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on favorite RBHS memory

Ketti Horton, Staff writer • May 12, 2022

As the 2021-22 school year comes to a close, seniors reflect on their last four years at RBHS. While their high school experience has been anything but traditional with virtual learning, hybrid learning...

Baseball falls to Hickman in “Giving Game”, raises $7,000

Ketti Horton, Staff writer • May 7, 2022

Wednesday May 4’s RBHS varsity baseball game versus cross-town rival Hickman High School (HHS) started off a bit different than most. This game, also known as the “Giving Game” was a benefit for...

Gilded Glamour: Celebrities walk red carpet at 2022 Met Gala

Ketti Horton, Staff writer • May 4, 2022

The 2022 Met Gala theme was In America: An Anthology of Fashion, an homage to all things corsets, boning, feathers and large statement jewelry. It is the latter of a two-part exhibit, with its counterpart...

TikTok sounds: TikTok influences popular music, changes industry

Allison Kim, Op/Ed Editor • March 9, 2022

TikTok, the short-form video social media platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has seen massive growth in the past four years since the app’s launch in 2017. TikTok was the most downloaded...

The impact of Omicron: variant heightens risk of infection, targets disabled communities

Julia Kim, Editor-in-Chief • February 2, 2022

First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November, the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has surged around the world over the past two months and now accounts for 99.9% of new infections in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The pandemic continues to play a recurring role in people’s lives, and Omicron poses new risks toward able-bodied and disabled people in the new year.

Show Choir to premiere first concert on Jan. 20

Julia Kim, Staff Writer • January 20, 2022

The RBHS show choir will perform their first concert of the year on Jan. 20 in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m.

Two editors-in-chief try photography: Unfamiliar journalistic medium inspires creativity

Anjali Noel Ramesh and Nora Crutcher-McGowan • December 21, 2021

On a particularly chilly day in November, editors-in-chief Nora Crutcher-McGowan and Anjali Noel Ramesh set out downtown with the purpose of trying photography for the day, under the guidance of photo...

The female gaze counteracts existing standards in cinema

Allison Kim • December 20, 2021

In every visual representation in media consumed, the creator controls the perspective through which audiences view the work. The female and male gazes are two defined examples, primarily found and discussed concerning cinema, of said perspectives intentionally curated to guide how viewers are meant to engage with the content.