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opinion 4 - 8 editors’ columns
Read the final remarks of staffers
12 - 13 pinpoint A breakdown of senior plans
15 on a mission
senior features 9 going the distance
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Jackie Antiveros crosses borders in the search of experience
Tazmae Padilla packs her bags for the University of Denver
crunching numbers Appalachian’s wrestling team asks Sarah Littauer to keep stats
a helping hand AmeriCorps offers Katie Miller an alternative path
16 application nation WhatsApp and YikYak have both downfalls and perks
10 back to health Nursing fundamentals student Kody Hensley pursues pediatrics
17 all forked up
new sheriff in town
Modifications to nutrition labels poses controversy
Spencer McMinn becomes police dispatcher
19 strike the balance
11 katie, get your gun JROTC student heads off to defend their country
in service Connor Garcia makes plans to join college ROTC
An analysis of the effects of athletics on GPA’s
21 next level Senior athletics sign to play on the college field
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23 wrap-ups Spring teams push through final games to finish up season
staff EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Suzanne English Lauren Stepp Anna Yarbrough
WEB EDITOR Ari Sen Natalya Lunsford Erin Gromelski
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF (WEB) Austin Downing Katie Miller
FEATURE EDITOR Shannon Miller
JUNIOR EDITOR Polly Phillips Olivia Slagle Sarah Wentzel
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MaryKent Wolff Kiersten Woodring
TECH GUY Patrick Martin
DESIGN EDITOR Sierra Fender
MANAGING EDITOR Austin Woodard
SPORTS EDITOR Andrew Murray ASST. SPORTS EDITORS Amy Turlington Isabella Perron Katelyn Farina
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STAFF WRITERS Chloe Biggs Konner Brown Hannah Corn Will Lindsey Brandan Naef Dhuru Patel Kole Thomas Jackson Whiting
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