Foreign and Fluent: Why We Need Foreign Language Education
“The World Language program rests on the belief that learning another language and another culture is an important skill in today’s economy.” That’s a line from THS’s course scheduling guide for the 2014-2015 school year, which goes on to describe the school’s course offerings in French and Spanish. It’s not just Talawanda, either. All over […]
Wear and Tear: The Progressive Decay of Schools
This winter a chill ran through Talawanda School, and it wasn’t necessarily from the weather. At the end of the school’s very own 100 hallway there was a new addition to the infrastructure. Some passed by it, oblivious, others noticed the glaring obstruction. What was this new addition you ask? It was a crack, skittering […]
Google Glasses and Contacts: More Than What Meets the Eye
What do smart contacts, and a computer you can wear on your head have in common? As it turns out, both are some of the latest technological advances by Google(x), as a part of Project Glass. Project Glass is a research and development project, announced in April 2012, focused primarily on the further development of […]
Talawanda’s got Talent: Ricki Snyder
In the calm atmosphere of a high school art class sits one of Talawanda’s many students. 18-year-old Ricki Snyder is considered by many people to be overly talented in her different types of artwork. These range from drawing and painting, all the way to clothing design, hair, make-up and jewelry. Snyder’s love of art began […]
9 Hours Nightly: High School Students Still Sleep Deprived
You know it when it happens. Your brain consumes way too much time wrestling listlessly with simple tasks. Your eyes threaten to drop shut with every lull in a conversation. You become irritable and you don’t enjoy life as much as you should. If you haven’t already guessed, it’s a condition extraordinarily common […]
Violence Grows in Ukrainian Protests
In Kiev, Ukraine, black smoke from burning tires show the line between protesters and police. Each side stands strong to their beliefs of what will be best for their country, and neither shows any sign of yielding. The threat of civil war is a growing problem, and in a world where the government is holding […]
Out With the Old Wal-Mart, In With the New…
If you’ve had the chance to drive through Locust Street in Oxford, you’ve probably noticed that something is a little out of the ordinary recently: the building that used to be the old Wal-Mart is now reduced to a pile of rubble. The plan? To build a multitude of new buildings that will […]
STAR Testing May Affect Your Senior Incentive
Talawanda assistant principal Chris Rhoton recently brought up the idea that STAR (Standardized Testing And Reporting Program) testing scores would be part of the senior incentive in the fourth quarter of the 2013-2014 school year. Rhoton said seniors tend to “blow off the star test and bomb it just terribly.” He said seniors don’t think […]
The “Sweet Seven” Eating Outdoors
Eating lunch outside, a privilege reserved for seniors, was popular when the weather was nice and sunny. As the weather got cooler, most of the seniors moved to eat indoors. Still eating outside are the The Sweet Seven: seven senior guys competing in a game of “who will last the longest” eating outside. The Sweet […]
To Shave or Not To Shave
Movember 2013 has come to an end, faces are clean shaven, and MOhio has totaled up the funds raised over the course of November. The team raised a total of $2,635 but failed to reach its goal of $5,000. Team captain Matt Aerni raised a total of $220.55 and said he intends to participate in […]