The year was 1988. The Los Angeles Dodgers had just won the World Series, Ronald Reagan was about to exit the White House as president and a shy programmer named…
Charlotte Gainsbourg had a great family background to support her in music and film, but when her father Serge Gainsbourg, a 1980’s French pop music legend, launched her into the…
Imagine a cliché romantic comedy of a girl’s search for her one true love. But then, she accidentally bumps into a stranger on the street and makes an instant…
The stereotype goes that boys become sex hounds after puberty and think of sex multiple times every minute, while girls are expected to remain chaste. But, like so many stereotypes…
Senior Jessica Jost felt the words slap her in the face as others made fun of her for getting a job at Subway. ‘Make me a sandwich.’ She knew it…
The holiday season is indeed a time for family. Of course, “family” doesn’t always mean those whom you are related to. Times can be just as fun with the people…
The devastation from the tornado that hit Joplin was almost more than I could take. I grew up there, and now I go back to see the town it is…
A trip to Midway Truck Stop, 6401 Highway 40 West, had been an average outing for owner Joe Bechtold. Located just outside of Columbia, it held a diner, gas station…
While other students did their math assignments, senior Savannah Everett popped her back. Everett cringed as her classmates eerily stared at her through the broken silence. “I pop my back…
When bright lights adorn houses in every neighborhood and decorated evergreen trees peer out from living room windows, students know it’s time to start counting down the days left until…
The day did not particularly resemble December, or Christmas—the rainy weather and warm temperatures spoke more to April than blustery winter—but in the gymnasium at Rock Bridge Elementary the holiday…
As of 8:30 a.m. Saturday, North Korea has to look for a new leader to fill the shoes of Kim Jong-il, dictator and supreme ruler of North Korea, who died at the age of 69 …
An astonishing $800 billion later, the war in Iraq is officially finished. With the lowering of the flag of command from the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Thursday, Dec. 15, America…
I had an awesome Saturday. Not because of the ACT in the morning, of course. That wasn’t pleasant. The awesome bit of the day started immediately afterward, when nearly 80…
Senior Bill Milanick felt powerful as he strolled the empty hallways of RBHS last night. Armed with a nerf gun, he listened carefully for footsteps in order to hunt down…
The highly anticipated sophomore album Take Care has brought to Drake fans more emotion, pain and easily relatable lyrics than ever. From the beginning to end of his album he…
It’s 9 ‘o clock on Sunday night and I’m listening to the soft, sultry swing of a ghost—the iconic music that she left behind. I’m lying in bed and taking…
Signalling the audience: Seniors Cheyenne Blackston (left), Whitney Wipfler (middle), and KaShaye Matthews (right) hold up signs during the play to encourage more audience interactionn. photo by Asa Lory As…
The odor of rubbing alcohol and sterile gloves filled room 173 in the CACC. Clad in their long white uniform coats, nurses scurried about, attending to several high school students…
When a shooting occurs within spitting distance of a school, one would expect the administration to respond swiftly. At RBHS administrators attempted to initiate a “code yellow” lock down. But…
After losing the district finals game to Jefferson City by one point last season, the girls’ basketball team is wanting revenge. These Bruins believe the disappointment and disbelief they experienced…
As basketball season rolled around, the team realized the lack of veteran leaders attending tryouts and practice. Besides the five seniors who graduated last year, four returning players will not…
Wrestling coach Travis Craig has emphasized defensive technique. The team’s goal is to avoid take downs and pins by perfecting its defensive skills and outlasting its opponents on the mat…
The girls’ swim team has undergone a monumental face lift this year. In the past, the team was small, with only 11 swimmers competing last year. However, this year’s team…
The Columbia Police Department arrested a former RBHS student for unlawful weapon use near school grounds. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. Jan. 4, 2012. Christopher Roseberry, who…
The Advisory Community on Immunization Practices now recommends the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, which helps prevent genital warts and cervical cancer, for 11- and 12-year-old males. HPV is a sexually…
Columbia Public Schools board members met Tuesday in part to sort through the more than 1,000 comments they received concerning the changes in boundary lines for Battle High School. Though…
A new auxiliary gymnasium for both RBHS and Hickman High School is being constructed thanks to a 2010 bond passed by the Board of Education. The bond, which is…
With posters headlining the phase “Speak the Truth” plastered around the halls of RBHS, students are invited to attend Poetry for Personal Power Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. in the…
Right now Ashley Hong’s most pressing stressor is college. She worries about her ability to excel on the ACT and be admitted to the nation’s most prestigious colleges. Excessive amounts…
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