Teens Swiping Right
Emily Dillard, Reporter
April 16, 2019
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle
The famous dating app ‘Tinder’, known for its swiping left and right feature, has been around since 2012. Adults who either want to try something new and or find it hard to meet people in the ‘real world’ usually end up on this app or one of the many others. Although meant for 18 and up, it has bee...
A Harsh Reality
Victoria Hitchcock, Reporter
February 25, 2019
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Top Stories
The Netflix thriller “You” is the latest binge-worthy show that leaves all it’s viewers shocked, disturbed, and wanting more. While many events in the television show may seem outrageous to some viewers, people who have been in abusive relationships can relate in several ways. Based on the no...
Ready or Not
Victoria Hitchcock, Section Editor
January 22, 2018
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Senior, Top Stories
First semester ends, the countdown begins. Graduation is only four months away, and talk of graduating brings about nervous, yet excited conversations of what is to come. However, senior Muzzamil Nadeem feels more than ready for college. Nadeem plans on attending University of North Texas or Midwestern St...
A Note Above the Rest
Carson Lee, Editor-In-Chief
January 22, 2018
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Top Stories
The anticipation had risen, it was time to see if he would measure up. He had spent the last eight months preparing for this moment, and it all came down to this one audition. Then it was a waiting game. After auditioning earlier in the day, Junior Austin Taack sat among some of the best high school...
Tips to Test
Carson Lee, Editor-In-Chief
January 10, 2018
Filed under News, Rider Chronicle, Top Stories
Everyone told her she should’ve taken it sooner. She had been calm and prepared, ready to ace the test and watch the scholarships appear. Then she entered the testing room. It was a large, slightly dim classroom labeled “101A,” with the testing venue “Midwestern State Univ.” written...
Your 2016-17 Lunch Report
Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager
February 1, 2017
Filed under Briefs, News, Rider Chronicle
Fifteen minutes is all it takes to put the eyes of a student into the view of an administrator. Fifteen minutes that WFISD cut from every high school’s lunch time in order to compensate for new state legislation. House Bill 2610 aims to give school districts more leeway with scheduling. “Sometime...
A ‘Major’ Change
Chris Greenwood, Co-Chief Editor
February 1, 2017
Filed under Briefs, Feature, News, Rider Chronicle
Most days, Senior Army Instructor Robert Smith doesn't just step into his car and spend 20 minutes travelling to work. He spends about one and a half hours and crosses a state border to teach his classes. "I started getting information on JROTC about 2 years before my retirement and always, in some...
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...
Battle of the Arts 3 : Applied vs Performing
Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager
January 27, 2017
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Senior
This is for scientific purposes. Not research. Lol.
Battle of the Arts 2 : Fine vs Performing
Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager
January 27, 2017
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Senior
Performing is typically an art believed to be just an art rather than Fine Art. In reality, performing makes up its own art form which is the third art category that Battle of the Arts will observe. Performing Art is debatably the only art category that can put up a challenge to the music side of Fine Arts ...
Battle of the Arts 1 : Fine vs Applied
Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager
January 27, 2017
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Slideshows
Everywhere you look, there is art. The difference between visually hidden and apparent ideas within art drive two conflicting methods of application and expression by interpretation of onlookers. Battle of the Arts will be an observation of the art forms that cultivate today’s society, projected through t...
A Dry Dilemma
Madie Hill, Reporter
October 13, 2014
Filed under Feature, Rider Chronicle, Top Stories
The drought. The dilemma everyone has heard of. The one thing that has impacted quite a few people in the Wichita Falls area, and in the Rider community, has been the drought. Senior Kelise Cunnignham’s family has been affected by the drought. Her family had to sell half of their cattle, and move...
