Six students nabbed second place in the Class 4 MSHAA Quiz Bowl championship Saturday, May 5. The team consisted of seniors Iyas Daghlas, Riaz Helfer, Bess Goodfellow, Nikhilesh Sharma and Walter…
RBHS will soon have wireless access points in every classroom. Gavin Crane, a wiring technician for Steel-Nett, the company doing the wiring for CPS, said they plan to install approximately…
Next winter the boys basketball team will be missing one of their starters. A key player on the team, junior Travis Jorgensen has decided to transfer to the New Hampton…
The first end of the year senior event occured April 5 at 10:15 a.m. with a senior class meeting. At the gathering, administrators went over the senior schedule, including events such…
Part of tomorrow’s special election session will decide the passing of a bond issue proposal and tax levy for Columbia Public Schools. The bond issue will require a 57 percent…
At the National Forensics League district competition last weekend, 15 RBHS students competed for spots in nationals. The team debated Thursday, March 8 at Parkview High School and the next…
Columbia Public Schools Instructional and Information Technology Services will be putting a new Firewall, named SonicWALL, into place Monday, March 19. There may be glitches in the new system as is…
All Missouri schools could be in for a change. The standards of No Child Left Behind will soon be left behind, with new Missouri standards put in their place. Missouri…
The start of something new: The media center will be moving to bring in couches for an online classroom area. Photo by Theresa Whang The counters in the middle of…
Public universities in Missouri will be receiving nearly $40 million from the state government. Gov. Jay Nixon announced his plans to reduce the budget cuts to higher education from 15…
With the world rapidly bending to the will of technology, there are few defenses left to combat the influence devices such as iPods, kindles and cell phones have on Americans’…
Our educational system is subpar. According to studies the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development conducted, the U.S. ranks only average in reading, science and math literacy. We need a…
A new scholarship is available for students interested in attending the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The Rehab A. El-Buri Foundation is introducing a $4,000 award for “aspiring journalists…
Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee’s Summit) must be a magician. He plans to clear the streets and schools in Missouri of illegal immigrants by having mandatory immigration status checks, all without…
Cursing, senior Nikhilesh Sharma surveyed the remnants of weeks of work. A few minutes earlier, he had accidently glued his finger to his melanoma-detection apparatus. As he pulled his finger…
The reign of the iPhone is over. Other operating systems, like Android, have caught up to iOS in many areas and surpassed them in others. Apple has already been copying…
A new bill being discussed could have an effect on schools around the state. SB 590, which Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee’s Summit) introduced as a companion bill to SB 473,…
When students went to their favorite websites yesterday, some found only a single link on the page. “It was frustrating because I was doing a research report and that [the…
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…
At least 120 Syrian activists raided the Jordanian Embassy in Damascus earlier today and ripped down the flag. This is the latest in protests against Jordanian King Abdullah II’s call…
The steps for applying to college are staggering. There is an endless stream of essays, monotonous paperwork, difficult coursework and a need for increasingly higher standardized test scores. There needs…
For the 13th time in a row, the girls’ tennis team has won the district tournament and will be heading to Sectionals. The girls won the tournament without losing a…
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