I close out of TikTok, feeling frustrated. People don’t understand the point of It Ends With Us. This book is more than a love triangle between Lily, the main character, Atlas, her first love, and Ryle,...
Ring ring. Your alarm goes off, 6:00 am sharp. You get up, ready to start your school day, only, to your dismay, it isn’t a school day. It is Jan. 3 and still winter break.
Sighing, you reluctantly...
I‘m sprinting down the court anticipating the ball to come in my direction, when my teammate effortlessly passes me the ball. The clock counts down — 3…2…1 — and suddenly, I hit the buzzer beater,...
Winter break means Christmas, snowball fights and gingerbread houses, movie marathons, and most notably to students all over the nation, Winter break.
It is a time when students all over the United States...
Sweater weather is just around the corner and with it also comes fall’s new trends - jorts back in fashion along with something like thermo-responsive color-changing clothing.
Fast fashion is the interchangeable...
High school students are no strangers to worksheets, especially those that pile up into mounds of procrastination. We watch the clock quickly approaching midnight as we wonder why the stack of to-dos is...
Natalie Hill, Lifestyles Editor
• October 30, 2023
In eighth grade, I watched a girl get sent to the hall because her shoulders were visible. Female runners at our school recently earned the right to wear tank tops to practice, while the boys have been...
In the city of Omaha, there is a developing epidemic - teenage drivers. Watching new drivers swerve in and out of lanes like the “speed limit” is a “speed suggestion” is an amazing sight to behold.
In...
Teagan Lynch, Editor-in-Chief
• September 25, 2023
I have high-fived abusers. After a hard fought soccer game, my team and I go down the line, exchanging “good games”, high-fives, and smiles with the other team. It is impossible to tell whether the...
I glance at my clock; it is already ten o’clock at night. Darkness seeps through my window, blanketing everything in sight save for a small yellow lamp on the corner of my desk. The wind rustles outside,...
On January 6th, 2023, first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was reading a book to her students when she looked up to see another of her 6-year-old students with his hand wrapped around the trigger of a handgun.
Zwerner...
The Hoofbeat, Staff Editorial
• September 25, 2023
Imagine being passionate about an opportunity but finding out that it’s no longer available for you. A field or profession you wish to dive into as a student, but the options are limited. A class that...