By Donnie Simmet 2008 Collecting a dollar’s worth of can deposits on any given day in Cedar Falls is a challenge. These valuable discards are...
By Alex Ulfers 2007 To most high school students, making sure that they get into the right college is perhaps the most stressful part of...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 If you had been searching the Des Moines Register (very) diligently last week you might have come across news brief summarizing...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Last week, freshmen from Holmes and Peet Junior Highs came in buses to get a glimpse of high school life. As...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 In 2002, a small bay in southern Cuba became the host of a detainment camp for military combatants from Iraq and...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Already well-respected for his column in the NY Times, three Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman reached new heights with the publication...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Adding to the long list of fat topics in American health lately is the controversy over trans fats. Although trans fats...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 The Process: With Iowa elections less than a week away, you might expect all Iowans to be researching and forming opinions...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Since the recent creation of the conservative club at the high school, there has been some debate among students and staff...
By Robb Klassen 2007 In 1969, three high school students from Des Moines wore black armbands in peaceful protest of the Vietnam War. In response,...