The Age Old Question: Should Christmas be Celebrated in Public Schools?
The moment Thanksgiving dinner is over, Christmas seems to hit America like a snowball. Stores place holiday wrapping paper...
Category: Editorials
The Plague of Sick Days to the Student Body
Your piercing alarm goes off at 6:20 a.m. and you wake up to that feeling that everyone knows: sickness....
In Memoriam: Conrad
Keeping Conrad with Us by Meg Waage If you had walked into a newspaper layout meeting last year, you...
Perspectives: Art or Vandalism?
Is graffiti art or vandalism? It might seem that there are only two sides to this argument. Graffiti often...
Where can I sit?
It is a question that eighth graders ask time and time again of current high school students: where can...
From Whom Was the Picnic Table Borne?
In 2015, the Orcas Island High School woodshop class built a picnic table. The table was designed by Mark...
Do We Really Love Valentine’s Day?
Ah … Valentine’s Day. The day we know as the day of celebrating love, or is it? The roots...
Election Reaction: Respect Other Views
The 2016 presidential election is definitely one for the books. Between vulgar remarks and disappearing emails, this has been...
Election Reaction: Misogyny within the 2016 Election
Our country could use women leaders, for we have been lead by men for so long. In this election,...
Phase III School Bond Potential Improvements
While we do try to encourage bonding between students at Orcas Island, there’s another type of bond that’s highly...
Election Reaction: Don’t Normalize Bigotry
It’s okay to not like those who support Donald Trump. It sounds rude, at first, perhaps — but this...
Condoms, Revisited
A few of you may remember a couple months ago when I wrote an article about the necessity of...