Author Archives: Jake Lee

May 2010

Colleges: A sophomore perspective

“Why do I have to be prepared for college?” sophomore Adam Ferguson said. “I’m only a sophomore in high school.” Like Ferguson, many other sophomores believe that college is far away. However, the college fair at the Center of Clayton, which invited students from Ladue, MICDS, and John Burroughs to learn more about 126 different [...]

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Mar 2010

Heavy backpacks threaten student backs

by Jake Lee Nearly every high school student knows backpacks are the most efficient way to carry school supplies. For ages, textbooks, pencils, binders, and paper have been crammed into a bag pack to be carried around to prevent holding everything by hand. Along with the unchanging backpacks, school supplies have also not changed, and [...]

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Mar 2010

Video Games Do Not Cause Violence

Jake Lee Cause of death: murdered by a person influenced from violent video games. Already this idea sounds exaggerated. However, it is possible according to article writer Grace Shin. How can video games be the sole cause to make people more violent and aggressive? Shin’s sole support is the assault on Columbine High School in [...]

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Dec 2009

Trash disupts students and staff

The teacher walked up to another table covered in Gatorade bottles and greasy cartons and swiped off the ketchup from the chair. “Just several more tables to clean”, the teacher said. Trash from food is always left on the tables by CHS students during students’ lunch periods. Trash continues to be left on the tables [...]

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Oct 2009

Community Service provides opportunities for giving back

Students looking for an easier way to find places that need community service have a great opportunity to do so. The Community Service Club, with sponsor Sarah Falkoff, meets in room 203 every Tuesday right after school. Though it is a club that seems like it may need lots of preparation at meetings, the meetings [...]

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Sep 2009

Tennis clinics at Shaw Park offer practice and fun for all skill levels

Students looking to comprise their tennis game now have several new options. Tennis clinics are available Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. under the tennis coach Rich Chappuis. All levels of players are welcome to come to clinics at Shaw Park that are best suited for them. Advanced tennis players who are experienced in tournament [...]

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