Is it or Isn’t it Romantic?
Manasvi Reddy, Copy Editor
April 1, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Romantic comedies, known for setting unrealistic expectations for love with whimsical fantasies and clichés, are an easy victim for those skeptical of the predictable and heartfelt plots of the genre. Screenwriters of “Isn’t it Romantic?”, Dana Fox, Erin Cardillo and Katherine Silberman have ...
Season 8 of Game of Thrones Expectations
Emily Dillard, Reporter
February 22, 2019
Filed under Feature, Opinion, Top Stories
Season eight of Game of Thrones is coming out this year on April 14 and people are ready. A lot of theories about the show surfaced when HBO released a commercial about new seasons and new shows that were coming out in 2019, which featured around a seven second part of the last season of Game of Thro...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of the Many Plotholes
Victoria Hitchcock, Reporter
December 13, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
***SPOILERS AHEAD*** Like many Harry Potter fans, I went into “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” hopeful and bursting with excitement. However, upon leaving the theatre, I couldn’t help but feel the movie wasn’t meant to expand on the intricate universe J.K. Rowling had created, ra...
Virus Of The Year
Laila Almanza, Reporter
December 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, “Ralph Breaks The Internet” is a wholehearted movie with a flare of Disney reminiscence. I recently saw “Ralph Breaks The Internet” which opened in theatres November 21, 2018. After Ralph and Vanellope, played by John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman, save t...
The Nutcracker and The Four Mediocre Realms
Mandy Huynh, Reporter
December 10, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
My experience with the Nutcracker is limited to the cartoon version on Tom and Jerry, which was watched every year during Christmas back in my childhood years. As someone who has almost no knowledge of the actual ballet, I went into this movie with no expectations other than the standards of a Disney ...
From Text to Script: Excitement or Fear?
January 30, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Rider Chronicle
It’s no secret that many of the most popular book series have been brought to life on the big screen. However, it would be a lie to say that all of these movie adaptations shared their paper counterparts’ popularity. A prime example would be the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The books...
Trump’s Triumph
Lydia Angel, Chloe Pak, Victoria Hitchcock, Co-editor and Chief, Reporter, Reporter
December 8, 2016
The 2016 election is finished. Donald Trump is the elected president of the United States as of November 8th, 2016. Some students are happy about the results, and some are not. “After watching the election, I went to sleep,” sophomore, Kallie Quintero said, “I knew Trump was going to win, so ...
‘Rise Red As The Dawn’, Read Red Queen
Cortney Wood, Co-Editor in Chief
May 23, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Periodically throughout a year, book nerds absolutely spaz out over a new book and rave about it continuously. As many books as I read a year, I tend to fall in love with characters, or places, or ideas, but I really haven’t found a series that I am in LOVE with since fourth grade when I was introduced...
No Longer Terrified, Ready
Cortney Wood, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2016
Filed under Opinion
The countdown is on. Only a handful of days linger until the final bell rings on May 27 and I am finished with high school forever, and I’m finally okay saying I am a senior and I am ready to graduate. It took a lot for me to sit down and actually write my first column that was in the January/February...
STAAR Restricts Students’ Learning
April 22, 2016
Filed under Opinion
College demands facts and information and not the confusing packet that results in a non-crediting score, the STAAR. Many of the lesson plans in place in core classes have been shortened to accommodate for the tests sponsored by the state. The teachers tell us what ‘might’ be on the tests...
Eyes On The Road
Cortney Wood, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 22, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Despite the facts that one in five crashes in Texas each year involve distracted driving and eight people die a day in the United States because of distracted driving, people continue to drive two ton machines with their eyes glued to their phone to pick the next song they will jam to in the car. Everyone...
Spring Back Into Class After Break
March 11, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Spring break starts soon, and every student, teacher and staff member will book it out of this building with their sights set on relaxation. But, although Netflix will run for the next nine days straight, after everyone returns from the well-deserved break, don’t fall into the trap of just skirting...
