From the heart, not from the calendar
March 14, 2011
By Elaine Cannell, Editor Coffee? Check. Backpack? Check. Car keys? Car keys? Where are the KEYS? I felt the panic rise in my throat as I chucked my backpack and ran back upstairs to begin a frantic search. Read More »...
Budget cuts should not hinder our high school experience
February 16, 2011
Thanks to our struggling economy and its never-ending money problems, the Illinois education system can't seem to catch a break. Despite tireless efforts of passing referendums, fundraising and cutting salary raises, Kaneland's proposed budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year came to a whopping $4 million. Now,...
Editorial: Budget cuts should not hinder our high school experience
February 15, 2011
By Editorial Board Thanks to our struggling economy and its never-ending money problems, the Illinois education system can't seem to catch a break. Despite tireless efforts of passing referendums, fundraising and cutting salary raises, Kaneland's proposed budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year came...
What do you believe in?
February 10, 2011
By Julia Angelotti, Editor "Life is ten percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it." Or so said my sixth grade social studies teacher, Adam Wickness. He was, of course, quoting Ghandi. That saying had very little meaning to me in sixth grade. It seemed like just words strung to...
Infamous actions of WikiLeaks teach life lessons
January 27, 2011
By Jessica Corbett, Executive Editor Most teens have at least heard of the movie Mean Girls. For those not savvy in the world of teenage guilty pleasure flicks, the plot is fairly simple: most of the film focuses on a classic mean girl, Regina George, and her "burn book," which is a collection ...
Rumor has it: lies people spread mean nothing
January 27, 2011
Dear Edi, What should you do when a rumor starts about you and you don’t know how it even started? - CENTER OF UNWANTED ATTENTION Dear Center of Unwanted Attention, Rumors come and go everyday in schools all over the world, big or small, private or public, and unfortunately, they have yet to be...
I believe that everyone needs something to believe in small or big
January 27, 2011
By Nicole Rymarz, Senior It’s a common theme in movies: when we believe in something greater than ourselves, whether it be in ghosts or aliens or that the wish we made at 11:11 really will come true, a chord of hope is struck within us. Believing in something, big or small, helps us appreciate life and c...
The political blame game isn’t solving anything
January 27, 2011
Stop pointing fingers and start thinking of solutions. A shout out to all government officials, company heads and the general American public: although it may be entertaining, is playing the blame game really solving anything? This past year in politics has been filled with turmoil—whether it was oil leaking...
The political blame game has not solved anything
January 24, 2011
By: Editorial Board Stop pointing fingers and start thinking of solutions. A shout out to all government officials, company heads and the general American public: although it may be entertaining, is playing the blame game really solving anything? Read More »...
New schedule may be a turn for the best
November 11, 2010
Motivation, determination and drive. Those three words all have around the same dictionary definition: what allows you to strive towards a goal. And helping the students who lack that internal drive succeed anyway is part of the goal in the proposed schedule. Curriculum Coordinator Erika Sc...
End bullying of gay students
November 11, 2010
Faggot. It only takes one word to drive someone over the edge. Most students are aware of how serious the teen suicides have become in the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community recently. In the past month, America alone has faced at least five known suicides. Is it possible to imagine h...
Is it time to stop taking risks and start being safe?
November 11, 2010
Antinette "Toni" Keller told her friends that she was going on a walk to a DeKalb park to get some ideas for an art project. That’s the last time she was seen alive–going into the woods with her art portfolio and a camera. She was reported missing October 14 and burnt remains of her body were f...
Coping with teacher troubles part of growing up
November 11, 2010
Dear Edi, For some reason, I think my teacher hates me and I don’t know why. They don’t call on me when I have my hand up. They even blame me for things I didn’t do. Any tips on how to get through the term? -NOT FEELIN’ THE LOVE Dear Not Feelin’, Despite what you think, your teacher p...
New year brings new standards
September 23, 2010
As a new school year begins, it brings with it both the old and the new. The same old hallways, the familiar faces of classmates we’ve known since preschool and the yearly reading of the syllabuses of which the rules are now engraved into our minds forever. On the other hand, there are the new things: seniors will no longer be graduat...
The political blame game has not solved anything
May 16, 2010
Stop pointing fingers and start thinking of solutions. A shout out to all government officials, company heads and the general American public: although it may be entertaining, is playing the blame game really solving anything? This past year in politics has been filled with turmoil, whether it was oil...
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