The choices someone makes in high school can affect their life after graduation, whether it be the college they go to or the jobs they get. However, high school isn’t just about academics and scholarships, it is also about making friends, having fun, and creating...
School is now in full swing. The world of homework and assignments has started again. Actually, for many students that world never stopped. Summer homework is something many students, and parents even, have become more and more used to. Many AP and Honors classes give...
“I’ve dislocated my right kneecap multiple times, tore my PCL in my right knee, and jacked up a few of my fingers and wrists here and there,” said Orem High defensive back (#3) Ben Daley. “I missed a week or more [of school] with the dislocations and the torn PCL...
“Hi!” “Hello!” “Hey!” At times, walking through Orem’s school hallways, this is all a student can hear whether it be from a bubbly friend, peer, or a teacher. Each word spoken in these hallways are said for a specific purpose and always contain an aftereffect. The...
“If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.” -Nikita Khrushchev It’s a dog eat dog world, where the strong survive and the weak are devoured. As we begin to pass from our teenage life to adulthood, we discover that the key to endure is following the world’s...
Halloween is a wonderful day filled with fearsome beasts, candy galore, and spooky occurrences. The holiday is festive and fun, plus, it’s a prime time for the hunters of the underworld to gather. See, monsters and beasts aren’t too different from teenagers, but just...
January 21, 2017 was a monumental day; people throughout the world gathered together to march peacefully. The march became known as the “Women’s March”--although the title is somewhat misleading; the march was not limited to a single cause. As a result, opinions on...
The dance was Sadies. Most of the desired men the girl had wanted to ask were already taken, so she was complaining about this unfortunate situation to a fellow friend when a stranger, a boy in her grade, made an appearance and relayed that he had not been asked....
