The TikTok Obsession
Gabrielle Saldana, Reporter
February 13, 2020
Every day there are millions of people on TikTok totally obsessed, staying up all night watching videos for hours straight, learning to remake a dance, or remaking funny trends that have been popular lately. People are trying to become TikTok famous by getting hundreds of thousands of likes and vi...
Q&A With Melissa Stearman
Cameron Beauchamp, Reporter
February 7, 2020
1.What are your best memories? Worst memories? Spending time with my friends and family. There's nothing better than a house full of laughter. 2. Who is your favorite relative and why? My sister, she loves me no matter what. We moved a lot when we where little and she was always my best friend. She's fu...
Q&A With Mrs. Jensen
Cameron Beauchamp, Reporter
February 7, 2020
1. Who has had the biggest influence on your life? My father and mother. What lessons did you learn? How to live the way they did, the importance of family, how to raise a family, the importance of family traditions, and always sitting around the dinner table at dinner time. 2. What is t...
Q&A with Mrs. Delka
Cameron Beauchamp, Reporter
February 1, 2020
1. Who has had the biggest influence on your life and how? My mom has been the biggest influence on me. I know that may sound cliche, but she has been able to push me towards remaining strong in the hardest of times. She has relied on me often to even hold her up through our life, and that has only i...
Swimming in a Flash
Gabrielle Saldana, Reporter
January 21, 2020
Julian Perales, sophomore, waits to hear the whistle blow like everyone else in the quiet gym to start the swim meet competition. His heart is racing, and he's anxious to do his best and swim his fastest. He’s trying to mentally prepare himself right before the whistle blows to start, and then it...
Body Image
Marsella Sims, Editor
December 13, 2019
In America, Park Nicollet Melrose Center says approximately 80% of women don’t like how they look. 34% of men aren’t satisfied with their body either. In high school, we see the same kind of problems. An anonymous survey conducted at CTHS shows the same results here: !function(...
Q&A With Amber Holsomback
Cameron Beauchamp, Reporter
November 15, 2019
1. If you tell your students something about you that they wouldn’t know otherwise, what would it be? I would tell my students that I understand struggling in school because I am dyslexic and have dysgraphia; which means that reading and writing can be a struggle for me. 2. How do you want your s...
What Culture Brings To The Table
Aaron Blackwell, Reporter
November 8, 2019
Sophomore Shone Mombo moved to America from Libreville, Gabon, when he was a small child, but he’s not sure exactly when. To this day, he reminisces on memories of playing with friends and hanging out by the corner store afterwards. It was all an odd change of scenery for Shone. It was quite a difficult...
Q&A with Lyberde Parker
Sarah Knowles, Reporter
November 8, 2019
Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons did you learn? My grandad because he has been through a lot and he steps out of his way to make sure I'm happy. Who has had the biggest influence on your life and how? My mom because she's working hard to come see me and being able just to b...
Finding Herself
Cambry Malone, Reporter
November 8, 2019
After not being in the light for a while and just focusing on her new album, Selena Gomez finally released a single, “Lose You To Love Me” on Oct. 22, 2019. The day it came out, the single was #1 trending on YouTube, and it’s now #1 on billboards as of Nov. 5. It’s the second highest debut sin...
