“Hey, Alyssa. Did you hear about the vegan, the atheist and the Crossfitter that walked into a bar?” an obnoxious male that shall remain nameless said.
I roll my eyes. Of course I’ve heard this...
Tamara Castaneda walked into the Main Street Bread Baking Company in Grapevine to meet her son, graduate Nick Chase, for brunch. He had abruptly chosen to stop going to college, and she was going to ask...
Toys litter the floor of my brother’s living room. Three babies crawl and toddle around. Hannah, the oldest, giggles as she hands the toy to her brother, Harrison, who’s barely a year old. His twin...
Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief
• November 12, 2014
I’m going to come right out and say it. I’m vegan. I can’t hear your gasps but I know you’re shocked. I understand. Being vegan is a strange lifestyle change. Some people may say I’m a freak,...
Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief
• November 11, 2014
Beatings were a common part of Elizabeth Pool’s childhood. When she was 6 her parents divorced, then the beatings became daily. Her mother, Marlena, would come home from the restaurant where she waitressed,...
Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief
• October 8, 2014
He typed out the email. Read over it. Made sure everything was perfect. It was a long shot, but he knew he had to try. It had taken him hours to find the email address. People like Mark Cuban, a billionaire...
AP Government teacher Emily Worland goes over the Supreme Court during class. Worland's goal is to educate her classes on government operations to decrease political apathy.
Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief
• September 3, 2014
Principal Gary Shafferman was doused with three buckets of ice water yesterday as he accepted the ALS challenge in front of the school. He was nominated by three different campus groups. However, he...
The majority of the student body may not know her name, but they do know who she is. She has many different names. She’s been called the S Hall girl or the door holder. She’s even been called an angel...
Five varsity girls' soccer players gathered in the gym yesterday to sign to the schools of their choice.
Meg Smith - Northeastern State University
Taylor Brem - Oklahoma University
Taylor Durham...
Recently, I watched the most soul-crushing commercial I have ever seen.
A father and a son sit at their kitchen table, each eating a pudding cup. The father tells the boy that he really loves pudding....
For the past three years, Jamie Riggle, an attendence clerk, her family and friends have used the back parking lot as their official hangout spot. Every home football game, the Riggles gas up their Marcus-themed...
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...
The Marquee sits down with Major League, a band out of New Jersey, to discuss the album Hard Feelings and what the future has to hold for them.
Today is Thanksgiving. Nick Trask, Brian Joyce, Matt...
School administrators have been meeting to review security measures after the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.
"My reaction was shock and then, as probably anybody who works in...
The LISD Natatorium is packed with people. Swimmers line up along the pool deck shoulder to shoulder for the biggest duel meet of the season. Posters which show faces of the seniors cover the back wall....
People young and old stand waiting for doors to open. Some wear shirts of newer pop-punk bands while others wear clothing that’s reminiscent of old school punk rock. Roadies unload equipment such...
The halls have seemed a little emptier this year without one of the school’s busiest teachers. Longtime teacher Marcie Cooley passed away due to pancreatic cancer on July 5, 2012. Cooley graduated...