Day 109

Bailey Stover • July 4, 2020

Senior Bailey Stover spent her 109th day of social distancing going to a doctor's appointment, watching "Quantico" and shooting off fireworks.

Day 108

Bailey Stover • July 3, 2020

During her 108th day of social distancing, senior Bailey Stover watched "Quantico" and contemplated the Fourth of July in today's world.

LGBTQ athletes find community within athletics

Bailey Stover • February 25, 2020

LGBTQ athletes share their coming out stories and discuss how the athletic community accepted and alienated them during their lives.

Antagonizing, agonizing realities

Ann Fitzmaurice • November 1, 2018

Students reflect on traumatic and troubling experiences in academic and familial settings regarding homophobic language and the death of a father.

The People of Pride

Multiple Authors • August 26, 2018

Report by Amanda Kurukulasuriya & George Frey On Saturday, Aug. 25, the MidMo PrideFest, was, as one would expect, a colorful cacophony of rainbow flags, local booths, and free live music. There were...

Celebrating James Baldwin

Katie Whaley • February 6, 2018

James Baldwin’s impression on America is as intricate and compelling as the essays and novels he composed. Baldwin simultaneously played an outsider and a pivotal activist in America’s history, making him an odd yet inspiring African American to celebrate.

Dividing Lines

The Rock and Bearing News Staff • May 7, 2012

Some students are inherently smarter than others, and they know it. At least that’s the way the gifted program at RBHS appears to senior Emily Smith, who never tested for the Extending Educational Experiences...