Is the School Paranoid?
November 8, 2011 • Mark Guido, Opinion Editor
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Most people believe that paranoia is a crippling state of mind, but I see it more as a double-edged decision maker. There’s plenty of irrational fear and unwarranted stress, sure, and that’s not exactly peachy, but paranoia also serves as a great check to arrogance- reminding us that people don’t... Read more »
Student Drivers
November 1, 2011 • Jeff Burnham, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories, Uncategorized
As a new driver I begin to realize how fun driving can be. It is also so much more convenient to be able to drive yourself places than having to try to find a ride everywhere you want to go, but when you’re behind the wheel you have the potential to hurt yourself and others if you do something... Read more »
Do The Ends Really Justify The Means?
October 20, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Editor
Filed under Opinion
As high school students we have to do a lot of things that we don’t want to do. Whether it’s taking challenging courses or even coming to school at all we are encouraged to stick it out for the greater good: our college education. As a junior I’ve noticed that... Read more »
Is Junior Year About More Than College Pressure?
March 8, 2011 • Missy Amato, Features Co-Editor
Filed under Opinion
Walking in the hallway, I notice how everyone is changing, that everyone is growing taller, boys have beards, and that people are talking about college, not what they are doing on Friday night. Everyone seems so excited, that is except for me. I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen in my life.... Read more »
Do We Need a School Garden?
February 9, 2011 • Jeffrey Burnham, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
The topic for today is school gardens. What if we had a vegetable school garden? What would a vegetable school garden do to help the school? We could grow our own food and use it in the school lunches and sell some of the vegetables to the farmers market to make a profit to put it back in the school.... Read more »
Hobbes vs. Rousseau
December 9, 2010 • Jeffrey Burnham, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
In our quest to heighten the philosophical debate, we present this evaluation by our own Jeffrey Burnham (the editors). Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau were both great philosophers of their time. Hobbes believed that an individual needed a society to be able to be a good person because he thought... Read more »
Respect is the Key, and it’s What We’re Missing
October 21, 2010 • Jeffrey Burnham, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Respect. Respect is a big part of life. Especially when we’re growing up. Our parents teach us to respect our elders. But as we grow older we learn that respect is a bigger deal than we think when we are little. I’ve come to realize that you need respect to get some where in life. Without respect... Read more »
Voorheesville’s Lacrosse Situation
October 10, 2010 • Patrick Sweeney, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
As you may or may not have heard a group of locals have been making an effort to make a self funded boy’s lacrosse team here at Voorheesville. I for one am a supporter of the effort to have a lacrosse team formed here at the high school. Last year a total of about thirty youths signed up, and played... Read more »
Debating the 22 Credit Rule
March 4, 2010 • Rolly Lloyd, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
I am currently a senior at Clayton A. Bouton high school, which is nestled in the quiet town of Voorheesville. This is the time of year when most seniors would like to have the least and also easiest classes of all time. This was possible but the Board of Education at Clayton A. Bouton has changed... Read more »
College Decisions: Playing the Waiting Game
March 4, 2010 • Alexa Dillenbeck, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
This past year has been filled with preparing for college; deciding, applying, waiting, and, finally, rejoicing or coping with whether or not the school you wanted so badly to get into will accept you. I applied to five SUNY schools and two others: St. John’s University and the University of Vermont,... Read more »
