State Punts Decision into October by Nicky Arja
August 27, 2010
Filed under Fall Sports, Sports & Entertainment, Top Stories
Last season, the GJHS football team finished with a 3-7 record. Among the efforts used to try to improve the program, 23 eighth graders participated in strength and conditioning training with the varsity last spring. However, the team coaches were unaware they were violating Colorado... Read more »
New season, new coach, new program by Holly Meer
August 27, 2010
Filed under Fall Sports, Sports & Entertainment
This year the GJHS volleyball team welcomes a new season, as well as a new coach. Leslie Vines took over the volleyball program this season after coach Lynette Robinson resigned last spring. Vines played volleyball for four years at DeBeque High School and later coached the... Read more »
GULF COAST, NATION RECOVER FROM OIL SPILL by Paul Harmon
August 30, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
GULF OF MEXICO– Many are hoping that the end of the worst oil spill in the history of the United States is imminent after British Petroleum, BP, installed a cap on the damaged well that gushed oil since springtime. Now, political leaders, oil-industry executives, and consumers are all asking the same... Read more »
Fresh Friends by Ashley Funke
August 30, 2010
Filed under Opinion
It’s the first day of high school for the freshmen. Emotions are running high. The new students are feeling nervous and excited to finally be in high school. Most freshmen have the feeling they’ve entered a bigger, more complicated school, which they truly have. They have to worry about the size... Read more »
The Facebook Conspiracy by Ben Peterson
August 30, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Ben Peterson gets annoyed by people complaining about Facebook. Five hundred million people have Facebook accounts. That’s 500 million people who put their personal information on the web for all the world to see. And 500 million people’s information is sold to advertisers by Facebook. That’s... Read more »
Fresh Meat by Hannah Kimmel
August 30, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Everyone wants respect. In high school, respect is especially desired and important. Throughout a student’s four years in high school, he or she will inadvertently change and mature, grow and evolve. The one constant is that respect will always be something they need. Respect for elders is major cultural... Read more »
Rachel’s Challenge by Chrissi Gillispie
August 30, 2010
Filed under Top Stories
Rachel Joy Scott was the first girl killed in the Columbine shooting in 1999. Scott was a girl that lived by compassion and kindness, who wanted to help people and change the world. Rachel’s Challenge is a program that her father, Darrell Scott, founded because... Read more »
Helping those far, those near & those at home by Jake Meyer, Tessa Kester, and Zac Barger
August 31, 2010
Filed under Student Life
There are hundreds of students currently attending Grand Junction High School, but only a handful of these students are willing to spend their summer volunteering their time to helping others instead of themselves. Many students go on vacations, get a job or simply waste their summers away. ... Read more »
