Brick Replacement Rumor Debunked
Every year the members of the Oxford Street Department remove and replace each brick covering High Street. According to an Oxford Press photo gallery caption, a rumor was posted stating that this year the bricks will be removed permanently and replaced with asphalt. “The road is falling apart and the concrete underneath is completely deteriorated,” […]
Cinnamon Challenge Dangers
If you ever visit Youtube, you may know about a trending challenge- The Cinnamon Challenge. This challenge is done by swallowing a tablespoonful of cinnamon without water. It usually ends with people blowing out clouds of brown dust and gasping for breath. Possibly even throwing up. Though many people find it humorous, there are many […]
PRIDE Day
On April 16th, some Talawanda sophomores will be attending PRIDE Day with lunch hosted by Chipolte. Seniors who have attended PRIDE Day before are allowed to be “family members. “I definitely liked PRIDE Day, and I’m still really close to my ‘family,’ it was a really good experience.” senior Melanie Hodges stated “It was a […]
What Happened to America?
America, once known as a land for new opportunity and bountiful freedom has fallen behind on the promise that it has to all of its citizens. Thanks to a cocktail of recent (and not so recent) bills, freedoms that Americans once took for granted are now in danger; including, but not limited to, your first, […]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Healthcare Law
Obama’s Affordable Care Act which sought to bring health care to the nearly 45 million uninsured Americans is being challenged in the Supreme Court. Arguments took place Monday through Wednesday of this week. Several states and a private interest group (led by Florida) are accusing the federal government, and by extension, the Obama Administration of […]
May the Odds be in Your Favor, Freshmen
On Friday, March 23rd, THS freshmen walked uptown to the Princess Theater to see the new film The Hunger Games. The movie came as an incentive for taking the practice OGT’s. Freshmen students came into school at the normal time of 7:45 along with the sophomores. Practice OGT’s counted as no grade for them. […]
THS Drama Prepares to Perform “Said and Meant”
THS’s spring Drama production has caused a lot of buzz due to the content in the risky choice for the Spring play. “Said and Meant is about the inherent difficulty in communicating person to person. People use assumptions, implications, and their actions, and this play explores what happens when these devices are improperly used or thrown […]
Spring Break 2012
Most Talawanda students are dragging around one more week to make it to the glorious event known as spring break. Those who get to leave the state of Ohio for vacation and go to new places are lucky. For the kids who have to stay here in Oxford, here are a couple things to do. […]
A Straight Account of the Happenings of KONY 2012
The charity known as Invisible Children recently created a video surrounding the inhumane deeds of Joseph Kony, an infamous war criminal that has kidnapped around 20,000 children from their families for his so-called Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The thirty minute film became immensely popular almost immediately, developing into the most viral video in history. Facebook […]