On July 9, 2025, the Missouri Senate passed Bill 68, issuing a statewide mandate which bans cell phones from bell to bell in schools. The Bell Newspaper staff voted unanimously that our phone policy...
AI is unregulated, as it continues to grow, constructs mental health apps, creating a massive vulnerability for the world. Artificial intelligence needs to be limited not just in schools but everywhere;...
Driving on the highway at night, an elderly driver was about to miss her exit and cut across the right lanes in an attempt to make it. She merged into the back of the car I was riding in, causing...
Walking into my first day of newspaper class my freshman year, I was terrified. My eighth-grade ELA teacher had told me I would be a great fit in the class, so I signed up. I did not know what...
I have spent four years in journalism, doing both photojournalism and Newspaper. The thing is, I never intended to be in
journalism. I applied to photojournalism because it was the...
Being on the newspaper staff has changed my view on collaboration as well as the idea of being a part of a team. Although I was only a part of the staff for two years, I have made very valuable connections...
The most dreaded question an individual my age might have to answer is, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” If I were still five years old, writing to my future self, I would say I wanted...
Up until the age of 16, I was out on the street trick-or-treating every year in a costume. I decided to stop trick or treating when I was 16 when it seemed like every house I went to asked me how old I...
As of 2024, there have been nationwide phone bans in schools.
This has students to question if removing phones in school settings will threatens student’s safety. Students safety should remain the...
On March 1, Warner Bros. released the highly anticipated sequel to 2021’s Dune, “Dune: Part Two.” In the film’s opening weekend, it grossed $81.5 million domestically and another $97 million...
