After years of planning, the Marcus Freshman Center is becoming a reality. Ground for the new building was broken on April 23, and the center is scheduled to be ready for the 2014-2015 school year. The...

Ever since I was little I believed in superstitions. I loved to explore the coincidences of the world that I thought were mysterious. I was curious and made up my own tales for why things happened in such...

Her name is Lucy, and I’ve only met her twice. Yet, through only knowing her for small fragments of time, she’s made me think hard on few things. She was this incredibly intelligent seventeen-year-old....

iPhones. They may be simple gadgets for the average teenager to use, but I have learned through hours of agonizing pain and repetitive teaching that the same can’t be said for adults. Forget raising...

The day I first saw death changed a huge part of my life: my diet. I was fourteen when I went to visit my grandparents in Marble Falls, about an hour away from Austin. My grandpa is a big hunter –...

Next year’s seniors will have the opportunity to take a combined 18-week AP Government and AP Macroeconomics course called “AP Civics.” The class integrates these two courses by splitting the group...

History teacher Jesse Hood watches his daughter’s bright red hair swish behind her as she skips down the street in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Four-year-old Lydia Hood’s mesmerized eyes go from...