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Big decisions, big consequences

December 11, 2012

As high school students, on a daily basis, major decisions seem to be the least of our worries. Instead we are more worried about what to wear to school, who to hang out with on the weekend and which...

Class of 2013 Decides…Mock election reveals Obama winner; Jobs top priority

November 1, 2012

Art by Gracen Dunn Every four years, our nation’s leader is subject to change. This year, it is happening once again and some students finding themselves able to vote. The top candidates for the election...

Orange County Survey Shows Horrifying Results

October 23, 2012

Every day, high school students deal with anxieties that have been around since the beginning of time. Peer pressure is one of those. It seems that with age, teenagers begin to explore different parts...

Consquences of On-campus Tobacco Use

October 15, 2012

Although Paoli has been a tobacco free campus for year, the consequences of being caught with tobacco have not always been so harsh. Previously, if a student was caught with tobacco, that student was...

Prom 2012 (Nail & Patton)

April 17, 2012

Photo By: Breanna Daugherty

Prom 2012 (Leland, Patton & Dunn)

April 16, 2012

Photo by Breanna Daugherty

Patton’s Blog: Today’s Music

April 16, 2012

Just so you know, this is very biased and opinionated. Something I’ve noticed, or that many people like myself have noticed, is that today’s general taste in music is awful. It has gotten to the point...

Patton’s Blog: Stressful thoughts of the future

March 12, 2012

My goal isn’t to make this personal, but in the last few months I’ve been in a state of mind in which I have never been before, and I don’t like it. I know that as teenagers we’re supposed to...

Patton’s Blog: The new Civil Rights movement

February 24, 2012

High school is primarily a source of education, but when put in a building full of clashing personalities, “cliques” and stereotypes things can begin to hit a boiling point. With so many young people...