Hilliard Darby High School's Student-Produced Newspaper
Image via Universal Pictures Jordan Peele, the genius behind the award-winning movie Get Out, has released his second horror movie. Similar to Get Out, his new movie, Us, uses a psychological thriller style as a form of social commentary. Us is the story of a young girl named Adelaide who is visiting the boardwalk at Santa Cruz Beach with her
Read moreHilliard’s music future is looking bright. Many alternative bands are forming and rocking out their head banging, hot wheel fast, songs that your grandma hates. Amongst these bands are the highly decorated “While I’m Away.” They formed in 2018 and went on to play at the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame, made it to the Groove U band competition
Read moreLast season, the annual Darby Intramural Basketball Tournament ended in an upset. Two time defending champion BAM fell to up and comer YermTeam, in perhaps the biggest upset in tournament history. The Darby Intramural Basketball League is basically a two month tournament where students can play on teams of their choice. Teams can have up to ten players and can
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The United States population is made up of approximately 42 million adolescents. 9% of which have been clinically diagnosed with some sort of anxiety. That would mean over three million teenagers experience anxiety every day. This is a critical and relevant topic in today’s society and makes many professionals speculate the cause. School psychologist, Alex Beekman, explained the cause depends
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Caffeine is one of the most commonly consumed substances among the general public, mostly among adults. But in the latest generations, it’s now more common among teenagers and college students getting through school. In the month of September of 2019, a survey was conducted at Hilliard Darby High School to see the scale of how common caffeine consumption was. A
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At the end of October, the Ohio House Transportation and Public Safety Committee voted on a bill that could impact many young drivers. The bill is called House Bill 106 and it would increase the age to get a driver’s license from 16 to 16 ½. The age to acquire a driver’s permit would remain at 15 ½ under this
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Have you ever had an idea but ran into challenges getting started? Or don’t know how to get funding? If so keep reading. Two years ago: what started as just as a dream to fund student’s ideas to better Columbus with hard work has become a reality with an event hosted locally in Hilliard called the O2 conference. The O2
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Isa Quimba is a senior at Darby and has been swimming for nearly ten years. While her skills in the pool are incredible, she’s also extremely talented in the arts as well. Quimba swam for the YMCA club team until her freshman year. She has swam varsity for Darby all four years of high school, and she specializes in sprints,
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Former One Direction member, Harry Styles, has released his second solo album. On Friday, December 13th, the remaining nine tracks that had not been released as singles were released to complete his record, titled, Fine Line. Styles’ first solo album, Harry Styles, was released on May 12th, 2017. It had an incredible reception, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Charts,
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Light up this holiday season with a fun flashy disco ball. This simple disco ball is chic and can be used for your New Years party or just a fun light fixtures around the house. This disco ball is very inexpensive and can be made from lots of leftovers around your house. Materials 2 hollow foam half spheres Around 100
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Along the old Rail Trail in Hilliard, a chilly breeze combed through the sea of leaves on the ground. Golden brown speckles drifted down the path, and some made their way under the shoe of a girl. A satisfying crunch escaped from under her foot, and several more as she carelessly sought out more crisp leaves on the trail. A
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The football rivalry between The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan dates back to 1918, when the schools started playing annually. These teams have had one of the most intense rivalries in college football history. It is said to have originated during the 1830’s when the two states were arguing over the Toledo strip of land. This controversial
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Each year, teachers retire, go to other districts, or move to other Hilliard schools. Over the years we have had many teachers move buildings; they may be gone but they are never forgotten. The most recent teachers and staff that moved buildings have been Mr. Walton, Mr. Schulte, Ms. Hueter, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Beverage, Mrs. Willams, and Mr. Tsai. When
Read moreIn September, the Hilliard City School District announced that it would be installing vape detectors in its three high schools. This month, I set out to evaluate the effectiveness of these detectors since their installation via reaching out to various sources in the district. I was able to receive separate responses from Jon Gleason, the Student Resource Officer at Darby,
Read moreIn America, the First Amendment protects your right to say what you want, no matter how controversial, as long as it’s not inducing panic or a call to violence. Even though your protected by law, you have no protection from the court of public opinion. So why is it that people are now losing their careers because they say something?
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Starbucks began the worldwide holiday season earlier this month with the release of their seasonal menu. The returning drinks highlight all the wonderful flavors of this time of year, and are packaged in four new decorated cups. The holiday cups have been a Starbucks staple since 1997 (though the first electronic design files were destroyed in an earthquake and therefore
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The new Writer’s Club at Darby started at the beginning of this year, and its first few months have been a success. David Rickert, an English teacher at Darby, started the club. “I felt like the English department didn’t really have a club,” said Rickert. “I thought that a writer’s club would be a good way to have an English
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The Darby Theatre Troupe executed their annual fall performance last Friday and Saturday evening. They performed the classic mystery by Agatha Christie, “And Then There Were None,” adding their own twists to the story. The first scene was set in a summer’s evening. This is where we got to meet the cast as they all arrive to an island where
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Seven athletes who signed (From Left to Right: Lily Garnett-Brown, Kristian Amaro, Nick Cecil. Olivia Zawadzki, Nicole Logan, Adam Ansel, Noah Platfoot) Photo from @HDarbyAthletics Three times a year, there are National Signing Days where senior student-athletes sign their National Letter of Intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. Wednesday, November 13th was the first of this
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Most children in America were taught an incomplete account of the history of the Thanksgiving tradition. They were told the story of the “first” Thanksgiving, which consisted of happy pilgrims and Native Americans gathered together enjoying a large feast. The truth is, this story is missing a large amount of important information. Today, many people continue to believe this false
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