Voice In Opinion

https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/let-s-honor-veterans-every-day/article_05bcf571-4218-5750-ae98-09a0bd6e9173.html This article stuck out to me because as a member of a military family, I agree the support for our veterans should increase greatly. I think the writer did very well talking about veterans of all ages facing hardships such as eviction or PTSD. What could’ve helped the writer was to maybe include ways […]

FHN Girls Basketball Team Head Towards a Culture Shift

The Francis Howell North girls basketball coach Dawn Hahn has been prepping for a new season with “big conversations” and applying teaching skills to promote a culture shift. For the past four years, the FHN girls basketball team has struggled with many scattered inconsistencies. Coach Hahn believes this was an issue due to the lack […]

8 News Elements

1: Timeliness: https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/early-bird-holiday-shopping-may-cost-you-more-in-the/article_4a77e964-73f1-5071-84b6-18c3a4ef080a.html This post is timely because it was posted 43 min ago, from typing this. 2: Proximity: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-voters-without-ids-won-t-have-to-sign-an/article_e698fb42-4484-5445-85ee-7cb1e357455a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story This post is proximity because it only applies to those voting in Missouri. 3: Consequences: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/his-lottery-ticket-was-a-loser-now-he-s-charged/article_22d1ce44-21f5-5ae2-8d1c-5d8c39449ea1.html This post deals with consequences because the man was charged for his crime. 4: Prominence: https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/trump-denies-report-of-frequent-use-of-unsecure-iphones-allowing/article_653b3baa-744c-59be-ad25-53c73b39ca09.html This story deals […]

Landmark Cases: Tinker vs De Moines

The Tinker vs De Moines case has had a big impact today on many student “activists.” Because of this case students are now free to peacefully protest and speak up on any issues, as long as it is not vulgar or disrupting class. I believe this case moved us forward in a positive way because […]

Moving Music

Junior Riley Witherbee walks down the stairs and through the same hallway at FHN twice a day. She goes past the health room, without hesitation walks past the band room and stops right before she can hear the chatter from the drama room. She makes her way through the doors of room 58 and is […]

Being First

Gabby Reed and Kailie Carlson It’s pretty simple in our daily lives to justify decisions based on, “Well, they did it first.” Being the first to do anything seems like a lot of pressure, especially when the topic can be pretty controversial. A peer stepping up to the plate and being the first leaves you […]

From an Unexpected Event, A New Perspective is Drawn

In high school the halls are flooded with contagious negativity. 17 year old Kailey Cripps; however, learned the hard way to always be kind because everyone has their silent battles, including her uncle, Adam Strunk, who fatally jumped from a car. Strunk was only 17 years old when he was hanging out with the wrong […]