Comments: heartfelt or #fakelove?
Charlotte Heinrich, features + in-depth editor
November 23, 2018
Filed under Top Stories
“I’m on Instagram all the time. I like to know what's going on in people's lives. I find myself checking Instagram in class, at night before I go to bed, [and] when I get home from school, always.” Since fourth grade, Drew Cherry, freshman, has been a self-described, active Instag...
Overhyping snow days
Jack Rittendale, features writer
March 1, 2018
Filed under Opinions
If you’ve ever met me, you would know I hate winter. But it isn’t just the cold weather that I have an aversion to, it’s how people act. Particularly on the subject of snow days. Whenever winter brings about flurries (whether a dusting or a full scale blizzard), people take to social media to ove...
Call Ed: Speech shutdown
September 29, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Staff Editorials
The number one breeding ground for high school drama isn’t the cafeteria, the library or the commons. It’s social media. Most rational high schoolers won’t post discriminatory posts or bullying attempts on their Instagram feed or Snapchat story, but with the option of private messages, some students...
Kirkwood vs. Jefferson City football game Aug. 25
Allie Hickenbotham, copy editor
September 5, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Visuals
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End of KH Players’ 2016-17 season
Justin Sweeney, opinions editor
April 13, 2017
Filed under News
After the Saturday night performance of Once Upon a Mattress, KH Players’ 2016-17 season came to a close. The program, which is supported by over 100 students, dozens of parents and a handful of directors, performed two mainstage shows, two Black Box shows, a one-act festival and won several awards a...
Love at first snap?
Thomas Birmingham, news-features writer
March 22, 2017
You pull out your phone and check your notifications. Nothing. You start to panic. They haven’t liked your last post on Instagram. They haven’t replied to your most recent Snapchat. You start to wonder whether you have done something to upset your boyfriend or girlfriend. A familiar question plants itse...
The motive behind social media
Izzy Colón, news writer
October 17, 2016
Filed under News
After a long day of classes, instead of getting out her notes to begin homework, Jackie Kuntz, sophomore gets out her phone. Jason Evans, Kuntz’s World History teacher uses Twitter to share articles online with his students. According to Dr. Michael Havener, principal, social media is used as a too...
Call me, (be)ep (me), if you want to reach me
Trevor Cleveland, entertainment editor
November 14, 2015
Filed under Entertainment
Beme delivers one of the most liberating experiences in social media since Facebook launched its photo feature in 2005. The app simply takes away the self-scrutiny and excessive filtration that plagues modern social media. The beauty of Beme comes from its hands-free, revision-free video format which, des...
Skinny standards
Ali Randazzo, web staff
February 1, 2015
Filed under Opinions
Lately, it seems impossible to check Twitter without crazy dietary pills or extreme workouts cluttering my timeline. Stories of celebrities spending thousands of dollars in order to fit the Hollywood standard are not uncommon, and with social media spreading skinny standards, the search for a perfect...
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