The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

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Top 5 Best Video Games for History Buffs

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist March 18, 2021

As a history buff, I love playing video games that tie into real history. There are some games that are fun and have a lot of historical accuracies, other games have alternative history and are very fun to explore, and of course there are games that are...

War in Photos

War in Photos

Ava Padelford, Editor February 10, 2021

Sounds of gunshots ring through the ear. Bombs explode, destroying territories and land. Cold weather creeps in and takes the unfortunate with it. Soldiers dying while serving their one true love: their country.    How can we see these tragic...

Casto with his cow Ubre Blanca

The Story of Fidel Castro’s Milk Obsession

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist February 10, 2021

We all know the phrase “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” In history, Fidel Castro was one of many people who said that phrase the loudest. According to multiple people who have done interviews, or spoken to Fidel Castro, noticed...

A Soviet Early Warning Base

Among the Apocalypse Part II

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist January 27, 2021

The world can be changed in less than a second. It can be changed by a group of people, or by one person. It can be changed with multiple choices, or with simply one action. When the Cold War was dying down, the world still remained on edge to see who...

A 1950s Classroom

Duck and Cover!

Benjamin Jensen, Journalist December 3, 2020

It’s hard going to school during this pandemic. But back then, students like you were not going to school in fear of getting sick, instead they had an overwhelming fear of total atomic annihilation.    After the Second World War the world...