I guess I was just in denial. As the chains of real life dragged winter break to its inevitable demise, there I was in the same awful boat of realization. Heels dug deeply into the ground, forging trenches...

Think back with me. Take your mind backwards in time, and stop your psychological finger on my first blog, “Senior starting point.” Reading it now, it gives off somewhat of a nostalgic feeling, even...

Whatever, call me a nice guy, but whenever I make a purchase somewhere — whether it’s a McChicken at McDonalds or a Dog at Dog Land — I make sure to be friendly, flash a smile, maybe engage in a...

Hi, guys. I’m still alive, if you were wondering. I sincerely apologize for my descent off of the face of the earth as of late, and rather than starting on the same tired tangent of how I can’t focus...

While mini-competitions are in the rearview mirror, DECA continues to find new ways of preparing for district competition come February. That event, held at the St. Louis Mills Mall, is the ultimate test...

Friday the 19th threw me off, that’s for sure. For the first Friday night since before the 24th of August, football pads weren’t strapped to my shoulders. This was because two days prior, my bell...

I guess you could say my outlook has changed. As I sat in the familiar, spacious — yet somehow cramped — auditorium for the senior cap and gown meeting, flashbacks slashed through my mind. On three...

October is growing near, and with that means an increasingly busy schedule for the members of DECA. Kicking off the bevy of events is the annual mini-competition, held today in the library. The sole purpose...

My team has risen from the ashes of defeat, determined. Bigger, better, faster, stronger, we set out to rebound from last year’s humiliation. We didn’t take it seriously then, you see; we didn’t...

I’m sure everyone has experienced this: you never really notice something until it is thrust into your attention-- then, of course, it pops up everywhere. This particularly happens to me with words,...

Fresh off of a year of success at district and state competition, Francis Howell Central’s association of marketing students looks to pick up right from where they left off in the 2012-2013 school year....

My mother, such a sweet sweet lady, has always so kindly told me a phrase since I was young. Any time my grades would fall, any time I seemed lost, confused, and overwhelmed, she would encouragingly utter...