By Kellie Petersen 2009 The Cedar Falls School District has been putting a lot of effort into the project begun by the high school Amnesty...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a controversial bill demanding a gradual rise in the minimum wage to $7.25...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Nov. 1 marks the end of the bloodiest month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq in over a year, totaling 101 casualties,...
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 “He started firing shots, and I got hit with one, and for the first time I though, ‘Whoa, this is actually...
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 An invitation extended at the mandatory Real Encounter assembly on tuesday, Feb. 8, has proved to be controversial among the students...
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 When it comes to new school programs, few could be as unexpectedly and unintentionally controversial as the homerooms established earlier this...
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...