• MONDAY 5/19: girls golf MVC Divisional @ Western Dubuque
  • TUESDAY 5/20: girls soccer vs. Liberty, band concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium, girls tennis semifinals @ U of I tennis complex
  • WEDNESDAY 5/21: baseball vs. Prairie, boys tennis substate vs. CR Jefferson, girls golf @ Southeast Polk, boys soccer @ Kennedy, senior recognition ceremony @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • THURSDAY 5/22: state track & field @ Drake, orchestra concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • FRIDAY 5/23: state track & field @ Drake, baseball @ Davenport West
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West Side Story
Have Disney villains gotten worse?

Fall of Disney villains

Ethan Tisdale, FOJ Intern
May 31, 2024
Child stars are often caught in the limbo between maturity and immaturity that is Hollywood.

Don’t treat me like a kid!

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
May 27, 2024
Does the truth have any place in Hollywood?

Art imitates life

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
May 17, 2024
Boys don’t participate in art-related activities as much as we should. The community is awesome and it grants you the ability to express yourself.

For the boys

Carter Birch Houchins-Witt, Print Entertainment Editor
April 23, 2024
Athena Wu shares her thoughts on Math Olympiads

The failure theorem

Athena Wu, Print Entertainment Editor
April 19, 2024
The passage of HFs 2586 2652 puts more lives — children and teachers — into the line of fire.

Aim for safety

Kamakshee Kuchhal and Jane Lam
April 18, 2024
Some of the most famous franchises have fallen off hardest.

Downfall of the franchise: five series that fell off

Eleanor Weitz and Jules Keranen
April 17, 2024
With gun violence on the rise, more people are taking action by giving speeches, joining marches, and speaking up when necessary.

Denormalizing gun violence

Lydia Cruce, Print Reporter
April 15, 2024
Despite entering an age of an oversaturated market for superhero movies, why is it that the film industry still fails female superheroes?

She-ro!

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
April 2, 2024
The mid-budget movie "Ghostbusters" lies in a dumpster.

The death of mid-budget films

Samuel Rosenthal, Podcaster and Reporter
April 1, 2024
Two presidential candidates with Gen-z caught in the middle.

History repeats itself

Zoe Smith and Jules Keranen
March 29, 2024
The world needs to stop dehumanizing Arabs and condemn the Palestinian Genocide.

Wake up, world

Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
March 4, 2024
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