Greta Thunberg, a name recognized across the globe belonging to a sixteen year old girl who sits with politicians and fights for mother nature, created a nation wide climate strike that at least 60,000 people attended. With category 5 hurricanes crashing into land, tropical diseases poisoning us all, and fires burning in our most beloved rain forest, change needs to happen, and soon.  The fate...

South High School has a surprisingly controversial past dealing with racial insensitivities: despite South’s modern cultural unity, the school previously sported an offensive figure that was not dealt with until 2009. Johnny Rebel was this figure; a Confederate soldier from the civil war era. Historically, “Johnny Rebel” represents the southern succession, as this mascot not only was...

Being an American student comes with pep rallies, SAT testing and spirit weeks. It also  comes with the fear of being shot in class, paranoia every time there’s a lock down drill, and the cancellation of school due to threats. We all see the news, we all know of the possibility. Unfortunately access to guns and the ability to use those guns for violence against schools, is uniquely American. According...