The Surge of Blogging at Orem High

The Surge of Blogging at Orem High

In recent years, many students at Orem High have taken to blogging for a variety of reasons. Some began writing in blogs as a means for communicating with friends outside of school, others use their blogs as a replacement for a journal or diary, and other students...

ACT Stress

  Stress.  A six-letter word that seems to perfectly describe most students' time in high school.  Stress about things at home, stress about sports, drama, and other extracurricular activities, stress about work; the list goes on and on.  It seems that our lives...

Music and your Mood

Music and your Mood

Recent studies have shown that Music does affect the rest of your day. It can change someone's mood entirely. Scientists from the University of Missouri have conducted research that shows listening to upbeat music helps you to think more positively. Listening to...

Try Something New

[media-credit name="morgue file" align="alignnone" width="300"][/media-credit]It seems like all that people do after school these days is sit around. Have they forgotten how to be kids? They need to get out and play. They need to learn how to live. Maybe all they need...

The Wheelie Chair Experiment

The Wheelie Chair Experiment

Dempsey Emery | The Tiger Times When you enter the writing lab—either for a class or just for fun—where do you sit? Do you sit in the front, or the back? Maybe in that middle row? More importantly, do you sit in a wheelie chair? This may seem like a silly question,...

Rowling with the Punches

With all the fuss over J.K. Rowling’s recent revisions to her classic—and not to mention fabulous—Harry Potter series, people are forgetting about the magic within the memory. Need I remind you that in 1990, five years before most of us high school-ers were born; an...

What happened to Miley?

What happened to Miley?

What ever happened to Hannah Montana? Miley Cyrus, having chopped off her hair and transformed her “good girl” image, has recently become one of the most talked about celebrities of the moment. People all over the nation and around the world, including Orem High...

Cheat or Fail?

Cheat or Fail?

In today’s society many students fear the image of failure. It is no secret among today’s students that cheating is an easy way to avoid being seen as sub par. Between parents, college applications, and the impact from their peers, students try to hold themselves to a...