Should finals always be final?
At Urbana High, students are taught from freshman to senior year that finals will determine final grades. They are administered...
Year: 2019
For which stream do you scream?
From the moment streaming services launched world wide with Netflix in 2007, they have continued to grow and become more...
The good news from this year
It’s been a hard year for many people. Things seem more chaotic than they’ve been in a long time: political...
Tigers show strength in home opener
The game everybody had been waiting on came and went on Tuesday: the first home game against cross-town rivals, Centennial...
2019 Winter Break Plans
It comes down to that time of the school year, what all the students and teachers are ready for: it’s...
SRO increase approved in spite of community dissent
During the 2018-2019 school year, then-Urbana Superintendent Donald Owen was removed from his position as Urbana School District Superintendent in...
Should teens trick or treat?
Every year on October 31st, people dress up, go out, and visit other houses around their neighborhood to get candy....
A feminist reading of Halloween (2018)
Slashers have a bit of a bad name. The idea that horror movies exist only to promote sex and violence...
Class of 2020 reflection
The class of 2020’s high school careers are coming to a close as they begin to finalize their plans for...
An extremely serious Truth or Dare (2018) analysis
Truth or Dare is a 2018 horror movie with no pretense of depth. It wants to show you boring, flat...
