The Act

October 28 of this year was the most recent national ACT testing date. Since Orem High is a local testing center, students between ninth and twelfth grade showed up to take what is arguably the most stressful test of their high school career. All this stress can be...

Help Harvey Victims

On the evening of August 25th, 2017 one of the most disastrous hurricanes since Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Harvey, landed near Rockport, Texas. Over 30,000 people have been evacuated into shelters across Texas, according to The Washington Post. The devastation...

Constitution Article

One of the most important aspects of the constitution, in Mr. Palfreyman’s eyes, is the leadership. Namely that students showed responsibility and brought it together. “I love the idea of students taking more ownership of their learning,” Mr. Palfreyman said. He went...

The Walkers (saTiger)

In the hallways of Orem High, one can observe a wide variety of personalities, all manifest through the way individuals walk. There are four primary groups of walkers subdivided into several classes each. The first group, and the worst offenders, are the Stoppers,...

The Legality of Cryptocurrency

You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin, the first and most widely traded digital currency (Bitcoin’s value peaked at $19,000 in December). However, Bitcoin is not the only form of so-called cryptocurrency. At the time of this article’s publication, CoinMarketCap, the most...

Privacy Is The Best Policy

Your parent or legal guardian has the power to exclude you from every yearbook photograph and video coverage this year due to a new privacy policy passed by the state legislature. Here’s how it affects our school: If parent’s sign, the intent is that they do not want...

Seniors are Stressing this Season

Seniors are Stressing this Season

[media-credit name="Carlymikula -morguefile" align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit] December is one of the busiest times of the year for seniors in high school. Between college applications, scholarship applications, and just trying to graduate it is no wonder...