Over the last decade, mental health has become a less taboo topic for our generation to discuss, but that change in attitude has invited insensitive jokes and comments made at the expense of those who really struggle with it. These remarks, though they...

Think back to when you were younger, and when you began to question Santa’s existence. Maybe it was a sudden realization, maybe your older brothers and sisters or friends told you, or maybe you never believed in him to begin with. Almost everybody...

It’s that time of the year again and finals are almost here. People are starting to stress, worry, and hope they do well on their tests. We may often find ourselves rushing around the night before studying and trying to cram as much information in our...

The morals and values of Christmas have adapted and changed with time, but we’ve come to a point where those morals and values have become twisted and sour. Before Christmas, there was Saturnalia, a festival celebrating the blue collar workers and...

Students are at such an influential age throughout high school and often need guidance from adults. Sometimes fear prevents students from reaching out to classmates, teachers, counselors, and even parents- it is in part the fear that they will not receive...

Profanities can be heard almost anywhere you turn nowadays. Whether it is at school, at home, in public, or even in the confines of a religious building. What used to be only reserved for angry conversations or stubbed toes have now become as regular...

School is hard. Homework, studying for tests, getting up early and going to bed late; it’s tough to find the energy to complete all of the tasks that we have in the week. That’s why a lot of students turn to energy drinks to get the boost they need...

The pickle is a delicacy that should be treated as such. Not only do pickles vary in shape and size, they also vary in flavor. Sweet, spicy, salty, you name it; there’s a flavored pickle for it. They’re a healthy snack that are suddenly swarmed with...

Junior year is infamous for being the hardest year of high school, but is it really? It seems like every grade just gets harder, but which year really entails the most struggles?   Freshman year Freshman year, you naturally face three...

Thanksgiving to Americans has always been thought of as a day to give thanks to those around us, and we’ve always been taught that this comes from when the Native Americans helped Pilgrims survive in the ‘New World.’ However, as people begin to...

According to a small survey here at Ridge in which we asked what school event the students look forward to most, the homecoming dance came in first place. This year’s homecoming dance was a big success, the majority of the student body came to have...

Group projects are incorporated into school and lessons quite frequently. They are often seen by others as a great way to collaborate with classmates about a topic and to gain a better understanding of it, while still having a good time working with classmates....