Q: As you know from the recent news, the declining economy has caused Congress to pass a bailout. People are losing their homes, and jobs. How has the declining economy affected your life? Have you or your parents had to cut back on anything?Holly HoganFreshmanA: I’ve noticed that we have had to cut back going […]

Cardboard. Check. Plastic. Check. Duct tape. Check. Box cutters. Check. Armed with only these supplies and their minds, the Lisbon High School Physics students were out to compete. The prize for success: pride and points for Physics Challenge. The cost of failure: a dip in Beaver Pond.On Tuesday, September 30, the 14 teams, made up […]

Talking on a cell phone and driving at the same time has been an unsolved problem for a while, but now there is an even worse issue rising. People, especially those under 30 years of age, are starting to text while driving on the road. This is something to be concerned about because now not […]

Video games… they can range from adventure to violence, from car racing to arcade, from Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 all the way back to Atari. Therefore, we can pretty much sum it up that about 97 percent of all teens and children today play video games on a regular basis. However, parents often place […]

It all began with Nathaniel Hawthorne and his novel “The Scarlet Letter” which we had been reading in Honors Seminar 11. Honors is a difficult course where we read books and then discuss them, getting us ready for college. Mrs. Christine Arsenault, an English teacher at Monmouth Academy, brought us to Salem.We had an early […]

Music is a very important factor in many people’s lives. Without music, it would be very quiet. But music is not at all just the music on the radio or music with instruments. Music is also created by the sound of the world around us, mother nature, other people, the laughter of little kids.The beautiful […]

All through my school years so far, starting in first grade, I’ve played basketball and baseball. But this year, I knew that Tripp Middle School had some different sports programs. I decided I would try one new sport because I don’t usually play a fall sport. I decided to try cross country running. I told […]

I just wanna…I just wanna…I just wanna make you happy, I try and try,but all I get from you,is hatred. You wanted me to be,all that I could be and better,I tried showing you that,but you wouldn’t see.All you did was lookright past me.You made me feel invisible, so I acted invisible.The more I slipped,the […]

The St. Dominic RHS Drama Society will be performing the Broadway hit musical “Godspell” for the second time! The show is based on the Gospel of St. Matthew and tells the story of Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. Twelve of the school’s drama society members have been rehearsing incessantly to put on a spectacular […]

I think that there should be peace and unity in this world. I feel like there’s too much violence and hatred going on in this world and people forget to show compassion towards each other. I see bullying in schools, and there’s violence in the streets and in stores. There is also violence on TV, […]