Bearing News

Speech and Debate team competes at Sparpie Season Opener

Zay Yontz, Editor-In-Chief • October 16, 2023

The RBHS speech and debate team competed at the Sparpie Season Opener at Battle High School (BHS) on Oct. 13 and 14. Senior Andrew Romitti, RBHS Speech and Debate co-captain placed first in the varsity...

Speech and Debate team hosts annual COMO Classic tournament

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • February 6, 2023

The RBHS and Hickman High School (HHS) speech and debate teams hosted their annual Columbia, Mo. (COMO) Classic debate tournament in person for the first time in three years. 24 schools from across Missouri...

Brown butter cookie recipe

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • November 2, 2022

Chocolate chip cookies are arguably the best dessert. I made my first batch with my grandma when I was 6 years old. I helped her mix the dough and shape the cookies. She always comes to Columbia for my...

RBHS to hold CCV fair

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • October 20, 2022

The RBHS counseling department will hold its bi-annual College and Career Village (CCV) Oct. 21. The event offers three parts: career panels, post-secondary planning presentations and a college and career...

Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade creates unsafe abortions, exacerbates racial and economic disparities

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • May 20, 2022

A Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft surrounding abortion laws under the court case Roe v. Wade was leaked May 1. The opinion document voted to strike down the SCOTUS case Roe v. Wade, a...

Girls’ soccer loses 0-3 to Cor Jesu Academy in last home game

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • May 8, 2022

The RBHS girls’ soccer team faced the highest ranked team in the state, Cor Jesu Academy (CJA), May 6. The team lost 0-3 after playing two 40-minute halves. Scott Wittenborn, the girls’ soccer coach,...

on spring break

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • March 25, 2022

As spring break approaches, students wrap up school and prepare for the week ahead of them. Whether they are staying at home, traveling or resting from their past weeks of school, students are excited...

Debate team competes at districts, sends 7 to Nationals

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • March 21, 2022

The RBHS Speech and Debate team competed at the National Speech and Debate Eastern Missouri districts tournament at Ladue High School this past weekend, March 17-19. The team sent 27 competitors, with...

Darkroom Records creates opportunities for local bands

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • March 7, 2022

With an increase in free time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hickman High School junior Arjuna Raghu took it upon himself to start writing and producing music with his siblings Hickman High School freshman Surya Raghu and Jefferson Middle School sixth grader Pasha Raghu. Though each member of the band started playing music years ago, Arjuna Raghu said he was on the lookout for a band he could play in, and he found it within his own home.

Critical Race Theory necessary to address white washed curriculum

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • February 1, 2022

Despite several initiatives to diversify the textbooks taught in schools, many textbooks have not changed. In regards to the education system, “whitewashed,” is a term used to explain how many textbook...

Counseling department to hold virtual course fair

Zay Yontz, Features Editor • January 25, 2022

The RBHS counseling department will hold a course fair virtually on Zoom Jan. 25 from 5:30 to 7:00pm. The event aims to help students choose their classes for the upcoming year. Each department will have their own Zoom where students and parents can ask questions. Counselor Carrie Mckee said it is important for all students to attend the fair to better understand the available courses.

CPS Board of Education votes to update COVID-19 efforts, remove masks Jan. 4

Zay Yontz, Staff Writer • December 16, 2021

The Columbia Public Schools (CPS) Board of Education voted to revise the current COVID-19 mitigation policy Dec. 13. The revised plan will remove mask mandates in schools, but will still require them on...