‘They’re Free to Follow Their Dreams’
Cara Wimberley, Editor
April 25, 2018
Family first. That's registrar Theresa Vondra's guiding life motto. "My parents had me at 40 and 42, and they were older than most of my friends' parents and they worked full time," Vondra said. "Dad was a military man, we didn't see him much, he was constantly working. He left every day at 5am and...
Words Act Like Weapons
Justine Rey, Reporter
December 12, 2017
"How can you still be alive? You are so ugly. You just look like a freak. You should just kill yourself and end your life." Was throwing up every day after lunch enough? Should I do more? I just needed to think about what I was about to do. Wait. Why was I even thinking abou...
The Longest Wait of My Life
Justine Rey, Reporter
November 10, 2017
October 31 8: 05 a.m. I woke up just like I do every morning. Chelsey, my host mom, dropped me off at school for a normal day, but I didn't know what was going to happen. My parents, Aurore and Jerome, and my brother, Thomas, were on a trip in Ney York City for one week. 4:30 p.m. I was about to call my parents when I got home but I heard from Chelsey's mom that a terrorist attack happened near the M...
A New School For A New Life
Justine Rey, Reporter
November 9, 2017
My name is Justine Rey and I am 15 years-old. I come from Biarritz, a small beautiful city in the south west of France near the ocean and about 20 minutes to Spain. I am in Fort Worth for now two months, and I will be here for the whole year. I live with a host family because I came alone. Why did I want to leave my country ? I decided to leave France because...
Unveiling the day of wrath
Liam York, Staff Reporter
October 10, 2014
Some may prefer the third movement for the color guard spotlight performance, but Katherine Cogar and Miguel Rosas said they prefer the first. From laying on the ground at the start to a suspenseful silence before a loud burst of sound in the end, the movement takes the audience from bewilderment to...
