This holiday break, many students and teachers of OHS were granted with a two week - 16 day rather - break from school. For as long as I have been attending Orono we have never had such a long and extensive...
“I just don’t care,” said every high school student ever. A common phrase among teens, it can be applied to almost anything: calculus homework, soccer practice, family time and more. Studies...
In a wired world, the news media plays an imperative role in providing accurate information about current events. A journalist’s most important job is to publish reliable, verified facts - not speculation...
Before we begin with this month’s shambling mess of a column, I unfortunately have to punch in my timecard at the hypothetical confessional where I so often find myself (as an aside, if the preceding...
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Google+ are some of the top social networking sites on the web today. They are only a few of the over 200 networks available for people to connect...
Our society today has many expectations. Expectations are ridiculous and not important to the overall aspect of life.
What you wear, how you do your hair, if you are skinny, if you are not; all of these...
The school has implemented a new club meeting schedule in which all clubs are allotted one week a month to hold a meeting during Spartan Hour, and it is limiting student involvement. With this schedule,...
I have a dream. I dream of the day that Martin Luther King Jr’s dream comes true.
I am not ashamed to be an American, but I am disappointed in my peers. We have it all. We have smartphones, laptops,...
Students were surveyed about what they were looking foreward to most this school year. These are a few of their replies:
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Maddie Mayhew is the Editor in Chief - Online for The...
Every day, all over the world, women face gender persecution. This includes genital mutilation, sexual slavery, forced prostitution and domestic violence. At least one out of every three women worldwide...
For those of you who haven’t seen me limping around the hallway, I have a major gymnastics injury. On Jan. 21, I crushed my tibia, tore my lateral collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments and...
Last year, 253 students took Advanced Placement (AP) tests at Orono High School. However, the number of AP tests administered at Orono last year was 494; many students who are taking AP classes are taking...
