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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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Family

Family

The sun had set, and the caretakers of the daycare were waiting for the last pair of parents to arrive. Sophomores Rashad and Sean Huggins’ parents, however, never showed up; instead, when the daycare...

Confinement

Confinement

Sophomore Katie Neu wasn’t looking to get arrested. At the mall with a friend on a sunny day, she was looking to have a good time. That’s why when the manager of the store ordered her and her friend...

Opportunity

Opportunity

The Rock and Bearing News Staff April 13, 2012

This special report on OPPORTUNITY covers the difference between determinism and determination, how students who live thousands of miles away from parents cope and the pressure on second generation immigrants...

Deception

Deception

The Rock and Bearing News Staff April 10, 2012

Deception is a pervasive issue. This special report covers the mistaken deception associated with lawyers, the deception anonymous cyberbullies pull over victims and the deception one Kenyan refugee used...

Photo illustration by Muhammad Al-Rawi

Modern Medicine

The Rock and Bearing News Staff February 13, 2012

As sophomore Anna Wright was growing up, her dad began to worry about her. Although she seemed healthy, she had stopped gaining weight and growing taller. "I fell off my growth curve, and I was a lot shorter...

Generation Me

Generation Me

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

We are the children of the X’ers and the younger siblings of the Y’s. We are obsessed with ourselves, some scholars say, naming us Generation Me. Others argue we are best defined by our dependence...

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

Stereotypes define the ways many students interact, especially gender stereotypes as you will see in this special report. Gender stereotypes affect everything from how both genders view the other to how...

Temporary fixes provide motivation: Joplin residents find ways to stay hopeful, such as the duct tape modification to the former high school's sign. Photo provided by Mary Crane.

4 months after the tornado

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 26, 2012

On May 22, a merciless EF5 twister, the highest intensity possible, ripped through Joplin, Mo., population 49,000. With scores of citizens dead, millions of dollars lost and an entire town devastated,...

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