Wasteful web-browsing

January 24, 2012 • Nida Laheji, Staffer  
Filed under Opinions

It’s an ordinary school day. You go home and start your homework on the computer. You’re just minding your own business until suddenly, you’ve somehow been sucked into the procrastination vortex. You’re vulnerable to sites that do nothing but aid you in not finishing your homework.... Read more »

Phones and iPods in class

November 15, 2011 • Jamie Gisburn, Staffer  
Filed under Opinions

You’re in class listening to your teacher talk when, all of a sudden, you hear the familiar buzz of a phone from the person next to you start to vibrate. This is all routine in your daily life of attending school. Whether it’s texting your mom or your best friend throughout the day, you... Read more »

What not to wear

November 15, 2011 • Kaylyn Lefan, Staffer  
Filed under Opinions

Walking down the hallway you will see a variety of fashions, but there are some that make you say “Just…no.” Many people use what they think is “cute” fashion as another excuse to get people to watch them strut down the hallways. These fashion items do catch people’s... Read more »

Liven up parking spots

October 5, 2011 • Calvin Lemley, News Editor  
Filed under Opinions

There are many things to look forwards to as a senior. One thing among the many is the opportunity to buy a parking spot of your own and paint it. All the hassle of finding a parking spot before class that isn’t ridiculously far away is gone in one fell swoop. There’s just one issue with... Read more »

Television glorifying pregnant teens

January 31, 2011 • Victoria Powers  
Filed under Opinions

Television will do anything to get the attention of America these days. Talk shows, comedies, soap operas, and reality TV are only a couple of the most popular distractions.  Over the 53 years of television, new and exciting things have been showing up on our screens around the world, but for a couple... Read more »

Apply technology to our learning

January 31, 2011 • Kate Clemens  
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Imagine that 20-pound textbooks and mind-numbing, sleep-provoking lectures are banished from high school education forever and ever. Instead, new laptops are issued to every student, or maybe iPhones or iPads or some other technologically innovative devices. Tech-bound schools are popping up all over... Read more »

Consider Kindles, iPods for classroom education

January 31, 2011 • Ellie Hozhabri, Editor-in-Chief  
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Kindles, iPhones and iPods are just some things that many schools are lacking in their curriculum. These devices surprisingly have many utilities that students must engage in and teachers must bring their attention to, from annotating to fast web access to specific applications for a certain subject.... Read more »

Students Facebook should not be monitored

January 31, 2011 • Paige Patterson  
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All or Nothing. Facebook. Two words smushed into one to form the most popular social networking site in the world. Everyone posts what they are doing, who with and now, even where they are. Of course, pictures have to be posted to make sure everyone who isn’t there is sure to be jealous they are... Read more »

Other schools have a skewed reputation of Martin

January 31, 2011 • Brooke Smith, Copy Editor  
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Martini High. Sound familiar? Well, it should. Don’t you know that you go to the rich school? We’ve all heard it at some time or another, probably even laughed about it with our friends. Here at Martin, we’re all just a bunch of snobby rich kids. But here’s the difference: we’re... Read more »