Art flourishes through innovative mediums
The fast-paced, evolving technology of the modern century has changed the process and application of various disciplines — everything from journalism to engineering. Students and educators...
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ACT, SAT cancel April, May exams
In a recent update, the College Board and American Testing Company canceled their respective standardized tests for April and May....
The Wasian complication
Filipino and white culture are polarized, and it makes being somewhere in between confusing. Wasian culture, characterized by being a half-Asian, half-white teenager, is prominent...
COVID-19 spread causes local, state, national event cancelations
In light of the continuous spread of COVID-19, various local, state and national events RBHS students are involved with have been canceled....
‘Time’ leaves viewers unsatisfied with poor pacing
Time drives a compelling message, which unfortunately was subdued by its disjointed plot and overtly politically charged stance. With a story spanning over two decades,...
True/False hosts its first party of the year, ‘Jubilee’
Hundreds of people lined up to enter True/False’s opening masquerade party, Jubilee, at the Missouri Theater to kick off the festival....
Inflexible deadlines worsen quality of education
Deadlines control students’ lives. The specter of late work deductions or even worse, a zero, force students to figure out a way to manage their...
Show choir to host charity benefit Feb. 6
RBHS show choir will perform their charity benefit, Voices for a Change, Feb. 6 in the Performing Arts Center. Battle High School and Stephens College...
Johns Hopkins Conference application due Feb. 15
The Johns Hopkins Global Health Leadership Conference deadline approaches quickly. RBHS guidance promotes Feb 15 due date....
That’s debatable: Is Apple better than Android?
Although Apple initially dominated the smart phone market with its iPhone, recently Android products have flooded the marketplace to compete with Apple. In this article,...
Diminutive desks stifle student learning
The desks in RBHS studies’ classrooms are atrocious and unfit to house the basic needs of students in 2019....
CPS switches substitute service, experiences shortage
Columbia Public Schools (CPS) switched substitute teacher providers from Kelly Services to Edustaff this year. The change brought a substitute shortage as CPS spokesperson Michelle...
Administration enforces bell release policy
RBHS’s principal and the assistant principals are being firmer about not allowing teachers to release students before the bell. In past years, some staff members,...
Students establish new co-ed rowing club
Crew, a sport often chronicled as an East coast exclusive, may debut in Columbia. Junior Quinn Tyler and senior Leela Cullity plan to start RBHS’s...
Help yourself by ignoring self-help books
uring the summer I became invested in self-help books, learning about mental self-improvement and growth, picking up habits successful people have and other minuscule tasks...