Category: Opinion

Editorial: Step up school spirit

On game day, athletes dream of hearing screaming fans, ringing cowbells and the band playing the fight, but the reality is most of them only hear the wind blowing and crickets chirping. Students and faculty need to make an effort to support all Blue Devil athletics, not just the king of sports, football.

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Editorial: Exceptional effort

Exceptional education students make contributions on campus that are often unnoticed. For example, they help reduce Varina’s carbon footprint and get the cafeteria ready for lunch. In fact, the exceptional education students spend multiple hours a week leading by example and showing exactly what it means to be a true Blue Devil.

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Column: Tipping not just for cows

There’s no denying high school students spend a lot of money going out to eat. There’s also no denying they don’t leave much of a tip.

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Column: Taking renovation in stride

Most mornings it takes me longer to navigate from my car in the driver’s ed parking lot to room K-5 than it takes to drive the four miles between my house and Varina High School. I’m not a slow walker, by any means, but man do those fences around campus throw me for a loop. Round the corner of G, now known as Building 7, and bam! There’s another fence – that one gets me every time.

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Column: Social networking not so social

Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr: you’ve heard of all the big social networking sites.

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