Buttons help battle bullying

Freshman Faith Romming signs the No Name-Calling Week pledge on the first day of the anti-bullying campaign, April 9. Posters were available to sign at lunch at both the freshman campus and the main campus during the week of April 9 to 13. When words pass through the lips of students, intentions may vary. Some are meant to encourage, but others are meant to hurt. In order to put a stop to verbal bullying, the Gay-Straight Alliance and Best Buddies teamed up during the week of April 9 to 13 to sponsor No Name-Calling Week. During No Name-Calling Week, students were invited to a table set up at lunch... Read more

Social networking turns anonymous

Imagine logging on to Twitter and seeing a new notification in the mentions. After clicking on it, a new tweet appears, saying some not-so-nice things. On top of that, the person that said it is using a fake name, has no picture, and is completely anonymous. Believe it or not, this has been an on-going occurrence for students during the past couple of months. It all started over the summer, when a person on Twitter that called herself “Gertrude Small” began harassing students. The comments made by Small were rather unpleasant and stirred up some controversy among students. But it didn’t... Read more

The Circle City Curling club comes to Noblesville

Every year, the unheard-of sport Curling enjoys a spike of popularity during the Olympics.  Anyone who may have a new-found interest in this out-of-the-ordinary sport should be excited, for the Circle City Curling club is looking to recruit new members from Noblesville. On February 26th,  the Circle City Curling club will be hosting a “clinic”, where they will teach people who are interested in Curling all of the ins and outs of the game.  These will take place at the Forum at Fishers, located at 9022 East 126th Street Fishers, Indiana 46038.  Their website, circlecitycurling.com, boasts... Read more

A Day in the Life of: Stephen Head

Sophomore Stephen Head is easily spotted in the hallways due to his brightly colored scrubs and his new mohawk. Head enjoys greeting people in the hallways, as well as in the mornings at the pool doors before the warning bell rings. With over 1,500 students in the main campus, it’s hard to remember every face seen in the hallways. However, many people remember the sophomore who regularly greets people at the pool doors in the morning and always wears scrubs to school: Stephen Head. When it comes to fashion choices, Head thinks that scrubs are better than people think. “Scrubs are colorful,... Read more

27 million rake in 14 billion

Over 27 million people are currently victims of human trafficking. Women, children, even men, are being used as sex slaves and labor slaves all over the world, including Indiana. If a viewer tuned into the morning news sometime during the week of the Super Bowl, they might have heard the words “Indiana” and “human trafficking” used together in the same sentence. For those who understand the reality of that, I hope they stopped to think far past the walls of what is commonly know. Human trafficking is a booming “career” all around the world and predominately... Read more

The pirates who couldn’t do anything

The House Judiciary Committee has stated that it will continue its markup of SOPA in February and PIPA has been indefinitely shelved until further notice. Illustration by A. Echarry and A. Jeong On Jan. 18, was Wikipedia a little dark? Google a little “blacked-out?” “SOPA” and “PIPA” all over the internet? What exactly do those stand for anyway? The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) were two bills intended to help in Congress’ anti-piracy campaign, SOPA being the House of Representatives’ version and PIPA being the Senate’s. The controversy that came... Read more

Banning corporal punishment in schools

This timeline illustrates the years that each state banned corporal punishment in schools. Thirty-one states have banned corporal punishment, while nineteen still allow corporal punishment in schools.  Read More →

It doesn’t have to be a crutch

For some people, life is not easy. For those with diabetes, it can be even harder at times. According to WebMD, diabetes is the most often occurring disorder of the endocrine system, affecting an excess of 23 million people in the United States alone. Diabetes has two types, aptly termed Type 1 and Type 2. WebMD describes Type 1 diabetes as the body’s inability to produce insulin, the compound made by the pancreas to break down sugar in the blood, while Type 2 is the body’s inability to effectively use the insulin. Students at Noblesville are not unaffected. These students live normal lives,... Read more

Students have ‘Options’

Decorated ceiling tiles lead students at Options to class every day. Because they lack a lot of typical art class supplies, the school decided to have students decorate personalized ceiling tiles to decorate the halls. Students are faced with options every day, both in and out of the classroom: what to eat for lunch, what to wear to Friday’s game, what to write that looming English essay about. But a larger question some students find themselves facing is whether or not a traditional public school education is their best bet for a successful future. That’s where Options Charter School... Read more

The big city has nothing on Walt Disney

Ohoy maties! Band director Mr. Stacey White is seen reviewing the park tour book to begin their first day filled with adventure. The group visited Disney's largest park, Magic Kingdom, on their second day. The group got to enjoy a ride on the fairy to cross the bay. It has become a tradition for students to fundraise money in order to benefit the extra curricular activities they are passionate about. However, far less often does each student receive a prize in the end. “I know I sponsored myself,” junior Lily Roberts said. For the chance to be a character in one Disney World’s... Read more

Next Page »