Mehan finishes senior year with a smile
Amanda Pollmann
December 22, 2010
Brown hair, alluring smile and an oversized backpack. People who see those words would say they describe an average 18-year-old. But if they knew Grace Mehan, senior, they would think anything but that. Grace engages herself in more activities than the average high school student and makes those who... Read more »
Orchestra and band students successful at All State
Emma Lawson
December 15, 2010
For something that takes months to prepare, it only takes less than an hour for a band or orchestra member to put their musical talents on the line in hopes of making it into either Missouri’s All State Band or Missouri’s All State Orchestra. All State is the group of specially selected high school... Read more »
Juniors can now purchase a class ring
Mike Murphy
December 15, 2010
According to a Call survey, 45 percent of students (137/303) said they would buy or have bought a class ring. Near the end of first semester, juniors attended as- semblies with information regarding the purchase of class rings. The rings can be symbolic of high school achievement and school spirit. Juniors... Read more »
Performers in the pen: locked up and loving it
Jared Kurth
December 15, 2010
From its ‘80s Brooklyn roots to the suburbs of Kirkwood, rap music has soared in popularity across the United States. The first legitimate rap single to become a Top 40 hit was Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. Now almost half of the current US Top 40 hits are rap or hip-hop.... Read more »
No flying permit over this zone
December 15, 2010
With age comes sacrifice, with sacrifice comes stubbornness and with stubbornness comes overprotective, clinging-for-life parents. And the parents who take grasp of their child’s freedom of life and tweak it to their liking are negatively affecting the child’s development. According to the Collegiate... Read more »
Ballin’ out to beats
Mike McHugh
December 15, 2010
The thick smell of sweat and old gym clothes hung in the air of KHS boys’ locker room. Anxious basketball players sat on the benches with their heads down and ear buds in. The familiar beats of Waka Flocka, Drake and Gucci Mane penetrated the silence and could be heard playing from across the room. Focused... Read more »
Why can’t I sleep?
Joe Weber
December 15, 2010
When Carrie Medelman, psychology teacher, looks at drowsy-eyed students in her first hour class, she sees more than a lazy teenager unwilling to hit the sack before 2 a.m. She sees a sleeping pattern completely natural for a high school student but equally as harmful. “For most people, when they’re... Read more »
If you really knew me
Anna Edwards
December 15, 2010
The Kirkwood Call asked four students to tell a personal story. As they step out of their comfort zones, we hear about the depression, anxiety, injuries and struggles. Sophia Matthews, sophomore Sitting on the white couch in fishnet stockings, bright red lipstick and a midnight black hat, Sophia Matthews,... Read more »
And I brush my teeth with Colgate
Johnny Frohlichstein
December 15, 2010
Let’s go all the way tonight. No regrets. Just love. The party don’t start ‘til I walk in. Pulling up to the party, trying to get a little bit tipsy. There’s a place I know if you’re looking for a show, where they go hardcore and there’s glitter on the floor. To both Katy Perry and Ke$ha,... Read more »
7 minutes in heaven
Cassie Kibens
December 15, 2010
It’s just me versus more than 1,600 other students every day. For six minutes between each class I fight; dodging freshmen, pushing my way through the stop-to-chat-ers and carefully gliding past those who feel they cannot put down the phone a few seconds to look up and see if they are about to run... Read more »