Formal dances have been around a long time. The first known waltz dates back to 1559 AD. In the modern days, a formal dance has changed substantially. For many high school students, it would be known as the Jingle Bell Ball or Prom. For very few, it is the homecoming dance, that takes plac...

  The vocal music program teamed up with several art classes to host Fine Arts Night (FAN), Wednesday, Nov. 29 in the commons. The event had a great outcome with more than 60 people attending. Along with students, many grandparents and parents attended to view the gallery filled with paintings, drawings and photography from classes taught by art teachers Ryan Swayne and Audra Shelite. Artwork from many artists’ had their craft on display, including Savannah Nichols (10), worked hard to make sure her dis...

A new topic rounded its way into the scholars bowl season. Entertainment now states its claim as one of the subject matter categories of the competition. Questions will be based on several different areas of the industry. Scholars bowl coach Jonathan Morgan said the entertainment category included television, animation, board games, where is Stan Lee?, music pre-1990s, music post-1990s, classic movies, and more. This new category, which will not be part of the regular season competitions, debuted at the preseason m...

Every year, the Kansas Scholastic Press Association (KSPA) holds a fall conference for school newspaper and yearbook students to attend. This fall, students on the Oriole newspaper staff attended the conference at WSU. At the conference, newspaper crews participated in several specialized sessions where they learned how to improve their journalistic abilities. “It [Fall Conference] taught me stuff I did not know about and helped improve the stuff I already did,” Jonathan Doss (10) said. During the introduc...