It is midnight and senior Colton Richard is awake, feeling the weight of senioritis as he attempts to knock out a 150-question Albert.io assignment for AP Environmental Science at the last minute. He clicks...

After a series of expected opening dates, postponed opening dates and postponed postponed opening dates due to inspection procedures, Valkyrie Doughnuts finally opened its doors on Saturday, April 4 to...

It is not clear when ‘white feminism’ became a rallying cry for liberal Twitter trolls, but the term’s true essence probably arose during the suffragette movement. Despite the goddess-like status...

I have always hated math. Being a perfectionist, that was kind of an inconvenience for me. I remember solving equations in middle school until I was red-faced and teary-eyed. Being naturally good at math...

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Girl Up club will hold a locker decorating fundraiser for Valentine’s Day. Order forms are $4 and tables will be set up at both lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and...

The last day of winter break, I found myself at the movies with my mom watching La La Land, the year’s biggest film musical, with the kids popcorn pack in my lap soggy from my tears. A film that can...

Picture a chatty white girl at a Halloween party wearing an American Indian costume off of a Party City rack that consists of a short brown dress the size of a postage stamp and a feather in her hair. “It’s...

Attempting to follow winter fashion trends in Florida can be pretty difficult, considering temps never dip below the mid-60s. True, the choice to wear that one nice coat loitering in our closets from last...

No matter how hard she tries, senior Samantha Moberg can never seem to escape political discussions. Everywhere she turns, people are talking about their own political views, what happened during last...

This Thursday, Oct. 27, the yearbook and newspaper staffs will hold a spirit night at Moe’s Southwest Grill on Alafaya from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. When customers present a printed version of the flyer shown...

Junior Courtney Ring was on a mission. She needed an umbrella to keep in her car. When she walked into HOPE thrift store, she found more: an umbrella hat, a Paper Jams guitar, a Luigi hat and an eye patch. Thrifting,...

On those rare occasions I give in and use a school bathroom or any public restroom, I make sure my visit is speedy and short-lived. There are a select few, however, who take these bathroom trips very seriously....

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Club sponsor Samantha Richardson has a discussion with film club members during meeting. The club watched their first movie of the year "Eye in the Sky."

After witnessing the undeniably sour relationship between last year’s senior class and the administrative staff, it was assumed that this year’s graduating class would make it a point to start the...

Starting this week, film club sponsor Samantha Richardson's doors will be open to students who need their caffeine fixes. Film club will now be selling coffee, tea and hot cocoa every morning before...

Just when you thought the hoards of people swarming parks, local college campuses and other Oviedo landmarks on the hunt for Pokémon was over, the yearbook marketing team is bringing it all back. The...

“Heart of the cards,” senior Cole Monica mutters as he shakes the 20-sided dice in between his palms. He throws. He watches. It lands…on a 7. His character is struck by the tip of an Orcish war lord’s...

Bouton watercolors one of her sketches during a drawing and painting class she takes at the Artistic Hand Gallery and Studio.

It’s no secret that the liberal Democrat population of our school is pretty vocal about their beliefs. When GOP candidate Donald Trump came to UCF’s CFE Arena on Mar. 5, Twitter was swarmed with photos...

From the first Ancient Egyptian to smear black kohl under his eyes to protect them from the blazing sun to the last Instagrammer to post a photo of their winged eyeliner with #fleek in the caption, makeup...

It’s no secret the Florida Department of Education has been experimenting with different standardized tests in a mad dash to find the perfect testing cocktail for public education systems. From FCAT...

Key Club’s goal is to donate their service to the community. The club fulfilled their purpose when they held their Jeans for Teens drive, in which they collected 146 pairs of gently used jeans from Tuesday,...

If you follow the directions to Duo58, the newest coffee place to pop up on Oviedo’s radar, you’re likely to find a couple of college-aged hipsters sitting outside, working on their Macbooks and sipping...

Following the publication of the December issue of Interview magazine featuring Kylie Jenner posing provocatively in a wheelchair on the cover, social media erupted with posts on the shoot’s ableist...

English indie folk band Daughter is best known for their atmospheric instrumentals and lead singer Elena Tonra’s hushed delivery of sorrowful lyrics, all meshed together in a music style that demands...

Customers dine at BJ's in support of the junior class. Due to the timing of the event the week after winter break, junior class leaders report an average turn-out.

On Friday, Nov. 13, English teacher and assistant Leadership adviser Lauren Hamilton’s classroom was packed with the entire administrative team, come to notify her that she had been selected as Teacher...

The typical teen: a lazy, boring, altogether disrespectful creature with their eyes constantly fixed on a screen and never on their goals. Right? We’ve all heard the complaints from parents, grandparents,...

This year, as with last September, it is not an uncommon sight to walk past a trash can on campus and see 10-15 bees feasting on the garbage inside. These bees happen to be honeybees, known for their...

After a 20-year hiatus, New Zealandic indie-alternative group The Chills is back in the studio with their full-length album, Silver Bullets, released Friday, Oct. 30 via Fire Records, and they’ve dished...

After its successful debut last year, the Husky Rumble glow-in-the-dark pep rally organized by the cheerleading squad experienced a significant decrease in student attendance with ticket sales estimated...

On Monday, Oct. 5, the debate team held a spirit night fundraiser at Tijuana Flats. 10 percent of all the night’s receipts went to the team, raising $302 to help fund this year’s tournaments. Debate...

“Smash it.” Michael Dovhey, dad/caddie/PR rep/coach/chauffeur of 7-year-old Oviedoan golf prodigy Isabella Dovhey tees up another ball. “Sometimes I’ll say stuff like that to get her fired...

After watching the cinematic masterpiece that is the first "Jurassic Park" slowly deteriorate into countless dinosaur jump-scares and power-hungry corporate minions making bad decisions, it is nice to...

The yearbook and newspaper staffs traveled to the Wyndham Orlando Resort for the Florida Scholastic Press Association state convention from Thursday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25. Student journalists...

When describing the musical abilities of Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard, “sing” itself is insufficient. The word cannot contain the emotionally taxing and intensely poignant vocals she exhibits...

It is difficult to find a band/artist that manages to capture both unbridled teenage passion and matured instrumental and lyrical brevity in one record. Friends, the search is over. Mourn, a teenage...

Chorus might be better known for performing classic show tunes from “The Sound of Music” or “Les Miserables,” but on last Saturday, Feb. 14 the chorus department started channeling their talent...

Twenty minutes into the codebreaking drama/thriller “The Imitation Game,” one might dismiss Benedict Cumberbatch’s starring portrayal of genius mathematician Alan Turing as a mere replay of BBC...

Anyone familiar with Dracula lore and Bram Stoker’s famous novel probably expected Dracula Untold to be filled with a load of  historical inaccuracy to lend an ounce of plausibility to some overdone...

When I was little, I used to resent my parents for giving me a unisex name. Everyone referenced the football player Peyton Manning when I introduced myself, and nurses always scanned the waiting room for...

After spending two and a half hours driving to Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center, half an hour getting into my seat, and a whole hour pretending to enjoy an opening act about as engaging as her mic stand,...

The age of browsing record shops, finding the next song’s groove and hearing two sides (literally) of an album was dead…or so we thought. “This Debussy album I have has a paint splotch on the...