Hilliard Darby High School's Student-Produced Newspaper
Earth Day is a global holiday that is meant to celebrate our planet’s sustainability and preservation of our environment. Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd and is a prime time for environment activists to increase awareness on issues such as global warming, oil spills, and to urge others to join their cause. Earth Day is still a
The day after the World Series ended, ESPN released its way too early rankings for the 2018 season, and the world champion Houston Astros sat atop the list. After winning the World Series in game seven, Houston was favored to repeat and win the World Series the following year, but after two weeks of baseball they have fallen out of
Many sports have iconic movies based off of true events in that sport’s history. Football has Remember the Titans, baseball has 42, and basketball has Hoosiers. Now volleyball has a movie of its own, The Miracle Season. Directed by Sean McNamara, The Miracle Season is based off a true story and surrounds the West High School Girl’s Volleyball Program. In
Darby Baseball had an amazing start to Prom day on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Holland Springfield. The Darby seniors had a great game. In the first inning, senior Ben Gbur walked to first and stole second. Senior Clay Strausbaugh also walked to first, and senior Tim Hales hit a ground ball through third allowing Gbur to run home.
This last week was another spirit week, this being the third ever spirit week for prom. The Junior Class Cabinet of 2017 put it together their junior year to make the week before prom a special one. This year the junior cabinet came up with unique themes that were not the normal themes we do almost every year. While some
On Saturday April, 14th the wait was over, Darby held the highly anticipated prom night at the Columbus Athenaeum. This magical night was one that Darby staff and students will not soon forget. The prom lived up to its theme, “Red Carpet romance”. Before the dance began many students met up with their friends or dates to take photos and
Special Needs Prom is an event held every year in Hilliard as a way for high schoolers with disabilities to be able to have their own prom experience. High schoolers from all over come for this opportunity. Sophomore Morgan Bair, secretary of Key Club, believes that the prom is a very unique and entertaining event. “Hilliard is one of the
Both the Varsity and JV Boys Tennis teams faced off against Hilliard Davidson Monday, April 2nd. It was a great match and both sides tried their hardest. JV was able to win the match 4-1, only losing one doubles match. The first doubles won 6-4, 4-6, 13-11. The second doubles won 6-4, 6-1. The third doubles won 6-1, 6-2. The
Every March, millions of people, fans of the sport or not, make their predictions on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. People fill out brackets in hopes of winning money. March Madness is the highlight of college athletics, and this year it was madness. Throughout this whole season, one thing was clear: the championship was anyone’s game to win. In last
Spring is coming fast around the corner. Which means it’s that time of the year for cleaning everything out or to cleanse yourself. It is hard to know how to and where to start so here are some tips to help out. Some cleaning tips before starting the cleanse is to clean top to bottom so dirt and dust
Beginning on April 11th, sixteen of the top teams in the National Hockey League will compete in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, trying to win the coveted Stanley Cup Trophy. The NHL playoffs are similar to the NBA and MLB playoffs, in that teams play a best of seven games series to determine who advances to the next round. The
On March 14th, schools across the nation participated in a walkout to honor the victims of the Parkland school shooting or protest against gun laws.Since then, the surviving students of Douglas High and students throughout America have become devoted to making sure this will be the last mass school shooting. The Darby Youth Empowerment Committee organized a remembrance event to
On Friday, April 6th the Hilliard Darby Varsity Girls Track and Field team competed in their home opener at the annual Panther Invitational. Not only did the girls take home the overall team win, they won with a 33 point gap between them and the runner-up, Hilliard Davidson. Hilliard Bradley, Westerville South, Upper Arlington, Dublin Jerome, Olentangy, and Olentangy Orange
Country music fans gathered at the Express Live Pavilion on Tuesday, April 3rd, to see 24 year old singer, Kelsea Ballerini, in her Unapologetically Tour. “Unapologetically” is Ballerini’s second album and includes hits such as, “Legends”, which was number one on the Billboard Top 50 country songs, and “I Hate Love Songs”, which also made an appearance in the Billboard
Although many students are in the dark about the lives of their teachers outside of the classroom, a teacher that some people are eager to learn about is Stan Zody. Zody is a really nice math teacher who you can always talk to if you ever need help with something in his class, or with math in general. Zody also
On March 14th, schools across the nation participated in a walkout to honor the victims of the Parkland school shooting or protest against gun laws.Since then, the surviving students of Douglas High and students throughout America have become devoted to making sure this will be the last mass school shooting. The Darby Youth Empowerment Committee organized the event to be
This spring break I had the chance to go on the greatest adventure. I took a trip to France. This was a school trip planned to immerse students in the French culture. On this trip we went to many different cities in France, as well as the countries of Monaco and Italy. Now I want to tell you about my
As one of the first young adult movies that focuses on teens coming to terms with their sexuality, Love, Simon is Simon Spier’s coming of age story as he attempts to keep his sexuality a secret throughout the film. Nick Robinson portrayed Simon, with Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel playing the roles of Simon’s mother and father. Also joining the
Although the winter is still lingering and it does not feel like it, spring is here and with spring comes beautiful colors and Easter. A tradition that occurs for many families and communities are Easter egg hunts. They fill little plastic eggs with goodies for all ages and hide them around the yard for the young ones to find, it
It’s spring in March and that means it is time for St. Patrick’s Day. This year the 17th is on a Saturday so that means kids around Columbus can join in the celebration. Columbus is heavily Irish so there is plenty to do around the city for people of all ages. Also known as the Feast of Saint Patrick, is