Coppell passing periods redefine ‘mess hall’
By Tanner McCord Staff Writer Attention, people, the Coppell High School halls between passing periods are a disaster. I, along with several others, have been in situations where I have had to out juke people in a wide open space, have been forced into a trashcan because of clumps of people walking the opposite direction, have made eye contact with others as they continued to not move a little to the side to let me by, and several other inconvenient and inconsiderate situations. I am going to teach you, a 14-18 year old, how to walk through the hall. There are nearly 3,000 students at CHS. Every one of these students has somewhere to be,…
Professional procrastinators, also known as high schoolers
By Tanner McCord Staff writer The word “procrastination” is a bit of a contradiction. The prefix “Pro” as defined by dictionary.com to be in favor of a plan. However, procrastination is a lack of planning and time management. I am a self-proclaimed professional procrastinator. I am honestly one of the worst, if not the worst, that I know of when it comes to putting off assignments and waiting to the very last minute to begin things that should be very high on my priority list. However if you happen to be on Twitter or Facebook any time around 10:30 p.m. or later, you’re feed will be flooded updates like; “Time to start my English paper”…
Going green becoming overated
Staff Writer Paige Wilson While driving home from school I heard a song on my iPod while it was on shuffle. It was a Black Eyed Peas song and being happy that it wasn’t the over played “Boom Boom Pow” I decided to listen to it for a while before I skipped over it. The song continue to repeat “This is the now generation, this is the generation now”. Over and over again it spoke about this is the generation where it is time to react. Then I look up and see a “Go Green” bumper sticker on the back of a giant truck. That is a little ironic I thought. The whole situation why…
Tattoos aren’t just for rock stars nowadays
They have been called body modifications and taboos, but the usual word among society is tattoos. Though the names used for them might be different, the responses they evoke hardly vary. Despite growing up in a tattoo free household and one that is to remain forever tattoo free, I’ve found myself wanting to get some of that permanent ink etched into my skin. There’s only one big problem; according to the law, I’m too young to get one. I’m not talking about the law so much as I’m talking about the responsibility which comes with having a tattoo. Dealing with getting an infectious disease such as HIV or Hepatitis B or C isn’t the only…
Daphne’s Dilemma: Senioritis a new experience
By Daphne Chen Last semester, I noticed a trend about myself. Something alarming. Unprecedented. Unacceptable. And yet, I never cared. After all, what kind of senior cares if his or her grades take a downward slide? And keep sliding? And keep sliding? I realized that I had just failed two quizzes in AP Macroeconomics and didn’t care enough to ask if I could retake them. I realized that I didn’t care that I hadn’t checked Portal in two six weeks. I realized that I didn’t care where my grades fell at all for the semester – as long as they were above an 85. But these weren’t the most disturbing of my realizations as I…
Top 10% no longer top notch
Staff Writer Paige Wilson For years the top 10% has been a “safe zone” for students to receive guaranteed admission to University of Texas at Austin. Now the bar has been set higher than ever before, as UT will only be required to accept the top 8% of students starting from the 2011 freshmen entering class. A new state law, Senate Bill 175, passed by the 81st Legislature will forever change the top 10% rule. This new law has brought across mixed feelings on whether it is good or making something that was nearly impossible even more impossible. The law will only require them to fill up 75% of the class size…
Rivalries gone too far?
Staff Writer Paige Wilson The rivalry between Coppell and Southlake has become a school tradition. There is homecoming, prom and the Southlake Carroll football game. The week of the Southlake game everything goes into full speed: banners go up, T-shirts go on sale, pep rallies form. This is typical for any big high school game but when the Southlake Carroll game comes around everything fills the air from stupid comments and acts to rumors. The rumors filling the school during the week of the Southlake Carroll game get better every year. This year the big rumor was that if you have anything Coppell related on your car, be prepared to have your tires slashed. I…
Bumper to bumper tensions run high
Staff Writer Paige Wilson Bumper stickers are colorful designs that can express interest or views or even give another driver a chuckle. However in recent years the bumper sticker has become uncontrollable. That is to say that there have been rather weird bumper stickers are making their way on the back of many of our vehicles. The first bumper sticker appeared right before World War II, although it was not a sticker but a tag that hung from wires and attached to the back of a car. The wire was eventually replaced with an adhesive back and thus the bumper sticker was born. The bumper sticker has been use to express religious and…