Jordan Shorter, Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Sweet-sixteens are going out of style. I can’t be the only one who has noticed this happening.
Sweet-sixteens for girls seem to be slowly going out of style. Girls still have parties or get-togethers to celebrate, but these...
Hurelayn Abdu, Editor-In-Chief
April 18, 2018
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“Diversity” is a word that is often used to describe Paint Branch and Montgomery County in general. But what does that really mean? A standard dictionary definition of diversity yields “showing a great deal of variety.”...
Katelynn Morgan, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
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Everybody loves Twitter. It is the center of the universe for laughter and pure entertainment.
One of the best aspects of Twitter is that it provides users three simple ways to express their attitude towards a post: retweeting,...
Alexis Leonard, J1 Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
Filed under Journalism I, Opinions
In 1971, the 26th Amendment deemed eighteen year olds as eligible to vote, but are eighteen year olds of today’s society equally qualified?
The Amendment to lower the voting age to eighteen was a result of the rise in student...
Giulia Pires, J1 Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
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Sports may not be every kid’s cup of tea, it may not even be yours, but every kid should play a sport.
In this generation kids are more drawn to iPhones, TV, and video games than they are to playing sports. They are bigger...
Ibrahim Kaba, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
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Every time I timidly believe our government officials, people who have been entrusted to run our nation, to be respectable human beings, an event inevitably occurs that makes me facepalm.
Recently the Federal Communications...
Emily Quan, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
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In 1999, our country was shaken by what was then the deadliest school shooting in our history; Columbine. This sort of massacre was unprecedented; an event that rattled the country and brought students and parents to the edge...
Ibrahim Kaba, Staff Writer
April 11, 2018
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By the time a senior receives a letter of acceptance from a college, a virus known as senoritis has already entered the system of that senior. This disease takes over his/her decision making and the part of the brain...
Victor Arung Bate, J1 Staff Writer
April 10, 2018
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America. Home of the brave and land of the free.
You might be surprised, however, that the US leads the world in prison population per capita. Adam Liptak of the New York Times reports that “The United States has less than ...
Cayla Reed, Center Editor
March 16, 2018
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Youtube is a useful place for people to find what's trending, get ideas and learn different techniques for almost anything one could think of. This is why social media is very “popping” - Youtube provides resources for anything...