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10 most anticipated summer movies

10 most anticipated summer movies

Anna Wright May 11, 2014

1. Godzilla The infamous Godzilla film franchise will return on May 16, featuring a killer cast that includes Aaron Johnson, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen. The film will feature a comeback from perhaps...

Custodial shortage results in added stress for staff

Custodial shortage results in added stress for staff

Anna Wright May 9, 2014

A shortage of custodians has left current employees picking up extra slack during and after school hours. With multiple custodians away for medical reasons, the school was left severely understaffed....

Freshman John Swift returns a serve against Jefferson City.

Boys tennis dominates the court in Jefferson City

Anna Wright May 8, 2014

The boys varsity tennis team celebrated another win yesterday at a Jefferson City meet, with seven players winning their single matches and only one loss. The meet was an important one, preceding district...

Photo by Bri Arnett

Health Brief: Study shows correlation between young adult fitness and cognition later in life

Anna Wright May 8, 2014

Younger adults who exercise more frequently will likely experience improved brain function and cognition in their later years, a new study suggests. The study, conducted at The University of Minnesota...

Health Brief: Coca Cola to remove brominated vegetable oil from products

Health Brief: Coca Cola to remove brominated vegetable oil from products

Anna Wright May 8, 2014

Coca Cola will be removing a potentially unhealthy ingredient from their products as a result of customer complaints. Brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient in a variety of citrus flavored Coca Cola...

MaxPreps names Bruin athletics No. 6 in country

MaxPreps names Bruin athletics No. 6 in country

Anna Wright May 5, 2014

Bruin athletes dominated this year, with girls basketball bringing home the state title and four other teams placing second. Because of these impressive championships, high school sports coverage site...

Students participate in unofficial senior skip day

Students participate in unofficial senior skip day

Anna Wright April 30, 2014

  The attendance office phones were ringing off the hook Monday when senioritis struck hard. Roughly 50 percent of the senior class was absent in celebration of an unsanctioned, student-lead senior...

     The greatest difference between the scenery of Columbia, Missouri and that of San Diego is the colors. While the buildings of Columbia are shades of grey and white with pops of brick, San Diego is filled with a range of colors and patterns. My friends and I traveled across the city by foot, cab, and bus. We went to Balboa Park and Old Town, where I captured some of the scenic places that help define the atmosphere of San Diego.

San Diego’s Mexican cuisine falls short in authenticity

Anna Wright April 11, 2014

It’s safe to say that landlocked CoMo is not the country’s central hub for authentic Mexican cuisine. The closest thing we have to an authentic Mexican restaurant might be El Maguey, which my friends...

Mast tightens unsupervised students policy

Mast tightens unsupervised students policy

Anna Wright April 7, 2014

Principal Jennifer Mast announced this morning that students will be required to leave the school building by 4:30 p.m. during the week, unless they are under teacher supervision. Sports and clubs will...

Highly-anticipated ‘Divergent’ entertains audiences as worthwhile sci-fi thriller

Anna Wright April 6, 2014

I was not sure what to expect as I settled into the red velvet upholstery of my chair at Forum 8 movie theater. Though I hadn’t read the books, flashy previews for the recently released science-fiction...

photo by Justin Sutherland

British scientists identify hormone cortisol as initial possible biomarker for depression

Anna Wright March 30, 2014

Researchers at Cambridge University discovered what they believe may be the first biomarker for clinical depression. Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS),...

photo by Morgan Berk

Stigma prevents adequate treatment of mental illness

Anna Wright March 26, 2014

In this rapidly advancing age of science and technology, researchers are hurtling forward the field of medical investigation and discovery. Our knowledge of the human brain and diseases afflicting this...

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