Government Attempting to Curb Highway Accidents
In 2008, nearly 400 people in the U.S. were killed in traffic accidents on Thanksgiving weekend alone, according to the National Public Radio (NPR) Website (www.npr.org). In all of 2008, more than 37,000 people died in car accidents. These are astonishing numbers that the public and the government are becoming aware of and they are trying to think up ways to prevent these statistics. One of these measures is new highway safety awareness. Sergeant Ted...read more
Students Win Awards in Nation’s Capitol
Journalism, Literary Magazine Staff Travels, Take Advice From Pros
Members of the newspaper and the literary magazine staffs departed for Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, to attend The National High School Journalism Convention, held at the Marriott Hotel at Wardman Park....read more
Colors, Mascot Suggested by Students
Stephen Park, and the rest of the Herriman High School staff are busy putting the final touches on the new high school, scheduled to open Aug. 2010. The school’s mascot and color choices have been determined by the students who plan on attending. Mascot options included the “Patriots,” “Mustangs,” “Hornets,” and the “Thundering Herd”, and color combinations consisted of orange, midnight blue, and white, or red, white, and blue, amongst other choices....read more
Default Election Could Lead to U.S. Problems
With a population of 33,609,937 people, (as of June 2009) the Afghanistan nation needs a strong leader. In the 2009 Afghan elections, after much confusion and dispute, Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of the country’s presidential poll after cancelling a planned runoff election, according to The Guardian website...read more
Teen Pranks Gone Too Far
It seems as though everyone has heard about the teens in American Fork that went through the drive-thru at McDonalds, rapped their order, and then had the cops called on them, according to a recent National Public Radio story (www.npr.org). Are these consequences too harsh...read more
Should Zero Scores be Permitted?
Zero Scores Should No Longer Be Allowed When a student procrastinates to do an assignment, the teacher’s habitual ...read more
Zeros Program Holds Students Back Turing in assignments on time isn’t always an easy task. With eight classes, ...read more
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Bathroom Mayhem Gum on the floors, graffiti on the walls, urinating on the floors and in the sinks. The fact of the matter is,...read more
Historic U.N. Conference Commences The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference kicked off on Dec. 7 with high hopes for an international ...read more
