Day 59

Bailey Stover • May 15, 2020

Senior Bailey Stover spent her 59th day of social distancing saying goodbye to high school by creating Instagram posts for her fellow senior staff members.

Swearing seen as unprofessional in school setting, aids pain tolerance

Will Cover • March 31, 2020

Economics and business teacher Susan Lidholm said for her Investments 101 class she was previewing the movie “The Wizard of Lies,” a biopic about former investment advisor Bernie Madoff who is currently in jail for running a Ponzi scheme which defrauded $64.8 billion. 

That’s debatable: Should Disney stop producing live-action remakes?

Will Cover • March 12, 2020

Disney has been remaking original animated films such as "The Lion King" and "Mulan" in a live-action style, inciting controversy among fans.

Black History Mobile Museum 101 comes to RBHS

Will Cover • March 5, 2020

Around 10 RBHS classes attended a display from the Black History 101 Mobile Museum in the Performing Arts Center Lobby throughout the school day March 3. The exhibit, entitled “The Five Elements of Hip Hop,” included 150 artifacts from time periods ranging from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to modern rap and hip hop. CEO and curator Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who started as an educator in Detroit and has personally acquired thousands of items that make up the collection founded the museum. 

A Q&A with Teresa Brooks, the first female student body president at RBHS

Will Cover • March 1, 2020

Teresa Brooks, who works at the University of Missouri hospital system in patient access and revenue, was the first female student body president at RBHS.

Courtwarming King Candidates compete during A Lunch games

Bailey Stover • February 25, 2020

During A Lunch Tuesday, Feb. 25, Courtwarming King Candidates competed against one another. Team A beat Team B with a final score of 10-8.

Housing reparations necessary to counteract redlining, institutionalized racism

Will Cover • February 24, 2020

Housing has been the most egregious instance of discrimination in America's economy, with a 32.5% gap in homeownership between black and white Americans. This in turn drives a massive racial wealth gap because of the economic importance of owning a home. Therefore, housing reparations are needed to increase black homeownership and counteract existing biases.

Science Olympiad takes second at Regionals

Will Cover • February 24, 2020

RBHS Science Olympiad competed at the Regional Competition Feb. 22 at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo. To accomodate a large number of competitors, RBHS sent both a green and a gold team. The gold team earned second place overall, and the green team took sixth. Qualifying students, selected by chemistry teacher and club sponsor Stephanie Harman based on Regional performance, will now begin preparing for the State Competition on April 4, which will take place at Westminster University in Fulton, Mo. 

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Maddie Marrero • February 24, 2020

Courtwarming King candidate Will Cover speaks with Bearing News. Voting begins Feb. 26 and closes prior to the 6 p.m. basketball game Friday, Feb. 28.

US meddling in the Middle East increases instability, terrorism

Will Cover • February 23, 2020

Although the aim to stop global terrorism must inarguably be a goal of the U.S., the War on Terror and U.S. engagement in the Middle East will only serve to do the exact opposite by fueling anti-American sentiment.

In Venezuela, economic sanctions bring human suffering

Will Cover • February 21, 2020

Although the goal of sanctions is to remove Maduro from office for his human rights abuses, they tragically only increase the suffering of the Venezuelan people. It is time for the U.S. to learn from its history of misguided intervention in Latin America and recognize we are worsening the problems we aim to solve.

Inflexible deadlines worsen quality of education

The Rock and Bearing News Staff • February 20, 2020

Deadlines control students’ lives. The specter of late work deductions or even worse, a zero, force students to figure out a way to manage their time that often result in stressful, unhealthy work management. The RBHS Executive Council and faculty are right to support separating academic performance from work ethic and behavior, moving away from harsh late work penalties.