Voter Registration Step by Step
Noel Mohammed, Reporter
October 12, 2020
This year with COVID-19 you may not feel comfortable registering to vote in person. Luckily there are two other ways to register contact-free. In Kansas, you are allowed to vote in-person and by mail. Each of these ways to register has a specific deadline, October 13, 2020. An abundance of celebrities...
Homecoming Madness
Reese Woods, Multimedia Editor
October 9, 2020
Friday, Oct. 9 is the 2020 homecoming football game and ceremony that was originally scheduled for the coronation to begin at 6:30 and the football game against Olathe South to follow, but with the COVID-19 outbreak on the Olathe South football team, a crazy thirty minute stretch for players and nominees...
The Gates Have Opened
Sarah Ohlde, Copy Editor
October 7, 2020
On October 1, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) released an update on school gating criteria regarding COVID-19. Johnson County is in the orange zone,which according to JCDHE, allows for the hybrid school model.. Along with an adjusted gating chart, there is also guidance...
Rivalry Week
Jake Foil, Reporter
October 2, 2020
This week, the SM South Raiders take on heated rival SM East, this Friday night at 7, in SM North’s stadium. Both schools are going into this game after losing to Olathe schools last Friday, SM East losing 20-21 vs Olathe South, and SM South losing 21-42 vs Olathe East. Both the Raiders and Lancers...
Netflix, But For High School Sports
Evan Shibel, Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2020
At 12:56 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, John Johnson, athletic director at Shawnee Mission South, announced that all sporting events held in the main gym, auxiliary gym, or the stadium, would now be livestreamed starting October 2nd. This was a district wide decision as now all schools in the district...
New Vs. Old
Annalie Polen/Reese Woods, News Editor/Multimedia Editor
September 21, 2020
Friday night football games, homecoming, homecoming court. A year ago today, student life would have been normal for this year's seniors. Now, for their last year of high school, they’re stuck with online school. “I miss not only my friends, but making genuine connections with my teachers was something...
It Is Finally Gameday, But Not As We Expected
Jake Foil, Reporter
September 10, 2020
Kansas City, MO - The Kansas City Chiefs kickoff their 2020 regular season with a rematch of their divisional round comeback victory against the Houston Texans. The last time these two teams met, the Chiefs were down 24-0 at the beginning of the 2nd quarter. Then Mahomes magic took place. Quart...
From South To Senate: Making Kansas Safer
Ansley Chambers, Opinion Editor & Copy Editor
April 17, 2020
The fourth and final woman to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee Feb. 24, senior Emily Lang shared her story to the Old Supreme Court room filled with Kansas legislators. Senators stood in support of the bill requiring sexually motivated breach of privacy to be listed on the sex offender regi...
Never Been Kissed
Ansley Chambers, Opinion Editor & Copy Editor
February 10, 2020
“I didn’t really process it until afterward. Very quick. Just a quick little peck. I think [it was] the same as everyone else’s first kiss. Mine was just a little later,” a senior girl said. It was Homecoming senior year when she had her very first kiss. “It’s definitely embarrassi...
