Every Brilliant Thing: The Why Behind the Play

Written by Katie Godfrey, Sarah Adams, and Tegan Elliott   On January 21st, the Utah Shakespeare Touring Company acted out a unique performance for the Orem High Student Body. This company has been to 76 schools throughout Utah in hopes to “create an active...

OHS Students React to Assembly

Orem High School Students React To Every Brilliant Thing   A few weeks ago, Orem High School students had the opportunity to watch a play that was both lighthearted and heavy. It touched on sensitive topics like depression and suicide and simultaneously...

Tiger Knowledge: Impeachment

Impeachment. What is it? According to Walter Fowler, a Sophomore at Orem High School, “It doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is kicked out of office, it just means they are able to be charged with any crime they have committed. Often, if impeached, the guilty party...

The Phenomenon of TikTok

If you are a student at Orem High (or simply a teenager with a cell phone), chances are you have at least heard of TikTok. Or, maybe, you have downloaded the app and even made a few videos yourself. Whether you are TikTok famous, an amateur, or barely even understand...

Be Grateful Utah County

By Brielle Barnes Turning on the news and listening is one easy way to get depressed. There are so many problems throughout all the world, from school shootings to political crises that it's hard to see the good that is actually happening, or more importantly the good...

Wrong Buttons

In the aftermath of the recent Hawaiian Missile scare, most of the criticism has been directed toward the civil servant who triggered the alert, scaring (and scarring) millions of residents and tourists who believed they were in imminent danger of nuclear...

Refugees

A teenage boy is trapped in a country full of war and bloodshed. He witnesses the death of family, friends and neighbors, and loses his leg in a bombing. This boy, Ali, from Afghanistan, makes the life-changing decision to embark on the three thousand mile journey to...

Parkland Shooting

Mental health is just as important as physical health. However, because poor physical health is easier to recognize, the educational stress on the subject is much more prominent. On Wednesday, February 14, 17 high school students were shot in Parkland, Florida by...