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      November 20, 2025

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      November 15, 2025

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      August 18, 2025

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      March 3, 2025

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      Liya’s Lineup: WNBA

      November 10, 2025

      Op/ed.

      Setting the standard

      August 14, 2025

      Op/ed.

      Tell me the odds

      April 21, 2025

      Op/ed.

      Equal, not equitable

      October 17, 2024

      Profiles

      In her DNA

      February 24, 2026

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      Leaving a legacy: Q&A with CCHS varsity football…

      November 11, 2025

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      January 29, 2026

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    Validating vaccines

    by Mzée Pavlic' October 27, 2025

    Vaccine skeptics in the U.S. government like U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have inspired anti-vaccine sentiment and policy across the country.

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    Wild Wild Westrich: Second Semester Struggles

    by Isabella Westrich August 30, 2023

    Many factors make the end of the second semester the hardest part of the school year for students.

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    Getting the short end of the stick

    by Janie Ripps February 28, 2023

    The new Georgia High School Association region alignments, enforced in high school athletics across Georgia at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, aren’t fair to more individual sports such as swimming and track.

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    Boiling point: What we should learn from COVID-19

    by Naomi Hendershot May 24, 2020

    Managing Editor Naomi Hendershot reflects on the pandemic the United States is facing and how it should be a wake-up call to the U.S. government to recognize its poor leadership in defending the country against the COVID-19.

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    COVID-19 reveals that school is a safety net for many families

    by Emma Scott April 16, 2020

    The devastating COVID-19 national emergency has highlighted child food insecurity in Athens and the school district’s role in addressing this issue. This crisis should be what motivates Athenians to mobilize and create a society that recognizes everyone’s fundamental right to food.

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    A buried past

    by Naomi Hendershot February 8, 2019

    UGA’s mishandling of the discovery of remains of enslaved peoples under Baldwin Hall shows the University’s disregard for the black community in Athens.

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    Letter from the Editor: The kids are getting us right

    by Aneesa Conine-Nakano March 25, 2018

    Co-Editor-in-Chief Aneesa Conine-Nakano discusses the impact students can have on gun control following the Parkland, Florida shooting in February.

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    Social commentary: Logan Paul in the age of social media stars

    by Valeria Garcia-Pozo January 4, 2018

    On Dec. 31, 2017, YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a video that sparked a conversation about profiting from offensive content online.

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    Locked and unloaded

    by Sam Mattern-Parkes December 30, 2017

    Laws that prevent children and teens acquiring guns from home are necessary.

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    Letter from the Editor: ICE

    by Lucia Bermudez December 26, 2017

    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s means of detaining bermudez people is often inhumane and irresponsible.

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    Shared values

    by Alexander Robinson November 23, 2017

    Sophomore sports staffer Alexander Robinson reflects on political tension surrounding Thanksgiving Break.

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    The scouting report

    by Hannah Gale March 3, 2017

    Women are underrepresented and underpaid in the sports industry, let alone faced with harassment from male athletes even at the high school level.

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    An American protest

    by Valeria Garcia-Pozo February 18, 2017

    Although there were largely positive responses to the “A Day Without Immigrants” boycott, the hateful responses to the protest were extremely disconcerting.

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    Sidelined

    by Hannah Gale November 25, 2016

    Sports Editor Hannah Gale discusses her experiences as a Jewish athlete in the South.

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    Head to Head: third party candidates

    by Katy Mayfield November 4, 2016

    This year’s Presidental candidates’ unusually high unfavorably ratings are leading many voters towards minor parties. Should they vote third party or pick the lesser of evils?

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    “Just locker room talk”

    by Ashley Lawrence October 18, 2016

    A video from 2005 was released on Oct. 7 featured Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump uttering vulgar things about women, which is only the most recent example of Trump’s sexism.

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    Irritable versus ill

    by Sunčana Pavlić February 23, 2016

    Words are harmful–especially if they’re what’s standing in the way of getting help. Being…

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    Escaping the chokehold

    by Robert Walker June 5, 2015

    As the WWE exits the worst period in its history, there have been issues in bridging the gap from the former generation to the newer, “improved” generation.

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    Missed opportunity

    by Aaron Holmes June 5, 2015

    Gov. Nathan Deal’s latest education crusade for “opportunity school districts” is poorly planned and dangerous.

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    Kill the obsession

    by Tiger Villaveces May 20, 2015

    Popular culture’s obsession with serial killers and mass murderers is sick and inappropriate.

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    GOP staffer fails to “show class” with her comments to the Obamas

    by Aneesa Conine-Nakano December 4, 2014

    Many react negatively to GOP staffer Elizabeth Lauten’s snide remarks on Facebook about Sasha and Malia Obama’s behavior and dress at the annual turkey pardoning.

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    The defeating truth

    by Chad Rhym June 5, 2013

    I hate the Miami Heat.

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    Winning elements

    by Chad Rhym March 20, 2013

    Team chemistry is not created in a lab; it takes trust and friendship.

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    Justice is served

    by hdunn-grandpre October 16, 2012

    On Tuesday nights, students from Clarke Central High School and Cedar Shoals High School take their place in a courtroom. They begin to review the day’s juvenile court cases for Athens Peer Court.

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    The meaning of March Madness

    by Web Master March 1, 2012

    The month of March is a very special to me. In addition to my birthday on the fourth, the month brings alive a special time in the sports world, March Madness.

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    How 9/11 changed America

    by Web Master September 11, 2011

    September 11, 2001: another day that will live in infamy.

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