Shannon Ors, Web Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns
It was the year of Angry Birds, iPads, and The Black Eyed Peas. A single scoop of ice cream at Jersey Junction cost $1.90 and Wizards of Waverly Place was on TV. What a time to be a fifth grader.
I have never been one to wallow...
Niki Ezeh, Staff Writer
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
My first ever game on the girls varsity basketball team was against Catholic Central, and we lost by about 40. That was the first taste I got of playing on a varsity sport at East. As the season went on, I watched my closest friends...
Liz Schumar, Focus Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
My past four years at EGR have been full of highs and lows like everyone else. I have loved my experience at East, but it is a competitive environment.
Grades matter a lot. Almost everyone is on a sports team. Competition can...
Keaton Smith, Managing Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
The most influential aspect of my high school career was introduced to me in an basic photography class freshman year that taught me the foundation of how to take great photos. Junior year, I became the photographer for the East...
Keagan Haulenbeek, Editor In-Chief
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
When I hear people talk about how they can’t wait to get out of East Grand Rapids, the one thing that pops into my mind is: why?
My years here at the high school have been the best of my life. Yes, I will have better years...
James Lykins, Sports Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
I am used to confrontation. I have debated various political topics in the newspaper, We the People, and even with my hockey teammates and coaches. I’m used to being called “Liberal,” “Democrat, “Obama” and even “Hillary...
Jack Theut, Business Manager
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
As I sit here reflecting on my past four years here at EGR high school, I realize that my opinion on EGRHS differs from others. I often hear many of my peers talking about how they’re going to miss this place so much or how...
Hanna Sanford, News Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
Be Elle Woods
When I was in third grade, I watched a truly life changing film. I spent months plotting how I could live out that movie in my own life. There was only one thing of which I was certain: I was going to become Elle...
Grace Ruppert, Focus Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
People have always asked me if I like being a twin and I always respond, “I guess. I mean, I don’t know any different.”
But honestly, I love being a twin. And I’m terrified about going to college without him because...
Auden Elliott, News Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
My high school career has been defined mainly by one thing. In fact, most of my life has revolved around this one thing.
The week after school got out my junior year, I started training for a marathon, working on speed and...
Annie Meyer-Rasmussen, Opinion Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase
The struggle between immortalizing a moment and letting it fade away is constant. Whether it’s taking a video at a concert or writing down a memory, there’s a lot of pressure to stay in the present. On Jan. 7, 2014, however,...
Grace Ruppert, Focus Editor
May 22, 2017
Filed under Columns
I didn’t plan on being a columnist this year and I figured I wouldn’t be one since I didn’t have anything really to say, but agreed to try when I was asked. I was worried my column wouldn’t be interesting to everyone, so ...
