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OPINION: Don’t let exams stress you out too much

By Genevieve Hurst, Photo Editor December 14, 2018

As Christmas draws nearer, decorations are put up, Christmas music is played everywhere, everyone finishes up their Christmas shopping, and students are more stressed than ever. First semester exams, which...

OPINION: Due process matters, even in Supreme Court confirmations

By Payne Bell, Graphics Editor October 16, 2018

The nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was a political disaster, to put it simply. Senate Democrats showed the country that they were willing to take down Kavanaugh by whatever...

PC Bros: Is President Trump really unfit for office?

By Tripp Cory and Barron Liston October 4, 2018

On September 5th, The New York Times published an anonymous opinion piece from a person claiming to be a senior white house official that harshly criticized President Trump and stated that White House...

OPINION: An athlete is more than an athlete

OPINION: An athlete is more than an athlete

By Steven Wyatt August 6, 2018

Every day throughout the United States, people with any sort of platform, both local and national, take to the media to voice their opinions. This is seen as acceptable, and it is even sometimes encouraged...

High school dating categories

High school dating categories

By Alex Gibbs June 21, 2018

Young Love. Books have been written about it. Movies have been made about it. It’s a fascination of our society and is people’s first experiment with romance.  While some people will claim...

OPINION: Starbucks implicit bias training is a waste of time

OPINION: Starbucks’ implicit bias training is a waste of time

By Payne Bell May 17, 2018

On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, the coffeehouse chain Starbucks announced that they would be closing 8,000 stores across the United States on May 29, 2018, to perform implicit racial bias training for 175,000...

Anxiety -- a growing problem for todays students

Anxiety — a growing problem for today’s students

By Maclain Kennedy May 17, 2018

You may know what it’s like to feel “butterflies” in your stomach before you do something that you’re nervous about. However, in today’s society, the “butterfly” feeling has grown into something...

OPINION: Is it time to ditch extra time on tests?

OPINION: Is it time to ditch “extra time” on tests?

By Sarah Avery Huffman February 28, 2018

As most Jackson Prep students know, extra time and other accommodations on the ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests have become very prominent. It seems as though everyone has extra time now a days....

Trump talk: Reviewing his first year in office

By Stewart McCullough February 20, 2018

Saturday, January 20th marked the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Donald Trump won the Republican Party presidential nominee race in the summer of 2016, and at the beginning...

PC Bros: Feminism: What do you think it is?

PC Bros: Feminism: What do you think it is?

By Barron Liston and Tripp Cory February 16, 2018

The movement for women’s rights, which would come to be known as feminism during the 20th century, has existed for nearly 200 years now, and it persists in several forms across the modern world. Throughout...

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