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Senior “half day” proves waste of time

January 20, 2015

Senior year is anticipated by nearly everyone. If not due to senioritis and excitement for college then for landmarks to the high school experience, excitement, finality, growing up, but also missed opportunities...

Educational Path Not Taken

Valerie Burgess, Staff Reporter January 20, 2015

Every single human being who has lived on this Earth had been objectified to what is known as “the path.” This path includes what many view it as a natural progression of life-- birth, survival and...

Think before you speak

Madi Montoya, Staff Reporter January 20, 2015

High school within itself is very overwhelming--any student could tell you that. The pressures of high school are definitely something that scare not only incoming freshmen, but everyone who has ever been...

Smartphones: friend or foe?

Mia Irvin, Staff Reporter January 20, 2015

It is passing period at Perry High School and the is scene alive with people rushing to their next class, talking to their friends, or standing in the middle of the hallway on their phone. At lunch time,...

Black women poorly portrayed in media

Michelle Bolden, Staff Reporter January 20, 2015

It seems like the most popular target for ignorant stereotypes is black women. Among the list of less-than-kind labels black women receive are that they have bad attitudes, are loud, promiscuous, and ultimately...

Teens lack balance between life and sleep

Jordan Williams, Photography Editor January 20, 2015

A typical daily routine for a teenager is simple: wake up, go to school, go home, do homework, go to sleep, repeat. However, time is a limited resource for students to work with, making it hard to obtain...

New Year’s Resolutions

Kacee Perry, Staff Reporter January 20, 2015

The countdown is coming to an end as households across the nation view from their televisions the yearly Time Square ball drop in New York. With grand cheers, the audiences call, “Happy New Years!”...

Advanced mathematics is time-consuming and impractical for most

Nathan Tucker, A&E Editor December 19, 2014

I’ve got 99 problems and all of them are math. A final is on the way, test corrections turned in, the problems on the review sheet reach up to heaven. The sheer amount of arithmetic is astounding....

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Student perspectives: being a Muslim American not as difficult as stereotypes may suggest

Marjan Tarin, Special to the Precedent December 16, 2014

Living in America as a Muslim American is not as difficult as some people might think, but also is not as easy as others may believe. Because I wear a hijab, a scarf that covers my head, I can easily be...

Lets talk about math

Dayna Miller, Opinion's Editor December 15, 2014

“When are we gonna use this in real life?” Student’s always cry when math teachers bring out new content to learn. Math is one of the least-liked subjects on campus, but it’s one of the most practical...

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