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Binge worthy Netflix show captivates audiences

Jasmine Samis, Assistant editor April 3, 2023

Good Girls is a show not meant for the weak. In being able to enjoy watching it, you have to imagine you’re living in it. The series is cautioned against young viewers due to not very PG-13 scenes including,...

Journalist inspires through writing, research, activism

Jasmine Samis November 29, 2022
Marie Colvin was a journalist who specialized as a war correspondent and is one of my favorite role models. I honestly can’t explain how much I appreciate her and her work. Colvin was an amazing writer, and she had to go to great lengths to get her information and her sources. 

Digging deep

Jasmine Samis, Assistant editor November 2, 2022

When she landed, she both heard and felt a pop. She was unsure what happened but immediately knew it was not good. Senior Micayla Polasek went up for a ball during a volleyball match and did a full backbend...

Interest, swipe left

Jasmine Samis, Assistant editor September 12, 2022
Everyone seems to be interested in something. I, however, fall into the category of no interests. 

All things being equal: Queen still reigns on small screen

Jasmine Samis March 9, 2022
I’m the type of person who ends up getting tired or bored with certain television shows, especially if they have something to do with crime. However, there’s one show that’s changed my perspective: The Equalizer.

Work horse: Senior football player puts in time for offense, defense

Jasmine Samis October 25, 2021
player’s goal each time he takes the field. He aims to spend as little time on the field as possible to give his offense more time to score. Senior Tanner Allen does not take a break from the game when the defense comes off though, but instead stays on to block for his quarterback on offense. Playing a single side of the ball in football requires a lot of stamina, speed, and agility, but playing both takes a special kind of player. Being on the field play-after-play can take its toll on a player, but Tanner takes it all in stride.

Unconscious calculations: Golf coach uses teaching background to help golfers develop mental game

Jasmine Samis October 4, 2021
Distances. Angles. Topography. Subconscious math calculations stream through the mind as a golf club is selected, a swing is performed, and the lay of the ground directs the roll of the ball. Golf coach Matt Hamilton has been coaching the golf  team for the past three years and, while he enjoys all aspects of the sport, he has a particular connection to it through math as a geometry teacher.

Disappointment over Super Bowl outcome

Jasmine Samis May 14, 2021
Super Bowl 2021 was trash. There’s no “nice way” to put it. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went head-to-head against the Kansas City Chiefs for the Super Bowl Cup. While others may not have hated it as I had, there’s absolutely no way it was the best football game in the world.

Receptionist helps local veterans, community by sewing masks

Jasmine Samis April 28, 2021
As mask mandates were enacted across the nation and the world, people struggled to find supplies or learn how to make them themselves by watching tutorials online. Receptionist Robin Gonzalez has sewed for years and saw a way that she could help.

Labor of love: Hobby helps students hone skills

Jasmine Samis February 5, 2021
In a world where teenagers fill their spare time with social media and video games, happiness can still be found under the hood of a car. Four boys have found a way to make connections with family and friends through rebuilding and repairing cars.

Dramas cross cultural lines to entertain, fascinate

Jasmine Samis January 7, 2021
Korean and Chinese dramas get a lot of hate from the American population, but it doesn't really make sense why. (Asian dramas do not deserve all of the hate they receive and are fascinating.)

Student comes to America for opportunities, access to technology

Jasmine Samis October 26, 2020
Leaving the familiar for the unknown can be frightening, but freshman Santa Sic Tumax took it all in stride when she moved from Guatemala to Bryan six years ago without knowing the language or customs of the area. She caught on quickly, and is working to continue to excel in school and life.
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