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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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Nine RBHS seniors named National Merit Semifinalists

Nine RBHS seniors named National Merit Semifinalists

Jenna Liu September 9, 2015

This morning, nine RBHS seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists, Interim Principal Cathy Ritter confirmed. Seniors who received this honor took the PSAT in October of their junior year and scored...

Junior places first in statewide Investwrite competition

Junior places first in statewide ‘Investwrite’ competition

Luke Chval May 20, 2015

Junior Dayna Linneman started out by fulfilling the Missouri graduation requirement of personal finance, which eventually led to her winning the 2015 Spring Investwrite Competition's Missouri division,...

Baseball thrashes Kewpies on senior night

Baseball thrashes Kewpies on senior night

Luke Chval May 7, 2015

After the first inning, the game was already out of hand; the Hickman baseball players struggled to keep up with the strong hitting of the Bruins, but to no success. RBHS led 4-0 after the first inning,...

Girls soccer beats Smith-Cotton on senior night

Girls’ soccer beats Smith-Cotton on senior night

Luke Chval May 5, 2015

Before the girls' soccer game against Smith-Cotton Monday, the team honored four seniors, Katie Cook, Sydney Griggs, Sydney Mulholland, and Reilly Strong in one of their final home games. Sophomore Julia...

Photo by Maribeth Eiken

US must abandon imperialist foreign policy

Luke Chval April 15, 2015

In January 2015, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigned from his post just before rebel Houthi forces seized the presidential palace in the capital city of Sana’a. He later rescinded his forced...

Paul introduces Audit the FED bill to force higher accountability on Federal Reserve

Paul introduces Audit the FED bill to force higher accountability on Federal Reserve

Luke Chval March 7, 2015

In a possible effort to bolster his yet-to-be-announced 2016 presidential campaign, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which would leverage a more extensive audit...

Missouri bill plans to make testing necessary for graduation

Missouri bill plans to make testing necessary for graduation

Luke Chval March 7, 2015

[heading size="16" margin="10"]Teachers debate whether universal standard benefits students[/heading] The public school system in the United States already faces scrutiny for placing high importance on...

Photo ID voting bill introduced into Missouri House of Representatives

Photo ID voting bill introduced into Missouri House of Representatives

Luke Chval March 6, 2015

After Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a similar voting identification bill last year, Missouri Rep. Tony Dugger (R-Hartville) has introduced Missouri House Bill 30, which would force all Missouri voters...

Columbia raises age to purchase tobacco to 21

Columbia raises age to purchase tobacco to 21

Luke Chval February 4, 2015

No RBHS students can legally purchase tobacco in Columbia anymore. The Columbia City Council decided by a 6-1 vote to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21 on Dec. 15. Many localities...

The RBHS quiz bowl team stands with their fourth place plaque at Tiger Bowl VII. Photo by Luke Chval

Quiz bowl team takes fourth at tournament

Luke Chval February 1, 2015

The RBHS quiz bowl team, led by coach Greg Irwin, placed fourth in a field of 32 teams at Tiger Bowl VII. The Tiger Bowl is an annual tournament held by the University of Missouri Quizbowl Club, contended...

The seniors arrive for their Powder Puff football game against the juniors. Photo by Renata Williams.

Annual powderpuff game donates to Columbia homeless shelters

Luke Chval January 1, 2015

The annual powderpuff tournament was at Rock Bridge Field, an event that pitted female flag football teams from each year against each other, in which the senior team “won” the championship game 46-20...

Its a Wonderful Life goes beyond the expectations of a Christmas movie

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ goes beyond the expectations of a Christmas movie

Luke Chval December 19, 2014

There’s a reason why films often opt to deal with despair, misfortune and unavoidable circumstance. Feel-good movies are too kitschy, too void of meaningful human emotion, and most annoyingly, too artificial....

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