Money can’t buy happiness, and other things I learned on safari
May 20, 2011
When my family decided to go on an African safari, I was very excited—despite the hepatitis vaccinations. But it wasn’t roaming the plains in a 4x4 (actually, it was a Toyota van with leopard print on the sides) or lions and hippopotami (yes, that is the plural of hippopotamus) that stuck with me...
Bin Laden, bad grades and break-ups
May 20, 2011
As all of America is well aware, Osama bin Laden is dead. At 3:30 p.m. EST, May 2, a 40-man Navy Seals squadron raided a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, killing the Al Qaeda leader with a bullet to the head during 40 minutes of firefight. Late Sunday night, President Obama delivered the official sta...
Justice should be served, but maybe the death penalty isn’t it
April 26, 2011
When Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty on March 10 it commuted the sentences of 15 men on Death Row to life in prison without parole. I believe in the death penalty. I believe that some crimes are just so heinous that justice demands it, and I feel for the families of the...
We should follow our dreams, no matter what
April 26, 2011
It was junior year and my class was looking up colleges that we planned to apply to for a class assignment. I was browing a website when someone leaned over my shoulder and said, “Northwestern, huh? That’s a really hard school to get into, and on the slim chance you do get in, you wouldn’t be...
Hazing a case of going too far to fit in
April 26, 2011
Fitting in will never be worth risking your life. Even though this is common sense, more and more teens all across the United States seem to be taking part in a variety of activities and rituals involving harassment, abuse and humiliation just to become part a desired group or club. Some call it initiation,...
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...
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