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Senior Column: Annie Sgroi, Newspaper Co-Editor

Senior Column: Annie Sgroi, Newspaper Co-Editor

“Not a ‘Gilmore Girl’ but a true journalist.”

 

District Teachers Salaries are Likely to be Frozen Another Year

Teachers face budget shortfall.

 

State Legislature Actions Affect School Funding

State Legislature Actions Affect School Funding

For over 30 years, Jim Sullinger covered the Kansas Legislature for the Kansas City Star…

 

Staffer Talks About Proposed Funding Cuts to NPR and PBS

Staffer Talks About Proposed Funding Cuts to NPR and PBS

As a child, I considered an aardvark one of my close friends. Arthur and his pals on PBS were as much a part of my daily routine as going to the park or bedtime stories. I learned lots from them, from the spoonful of peanut butter cure for hiccups to [...]

 

Governor proposes educational cuts

Governor Sam Brownback has made some proposed cuts to the education system in the state.

 

Senior Aims to Publish His Stories

Senior Aims to Publish His Stories

Senior Caleb Hayden sends his stories to same publishing company as Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon.

 

Staffers Recommend Six Books Similar to Classics and Recent Bestsellers

Staffers Recommend Six Books Similar to Classics and Recent Bestsellers

If you liked “Catcher in the Rye” read John Green’s “Looking for Alaska.” With all the usual teenage angst of a young adult novel played out in all the right ways, the essence of a modern day and refreshingly more decisive Holden Caulfield lives on in Miles “Pudge” Halter, the [...]

 

Not 18 by Nov. 2? You can still be involved in the Midterm Election

Get Involved The Kansas Democratic and Republican Party websites provide information about candidates, events to show your support and ways to volunteer for specific campaigns. www.ksdp.org www.ksgop.org MAINstream Coalition is the Moderate Alliance of Informed Neighbors, a nonpartisan organization that works to elect moderate candidates from both parties in Kansas [...]

 

A Closer Look at the Recovery Act

A Closer Look at the Recovery Act

The Harbinger focuses on how the ARRA has affected business around Kansas City.

 

Anna Webber

Anna Webber

Every summer, Anna Webber and her family travel to different places across the United States, from Arizona to Indiana to North Carolina. Her family has also moved several times to California and back, and then across Kansas City, so Anna is used to making new friends and starting over. “In [...]

 

Due to reports of health risks from cell phone use, questions have been raised over what action to take

When buying a cell phone, people consider its color, price and style. But according to a recent report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), they should also be thinking about how their phone will affect their health. In a report by the EWG, a non-profit organization that focuses on providing [...]

 

The Layman’s Guide to News

The Layman’s Guide to News

Here is a breakdown of the often confusing stories of headline news