Taylor Ouzts, Sentry Staff Reporter
• April 28, 2016
We all experience the effects of gravity every day. From sitting in a chair to the process of digestion (wowie!) gravity has an effect on all of us from subatomic particles to mammoth galaxies. Gravity has existed since the beginning of time, but scientists...
Jessie Moyer, Sentry Staff Reporter
• April 28, 2016
Public speaking may be the number one fear for adults, but not for students who participate in debate. The skill of speaking in front of an audience is something that must be practiced and perfected, and for junior Christina Mack, this skill has been...
Stevie Picot, Sentry Staff Reporter
• April 28, 2016
At 10:58 a.m. on December 2, Syed Farook burst into a San Bernardino office building and opened fire, murdering 14 people. This senseless killing was attributed to The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as part of its global campaign of terror.
Police...
¿Que bolá Cuba?
On March 21, President Barack Obama landed in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first United States President to have traveled to Cuba since President Calvin Coolidge in 1928. The purpose of Obama’s trip was to formalize open relations...
Grace Stroup, Sentry Staff Reporter
• April 28, 2016
There is a map in Thomas Lenihan’s classroom with pins that light up where he has traveled. It is rich in color and the pins range in distance. Not surprisingly, Europe is bombarded with greens and pinks and blues. Lenihan teaches advanced placement...
Flash forward seniors and it is the last day of class (ever!). Advanced Placement (AP) exams and finals are over. After four years of dreading walking this school’s hallways every day, high school is coming to an end. While most cannot wait for college...
In 1960, Harper Lee introduced readers to the serious issues of rape and racial inequality in her classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Writing from the point of view of Scout Finch, a young child that is unaware of the extreme racial prejudice...
One of the best parts about transitioning from middle school to high school is the idea of freedom. Freedom takes a whole new meaning in high school, as the opportunities are endless. One can fill his or her schedule with a broad range of electives, or...
Misha Putnam, Sentry Staff Reporter
• March 18, 2016
Equally famous for his persuasive and forceful onslaught of questioning as for his legendarily colorful prose, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia left in his wake the shoes of an intellectual giant. Scalia was found dead in his room at a...
Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter
• March 9, 2016
There are 1,025,109 words in the English language, yet for some students and faculty one word is more irritating than any other: retard. This group of people are trying to educate other students and faculty on the importance of choosing another word to...
Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 22, 2016
If you have ever been to a Katy Perry concert, Halloween party, or countless other events you have probably witnessed cultural appropriation-- even if you did not realize it at the time. Simply put, cultural appropriation is when someone takes something...
Elizabeth Noe, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 22, 2016
In case you’ve been living under a rock, there are some pressing international events occurring that you should know about. The Zika virus has spread from Africa to Brazil, and now there are reported outbreaks in the United States. North Korea has shown...
