Week 4 Fantasy Football Advice
The first three weeks of the NFL and Fantasy Football season have concluded. Now that the first three week...
English Teacher Challenging Traditional Grading Methods
English teacher Angela Hunt is reducing the importance and stress of grades by replacing them with other forms of grading as well as completing a calm mindfulness practice at the beginning of each class to relax her students. “I believe that grades serve as data to show students how they’re doing, and I’m one of the teachers that believes in the philosophy of using a coding system instead of points,” said Hunt. “We have a grade agreement at the beginning and they write me a letter, and they have a portfolio [which] acts as evidence ...
Violence At Fairview
Fairview’s administrators think that physical violence at Fairview is not a big problem, but other forms of violence, like bullying are more of a problem. “Instances of violence here at Fairview are few and far between. Most kids here have a lifestyle that is not really conducive of school violence,” said security guard Jeff Jones. There are recorded incidents of physical v...
Solutions To Drinking And Drugs At Dances
Whether it’s the homecoming dance or the crowded informals, stories circulate through the dance floor about who drank what or who’s on which drug. But we don’t hear the stories about who helped who out of a dangerous situation, or who drove who home because they were passed out. This past week was the traditional homecoming dance, and just two weeks ago was the first informal of the year. With the week comes elaborate homecoming proposals, eccentric spirit days, booking party buses, planning outfits, endless nerves, and of course the constant safety warnings abou...
Clique Culture
The classic depiction of a high school shows a rigid hierarchy, with jocks on top and everyone else beneath them. Such is not the case at Fairview. Fairview isn’t that stupid school where the jocks are worshipped and everyone swims in their wake. We have been enlightened, and reached a place where everyone, be you nerd or jock, can prosper. The social structure here is less set in stone, yet still questions r...
Fairview Alumni Release Teaser for Apocalyptic Feature Film "Fireside"
2016 alum Evan Groover released a teaser on September 2nd for his upcoming apocalyptic feature film, “Fireside,” a project made completely by filmmakers under 20 years old. Though only 53 seconds long, the teaser features just a taste of the film that will be released in December. “The teaser tra...
A Proposal to Further Secure BVSD Emails
In early August, BVSD updated all student account usernames, changing them to not include student IDs due to security concerns. This change made all of the usernames follow the form of first initial, middle initial, last name, and then two digits to avoid duplicates. Unfortunately, many students are not educated about the serious threat of email-fraud, which is the cause of much daily stress throughout the st...
How Should The Bond Money Be Spent?
Fairview will receive its first bond in eight years of 21 million dollars from the district. In the next two to three years, the money will be used for the remodeling process of the school. There are ideas and opinions concerning the bond, that must be voiced. Principal Don Stensrud recognizes this and wants to include students, parents, and teachers in a committee to be apart of the discussion about the reco...
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English Teacher Challenging Traditional Grading Methods
English teacher Angela Hunt is reducing the importance and stress of grades by replacing them with other forms of grading as well as com...
Violence At Fairview
Fairview’s administrators think that physical violence at Fairview is not a big problem, but other forms of violence, like b...
Solutions To Drinking And Drugs At Dances
Whether it’s the homecoming dance or the crowded informals, stories circulate through the dance floor about who drank what or who’s o...
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Week 4 Fantasy Football Advice
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Fall Sports Predictions
As we are in the midst of the fall sports season and the action is heating up, we asked Principal Don Stensrud for his opinion on the fall sports ...
OP-ED
Clique Culture
The classic depiction of a high school shows a rigid hierarchy, with jocks on top and everyone else beneath them. Such is not the case a...
Stress and Success: The IB Diploma
“I decided not to do the diploma because it’s a massive waste of time,” senior Andrew Thorson said about the IB Diplom...
The Definition of "Terrorism"
Acts of terrorism have become a staple in the news and have been rapidly increasing in size and severity due to terrorist organizations ...
Entertainment
"Captain America: Civil War" Is The Best Marvel Movie Ever
There have been live-action movies made based on Marvel comics characters for 30 years. In that time, there have been some pretty terrib...
The Royal Banner's Summer Mixtape
Are you feeling stressed about exams? Can’t wait for the last bell to ring? Do the seconds seem to tick by slower and slower ever...
Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Dissapointment
This review contains some spoilers and about 5 metric tons of salt. <...
Humor
A Proposal to Further Secure BVSD Emails
In early August, BVSD updated all student account usernames, changing them to not include student IDs due to security concerns. This cha...
Proposal for a Quarter-Second-Video-Sharing App
Vine has always been a prominent app for sharing only six seconds of content to the world and has grown tremendously. With new introduct...
Senior Survival: Drama Heats Up as Only Four Contestants Remain Engaged With Class
The tension is building on Senior Survival, a blockbuster reality TV show starring Fairview seniors in a competition to see who can be t...