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Beige aesthetic filters rainbow of perspectives
By Kate Desnoyers-Mundt on January 30, 2023
There’s been a rather off putting design trend in the past few years, mostly driven by parents of young children, to make everything neutral. This...
Staff, students looking ahead to new school
By Anica Henderson on March 23, 2022
The current Cedar Falls High School has been up since 1954, and the class of 2023 will be the last ones to graduate from the...
Staff, students stress importance of curating digital footprints
By Madelynn Paulsen on February 7, 2022
A digital footprint is the individualized permanent trail of data from browser history on every device each user ever owned. Digital footprints and their importance...
Swartdogs focusing on diversity, equity training
By Kit Wilkinson on December 14, 2021
The Swartdogs, Cedar Fall’s robotics team, has been conducting their diversity and equity training sessions at their work sessions and teaching members how to be...
20 years later CF staff remember 9/11
By Annalise Gilbert on September 15, 2021
Smoke rising into the air. Frantic people. Two towers crashing to the ground. A nation in shock. A date America would never come to forget....
Students share opinions on proposed abortion ammendment
By Abigail Pearson on February 11, 2021
The Iowa House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment on Jan. 27 that may result in ending the right to abortion in Iowa. The Republicans...
Students report lower grades due to COVID exposures and quarantine
By Madelynn Paulsen on November 18, 2020
Sophomore Kylie Ryen has missed four weeks of school this year due to being in contact with a COVID-infected student or family member. Her familiarity...
Sophomore wins trip to Washington, D.C.
By Alayna Yates on March 13, 2020
Sophomore Emma Yarrow won her way to Washington, D.C., as a part of the “Know Your Constitution” contest where she completed a 50 question multiple...
Individual speech team prepares for state contest
By Erin McRae on March 13, 2020
After a successful contest at Districts, the speech team is busy with preparations for the individual state speech contest. Students from all over the state...
‘Crucible’ opens this weekend
By Erin McRae on March 6, 2020
Alexis Schares, Emma Cryer, Amara Lytle, Anastasia Davidson and Kallista Mohl scream in horror as they run through this weekend’s show. The protagonists of the...