Elizabeth Rickert, Editor
December 4, 2017
If you asked my mother what I spend most of my time doing, she would probably say something like “all she does is stare at her phone!”
In truth, a large percent of my day is dedicated to looking at my phone. I’ll admit it...
Calvin Prenkert, Staff Writer
November 20, 2017
The Plainfield High School newspaper, “The Shakedown”, has made headlines in the past few weeks because of its controversial subject matter. The issue, entitled “Plainfield's High School’s Dating Survival Guide Declassif...
Taylor Harmon, Staff Writer
November 1, 2017
“In the US, 99 percent of sexual perpetrators walk free. Just let that sink in.”
About 3 weeks ago, #MeToo broke the internet. The hashtag was meant to spark awareness of the scale of sexual harassment and assault to...
Ethan Baer, Sports Writer
October 3, 2017
The US Department of Justice has recently announced that college basketball coaches from certain universities throughout the country have been arrested amidst a shocking scandal that has exposed the NCAA and multiple shoe brands...
Will Gibbons, Staff Writer/Photographer
September 19, 2017
The score is 48-11, and I’m not talking about sports. I’m talking about the poll that was held in Kathleen Mills’ room in which we asked members of the BHSS student body the question, “Does Taylor Swift’s new song: Look...
Emma Bowlen, Staff Writer
August 28, 2017
After being nagged day by day leading up to August 21 about wearing special glasses while viewing the solar eclipse, the people of America saw their own president, Donald J. Trump, look at the eclipse with his own bare eyes. What do...
Jen Crystal, Staff Writer
August 22, 2017
Today, the cafeteria added kale chips to its lunch menu as part of a school effort to provide healthier food items for students. However, students are divided on their opinions of kale chips. For many students, kale is not the ...
August 22, 2017
Lilly Thomas, Staff Writer/Photographer
August 22, 2017
Students of BHSS have no end to their complaints about the troublesome and clunky devices they are issued at the beginning of their high school careers. However, these mammoth machines might be saving students in ways they haven’...
