Coffee Craze
Cassie Kessler, Staff Writer
January 24, 2020
A review of local coffee shops around the Papillion area to find the best place for a morning cup of coffee.
OPINION: Stressing and Refreshing Around the Holidays
Lauryn Vacek, Writer
December 20, 2019
When you just get done consuming about 3,500 calories from Thanksgiving dinner and the only thing you want to do is curl up in a blanket and sleep. Instead you must get your Ice Carmel Macchiato from Starbucks and get ready to shop until you drop. You wait in line for three hours to get your daughter ...
OPINION: No Deodorant Needed
OPINION BY: Reilly Healey, Staff writer
December 18, 2019
Countless sweat stains and painful bruises covering your whole body, representing how you have put your heart and soul on the line in order to succeed. Perfection becomes an important reason for your sacrifice time out of your day to go to workouts and practices. No matter how much pain you endure ...
Rowdy yet Respectful
Anthony Rubek, Staff Writer
November 22, 2019
I was at my five-year-old cousins flag football game and then something happened that was shocking. A parent ran on to the field yelling at the referee for a missed illegal block in the back call on one touchdown. I have never seen someone that upset over a game played by kindergarteners. But if a parent...
OPINION: School Fights Not Option
Alena Meyer, Staff Writer
November 22, 2019
Why act like that? It's just inappropriate behavior for school. There is no need to be fighting someone at school because they tripped you in the hall or you mis heard some false information. School fights are becoming more common and it would be good to know why. All I can say is that it's ...
Opinion: Tall Girl
Hannah Bishop, Staff Writer
November 4, 2019
“You think your life is hard? I’m a high school junior wearing size 13 Nikes. Men’s size 13 Nikes.” To think that in 2019, we as a society have yet to experiment with deeper and more meaningful coming of age stories is pitiful. I’m not here to spread an anti-body positive agenda, because at ...
Review on the Current State of “Spider-Man”
Gabriel Lyden, Scepter writer
October 31, 2019
I'm sure you all know this, but Marvel and its beyond lucrative cinematic universe wasn't always the powerhouse it was today. In fact, Marvel movies were, for the most part, ignored completely by even their fans. Facing bankruptcy, they sold off their most valuable properties to various companies for...
Challenging Yourself
Parker Allen, Staff Writer
October 24, 2019
As students at PLHS are crossing the halfway mark of the first semester, they continue to push themselves with strenuous classes. Students sign up for these hard classes because they know it looks good on their transcripts, it will prepare them for college and introduce them to a possible career field. The AP classroom...
OPINION: Broken Spirit
Katelyn Squiers, Staff Writer
October 18, 2019
The homecoming dance is an exciting point of the year that students can look forward to after surviving the first few months of school. Dresses are being bought, tuxes are being rented, and school spirit is alive throughout the hallways. At least, it usually is. The school week that leads up to the h...
College Board
Annie Waldman, Assistant Editor in Chief
October 8, 2019
Even hearing the name College Board can get any high achieving AP student’s heart racing. The company has become so prevalent in today’s education that they out-profit both ACT and the International Baccalaureate, which is another smaller, comparable program to the Advanced Placement classes. ...
Changing Courses
September 20, 2019
Many students have feared the prospect of student debt since they were freshman. They have also been bombarded with ways to cut costs from filling out scholarships early to making sure you have good grades to being involved in many activities. Another way that is advertised to cut college costs is to take AP classes. ...
OPINION: The Beginning of the Last
Catherine Boatwright, Feature editor
September 13, 2019
With the new school year in full effect, seniors at PLHS are feeling the pressure of college planning. It may seem like an easy task, but planning for college is an arduous task. It takes nine months of constant preparation. With homework and senior seminars, senior year may be more stressful than...
