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Author Archives: Laura Bleeke
On July 10 my family packed our bags for our annual family trip. With my sister having just graduated from my college, my brother going into his sophomore year at college, and me still attending high school, the logistics of planning a family trip become increasingly more difficult every year. But finally, after months of [...]
Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, America had failed to make good on its promise of equality to all citizens. African Americans had been discriminated against and segregated from whites, and in many parts of the country they were subordinate to whites. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee pays homage to this [...]
Apr
14
2010
Clayton strives for eco-friendly improvements
Cities all around the country are going “green”. And Clayton is right along side. Over the past few years Clayton has been taking steps to make new construction more environmentally friendly. Clayton began it’s focus on the environmental movement 15 years ago when it started the residential recycling program. Then, in 1997 Clayton citizens started [...]
Mar
17
2010
Watching Oscars brings joy
The Olympics, an event that was the zenith of conversation a couple weeks ago, has been pushed into the distant past. No one really cares that Lysacek made history by winning men’s skating gold, or that Kemkers’ coaching mistake cost Switzerland a gold. In fact, I don’t even care. No, when I think about the [...]
Feb
26
2010
Corporations declared ‘people’
Just before the midterm congressional elections, the 20-year old Supreme Court ruling that barred corporations from spending freely in elections was broken. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia all voted in favor of the ruling that would allow corporations to spend freely in elections. Justices Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor made [...]
Jan
27
2010
Nationwide airport security tightens
Since the attacks of September 11, flying has become increasingly difficult. Security has been heightened exponentially, as has the time it takes to get from the parking lot to your gate. On December 25, passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab lit an explosive on fire aboard a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight, but it failed to detonate. The [...]
Nov
15
2009
District enacts improvements to calendar
Teachers have always struggled with trying to squeeze everything they can teach into the finite number of days in a school year. The school calendar is an outline for teachers and a guideline for them to follow and make sure they fit everything in. This year, the district is reorganizing the calendar for the 2010-2011 [...]
Oct
29
2009
New teacher finds her niche
Sandra Sermos has never been afraid to take the road less traveled. When there are new experiences to be had and new opportunities to be taken, she will do it. Until this year, Sermos was a science teacher at Wydown. When the existing Exploratorium teacher, Janet Baldwin, left, Sermos took the job. Sermos has been [...]
The new school year has brought many changes to my life. I got my license, much to my parents’ horror, and the freedom that comes with it. I’ve begun the long struggle of trying to understand periodic trends and the shielding effect in chemistry, and crew has become my newest hobby, as I continue the [...]
Sep
29
2009
Speech from drunk driving victim moves students
Last October, CHS hosted the Missouri Attorney General debate with Chris Koster and Michael Gibbons. This fall, Koster has come back as elected Missouri Attorney General. On Monday September 14, Koster talked to the freshman and sophomore classes at an assembly about drunk driving. He then introduced Brandon Silveria. At 17 years old, Silveria was [...]
