Pay Attention to the Health Care Reform

March 17, 2010 • Erin Lielkoks, Journalism II  
Filed under Opinion

While many people in America complain about the poor state of the health care system, what they don’t realize is just how lucky we actually are. After watching a series of documentaries about the health care coverage in poor areas such as Africa, many freshman Honors World Geography students... Read more »

Advisory “is an Immense Waste of Time”

March 5, 2010 • Holly Meer, Journalism II  
Filed under Opinion

There are many good things about Grand Junction High School. Advisory class is not one of them. It is ridiculous that we have to have it. When we have advisory, the classes are shorter so we lose class time, valuable time that we could be using to learn. We also have a later and shorter lunch,... Read more »

Too Much Waste at Schools

February 26, 2010 • Paul Harmon, Journalism II  
Filed under Opinion

Spending at an administrative level is a widespread problem. Locally, School District 51 recently overhauled its math curriculum, changing math from K-12. However, the District also spent a great deal of taxpayer money replacing books and materials, and adding new expensive... Read more »

Letter to the Editor: Hypocrisy

February 18, 2010 • Dakota Hutchinson  
Filed under Opinion

Meaningless, derogatory and contradictory, all characteristics of our school cheers. As students of Grand Junction High School we have enjoyed making up many creative cheers. Derogatory in nature, School administrators deem the cheers inappropriate although we students believe they express school... Read more »

Taco Bell Drive-Through Diet

February 4, 2010 • Kaylene Chessani  
Filed under Opinion

Some people think that the Taco Bell Drive-Thru Diet Fresco menu is healthy and wonderful. Others disagree and think it is not much different from the “regular” Taco Bell menu. “The reality is most Americans are on-the-go and will eat foods purchased through a drive-thru an average of... Read more »

I Pledge, to this Country

January 25, 2010 • Nicky Arja, Journalism II  
Filed under Opinion

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…” These words are recited within classrooms all around America at the beginning of each school day. But, many kids do not stand to respect their country. The controversy about saying the pledge began with the line in the pledge using... Read more »