Stiff as Granite
Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor
May 19, 2017
Filed under Literature, Showcase
She had fallen in love with him slowly, over the course of four squandered years. He had loved her from the minute he saw her, and had vowed never to leave her, regardless of the reason. He had repeated that vow so many times that she had come to take it for granted, to take him for granted. Now,...
Lady Raiders Suffer Loss to South Forsyth War Eagles
Kristin Iler, Sports Editor
March 13, 2017
The Lady Raiders Varsity soccer team suffered a loss on Tuesday, March 7, with a final score of 0-4 against The South Forsyth War Eagles. It was a short time before the South Forsyth War Eagles began to win, scoring a goal in the first 90 seconds of the game. By the end of the first half, they h...
Existentialism
Rachel (Rae) Lee, Staff writer
November 9, 2015
Filed under Literature, Showcase
We are alone. All alone in the dark, But somehow, that darkness seems like light To the human eye. That is how we began: In the arctic, barren, and sinister nothingness. They call it the human race for a reason. That reason being, We are all trying to get somewhere. Where? No...
A Soldier’s Promise
Jessica prouty, Staff Writer
December 11, 2014
Filed under Literature, Showcase
“I will love you until the end of time.” The words brought forth merciless tears Accompanied by all the emotion she so effectively hid Conjured by her greatest impending fears “I will come home someday very soon.” Her breathing caught, hitching in her lungs Halting...
God’s Balloons
Hannah Manikowski, Editorial Editor
October 14, 2014
Filed under Literature, Showcase
I sit on the swings, kick off my dirtied sneakers, admire my Pepto-Bismol-pink socks, look to the sky, and theorize thus- God owns a startling number of balloons. I remember things. I close my eyes, I block out the sky, and I remember things that, logically, I should not be able to remember. I remember...
Friday Links: Missing Malaysian Flight
Sam Dobrotka, Staff Writer
March 14, 2014
Filed under Friday Links, News, Showcase
On Saturday March 8, contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was carrying 239 passengers and crew en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China, prompting an international search for the airliner. At first, speculation of the disappearance 40 minutes into the airliner’s fl...
Till Death Do Us Part
Rayanne Griffith, Staff Writer
February 7, 2014
Filed under Literature, Showcase
Watching the blossoming trees pass, her mind trailed off to the old days. The day where her husband romantically proposed to her. The days where even just being around him made butterflies tumble around in her stomach. It has been getting old. “Do you think we have enough butter at the house?”...
Blaise Rayburn, Literature Editor
January 10, 2019
In the age of WebMD and online quizzes, hypochondriacs are thriving. But the realm of digital self-diagnostic tools not only covers physical illness but has also expanded...
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