Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• December 7, 2018
Sixty years ago, 10 before Parkway West opened its doors, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus infamously shut down the entirety of Little Rock’s public high school system following pressure from the federal...
Volunteering her time as a medical intern at Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center (WBR), junior Carly Anderson works doing various activities, ranging from spraying down old cages to digging up worms.
Initially,...
Layne Bierk, Convergent Media Writer
• November 30, 2018
Every morning by 7:35 a.m., junior Makenna Rugani stands in a single file line ready for inspection at South Technical High School.
Rugani's relationship with her grandfather inspired her to serve as...
Lexie Pilz, Convergent Media Writer
• November 18, 2018
After losing alumni Haran Kumar who battled depression, senior Gokul Venkatachalam and sophomore Tyler Kinzy contacted State Senator Jill Schupp.
“We are working with Jill Schupp to try and improve...
Working as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse in Ann Arbor, MI after graduating in 2002, alumna Tricia LaRocca Morris achieved her goal of creating her own family by adopting her first baby June Caroline.
“My...
Maddi Foelsch, Convergent Media Writer
• November 2, 2018
Looking in her closet, sophomore Ayesha Malik gets ready to pick out an outfit from her three pants and seven shirts. Malik is a minimalist.
“To me, minimalism is a philosophy, or a way of life,”...
Carson Lolley, Convergent Media Writer
• October 31, 2018
For most, fall means the opening of haunted houses, but for senior Matthew Showers, it means going to work. Showers spent his weekends in October working as an actor at the Lemp Haunted House.
“I...
From overseeing and participating in the construction of the current Busch Stadium to public works projects in the City of Blue Springs, 1980 alumnus Ed Alizadeh has participated in many engineering and...
As her body begins to shake, 9-year-old Giselle Bauer tastes rotten blueberries. Her head begins to ache and her face begins to twitch. She feels a flash.
Three weeks later, Bauer–now a freshman–learned...
After noticing several random bruises scattered on her body and getting a blood test from her doctor when she was 13, senior Lauren Chapman was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with severe Aplastic...
