made and lost through these four years. I want to give a sincere thank you. Thank you for helping me feel like I belong somewhere even ...
May 21, 2019
Filed under Opinion
You walk through the classroom door and are greeted by a smiling teacher who calls you by your name and asks about your day, you instantly feel happier and like you are welcome and accepted in that class. The room is brigh...
Bri Riney
May 21, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
Gamer girl, girl gamer, or just simply, gamer? Whatever you want to label us, believe it or not, both women and girls play video games. Us women also exist inside video games themselves. Some strong female characters include, Faith...
Fabiana Centeno
May 21, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
How can one word build up enough anger inside of you that it makes you want to explode? How it can one word cause so many mixed feelings that you don’t know how to feel? There are many words that can cause mixed emotions and som...
February 26, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
High school students often find themselves very uneducated about all things relating to sex, pregnancy and STIs. This is mainly because some find it uncomfortable to talk about or don’t have the resources they need. This is...
Shelby Alsted, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 26, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
What is Des Moines? Love, unity, laughter, creativity, diversity, and most importantly a place to express yourself. Des Moines is a city full of creativity and even more full of people ready to express that creativity. Des Moines...
December 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
“The Santa Clause”: Nov. 11, 1994 Rated PG
In 1994 Tim Allen became Santa Claus. All started when Scott Calvin’s son heard noises coming from the roof, Scott went outside and there he saw a jolly man in a red suit wh...
Alyssa Ayersman, Design Editor
May 16, 2018
Filed under Opinion
A·bor·tion: the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus. Studies have proven that a fetus may survive outside of the womb as early as 22 weeks but, the child will need excessive...
Cat Hexamer
May 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Opinion, Showcase
First the dirty looks, then the insults and gossip. Is this how a person deserves to be treated? No. This is how some youth treat people they don’t know that are different.
People raised in this generation are disrespectful...
Abby Folkerts, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Opinion, Showcase
Columbine, Sandy Hook, Marjory Stoneman Douglas. All three of these school shootings were considered at one point the “deadliest school mass shootings in American history”. But when does it stop? How can we stop future sc...
February 26, 2018