May 17, 2019
Filed under News, The Jag
By Elijah Wilkinson
Copy Editor
Across the United States, measles reports have been randomly popping up at an alarming rate with over 764 outbreaks in a total of 22 states in the country. According to an article by The Associ...
May 17, 2019
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By Hallie Robinson
Features Editor
The Blue Springs South April students of the month are junior Abby Doll and senior Michael Baldus.
Doll is on the Touch of Silver Dance Team, is in HOSA, and volunteers outside of sc...
May 17, 2019
Filed under Editorials, The Jag
By Jasmin Jenkins
Editor-in-Chief
When a man lies in bed with another woman who is not his partner, we automatically turn our heads at the other woman, instead of accusing the man. Men are put on a pedestal and congratulate...
May 17, 2019
Filed under News, The Jag
By Jasmin Jenkins
Editor-In-Chief
Once summer rolls around many students don’t normally think about school or gathering some sort of education. Our brains thrive on education. If you educate yourself, you’re basically e...
May 17, 2019
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By Lynasi Gapelu
Reporter
As a struggling child of a single-parent, I am very frustrated with certain privileged members of society as I begin planning for college. Not only do I have to take the ACTs and SATs on my own, pa...
April 15, 2019
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By Emily Wilson
Reporter
On April 4, Blue Springs South senate hosted a blood drive through the Community Blood Center. They collected 70 pints of blood and had 30 first time donors.
Out of the 88 people who signed ...
April 12, 2019
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By Quinton Robertson
Photo Editor
Senior Will Sheridan received a loan of $20,000 that will be completely forgiven if he came back to teach in the Blue Springs district for at least 4 years. Sheridan is also guaranteed a jo...
April 11, 2019
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Arty Mayo
Reporter
April 13th marks the 10th anniversary of Homestuck, the world’s longest running webcomic. It is one of the largest written works ever made, being over 800,000 words and 8,000 pages. The teen...
April 11, 2019
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Lynasi Gapelu
Reporter
The national qualifying tournament for debate was a two-day event held in March where about 50 other teams from different schools attended the tournament. The tournament was double elimination meaning...
April 5, 2019
Filed under Sports, The Jag
Chris Langston
Sports Editor
On Saturday, South baseball will honor Jake Clark, a 2014 South graduate and varsity baseball player through the “Live like Jake” baseball game.
Clark was diagnosed with melanoma cance...
April 5, 2019
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Madi Preuett
Reporter
This year the forensics team will be heading onto Omaha, Nebraska to compete in nationals on April 11, 2019. There is a total of 12 students who qualified into nationals and 5 of those 12...
April 3, 2019
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By Madison Preuett
Reporter
There has been a growing need identified in schools in recent years for students to get their voices heard. With programs like SOS helping kickstart this movement, administration felt like there...
