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Colleges must punish rapist with serious consequences

Colleges must punish rapist with serious consequences

Ruby Dennis, Staff Writer January 31, 2015

You know, if and when I go to college, I really wouldn’t like to get raped. Therefore, my future college should have a good record when it comes to dealing with sexual assault. Unfortunately, as a high...

Photo and graphic by Ruby Dennis

Transphobic advertisement is unethical

Ruby Dennis, Staff Writer October 5, 2014

The Star Tribune’s choice to include an extremely transphobic advertisement in its Sunday issue was horrific. It was a blatant disregard for ethics, and shocking coming from a newspaper many have come...

Counterpoint: Motivations behind the Ice Bucket Challenge diminish its efficacy

Avery Craves, Staff Writer October 5, 2014

You see on Facebook a video that someone has posted. You click on it and that person then says they were nominated to dump a bucket of water on their head. They proceed with dumping the cold water on their...

Point: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has greatly benefited the cause

Maggie Fisher, Features Editor October 5, 2014

For the past few months, it’s felt as if  every time I logged on to any social media I’d see one video after another of someone getting a bucket of ice dumped onto their head. Not only was it funny...

Wide spread police brutality hits home for students

Xaviera Wilson, Staff Writer October 5, 2014

“It’s bad!”, said eleventh grader Shameelah Abdullah. In Abdullah's experience as a Black South student, she hasn’t had any altercations with the police. However, her cousin has, “My cousin got...

Treatment of leaked nudes shows gender bias

Emma Pederson, Staff Writer October 3, 2014

“It’s not nearly as dehumanizing when a man’s nudes are leaked,” said junior Betty Mfalingundu, leader of South High’s Gender Equity Collective. She was commenting on the topic of the hacking...

Gender neutral bathrooms would be more inclusive

Ruby Dennis, Staff Writer June 4, 2014

Let’s be frank: the world has a lot of progress to make regarding gender issues. Violence and discrimination towards transgender and non-binary people (those who are neither male nor female, or are more...

Editorial: Discontinuing APUSH would be a step backwards

June 4, 2014

Earlier this month, the social studies department voted to stop requiring APUSH for all students. While the administration decided not to make this change next year, it is still a potential for the future. APUSH...

Graphic: Ellen Gantenbein

We need to leave high school with real life skills

Ellen Gantenbein, Staff Writer June 4, 2014

High school teaches us many things, from annotation skills to calculus, but there is one particular subject area in which many students graduate with inadequate mastery: practical life skills. Although...

Standardized testing unfairly judges students

Laura Turner, Business and Distribution Manager April 29, 2014

By senior year, everyone knows what it’s like to sharpen their No.2 pencils, silence their cell phones, and sit for hours on end bubbling, reading, figuring, and rushing to finish before the proctor...

Online media needs must balance speed and accuracy

Anna Schwartz, Graphics Editor April 29, 2014

It’s an inevitable fact that the nature of news is evolving. As ink-and-paper news starts to decline in popularity, news is changing its format. Almost every publication has a website and a mobile app,...

World religions class could reduce ignorance and disrespect

Srija Chatterjea-Sen, Staff Writer April 29, 2014

“I always tell my students we tend to...see other religions narrowly,” said Professor Jeanne Kilde, director of the Religious Studies program at the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities. She explained...

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