One Family, One Community
November 17, 2011 • Ashleigh Robinson
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As the holiday season approaches, students have taken it upon themselves to bring in money and edible goods for those less fortunate in the city. Students that bring 10 canned goods and a three dollar donation receive a t-shirt. The drive ends Monday, the 21st. The money raised goes towards buying children... Read more »
Education Crisis: Professors say students unprepared
November 7, 2011
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The decline of US education is a major topic of debate and conversation among politicians, students and citizens alike. Professors say the issues come from multiple sources. Statistics From Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 Performance of US 15-Year-Old students shows the US... Read more »
UIL sponsors stay proactive after budget cut in half
November 2, 2011
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In past years, the UIL academic budget was $10,000. This year, it is only $5,000. “Funding has been a problem at the state level and now it’s trickling down,” Rider UIL coordinator and Literary Criticism sponsor Sandra Scheller said. “We’re not the only ones who have to... Read more »
Baseball wins State, ready for new year, training new players
October 6, 2011 • Daniel Martinez
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The adrenalin-filled celebration after the miraculous victory may have been the most rewarding part of the state championship journey. “There was lot of pandemonium and excitement,” Coach Scot Green said. “We were celebrating with our fans and jumping on each others’ backs.” After the... Read more »
She’s met more than her fair share of stars
October 6, 2011 • Hannah Smith
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Sophomore Kayli Myracle is an expert on meeting celebrities. To name a few: Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Bruno Mars, Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, Iyaz, Sean Kingston, Mario Lopez, Perez Hilton, Demi Lovato, Jasmine Villegas, Cody Simpson and plenty more. She’s definitely not a stalker. Most of the celebrities... Read more »
Students search for new ways to pay for college without going into debt
October 6, 2011 • Morgan Dougherty
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Because of the rising cost of college, seniors need to be prepared to face their financial situation in a serious way by taking advantage of scholarships, loans, and financial aid, but not biting off more than they can chew. In the next few weeks, seniors will be busy writing essays and applying to universities,... Read more »
Unnatural heatwave swarms North Texas, burdens WFISD summer activities all around
October 6, 2011
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You survived the summer of 2011. It was a summer of miserable heat that the Weather Channel proclaimed as the Number One worst summer all over the U.S. It was a summer that mentally transported people to deserts, the parched places of the world, gasping for a drop of water. It was a summer that kept... Read more »
Upperclassmen enjoy off campus privileges
September 13, 2011
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A change in the school lunch period has been implemented. Now replacing the 45 minute lunches last year are shorter, 36 minute lunches. The two shorter lunches are a result of not meeting the state’s requirements for the hours that the school is required to be in session. The school also opened... Read more »
Longer deployment times leave family friends sad
November 22, 2010
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Junior Terin Ramsey knows what it’s like to have a deployed family friend. Tommy Dawson (whom she considers as an uncle), a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force, is currently serving in Afghanistan. Ramsey said she has a close relationship with Dawson. “It’s really hard without him.”... Read more »
Rider students feel pain of past ridicule
November 22, 2010
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You’re gay. Just go kill yourself, no one wants you. For years sophomore Baden Gunter* lived with bullying from his peers. It got so bad that in sixth grade Gunter tried to kill himself. Today Gunter, who is straight, says he’s able to laugh off the remarks in large part because he’s become numb... Read more »
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