Legalization has damaging results for users
By TYLER PATRICK Sitting in the back seat of a van, several people crowd together to smoke marijuana. This was the ‘cool’ thing to do in the 1970’s and still…
Cannabis is beneficial to economy, medical field
By JESSICA MCCOY Weed, pot, reefer, Mary Jane, green, grass are all different names for marijuana. All are different preparations of the cannabis plant. For years, marijuana has been seen…
Let’s have the sex talk
By LINDSEY DYE When it comes to talking, women talk too much and men talk too little. However, talking about sex is necessary. So, let’s talk about sex. A recent…
Gay adoption: only one right option
By BRENDAN HALL There are 50 states in the nation. Of the 50 states, 49 have legalized gay adoption in some sense, whether through single or gay adoption. Only one…
He said, she said: should teens be sexually active?
Hi-lights asked two students to share their opinions on whether they felt teens should be sexually active while in high school. Abstinence. Abstinence is a word that has many meanings.…
Teens face moral controversy
By LINDSEY DYE Largely considered less risky than intercourse, approximately 20 percent of teens have admitted to having oral sex versus 14 percent who have had intercourse, according to SexEdLibrary.com.
Our View: STDs demand thorough education
In 2003, Florida began to pursue an abstinence-only education plan. By 2007, Florida was second only to Texas in the amount it spent to spread its message of abstinence. Since…
Letter from the Editor: Taboo subject needs coverage
By EMILY O'LOANE Sex. Even in today’s communication-driven society full of cell phones and social networking sites, there are some subjects that remain taboo and unbroached in daily, polite discourse.…
Drive me crazy
By LINDSEY DYE Music blaring, he backs up speedily to avoid the parking lot traffic. Not paying enough attention, he crashes into the girl behind him and stares in disbelief…
Firearms aim to protect the public
By JUSTIN KANE “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”…