Cell phones On June 8, students, parents, and staff received an email with the link to a cell phone survey which prompted people with questions like, how do you use your phone in school? Is it used...

The Ankeny Hawks started off the season with their cross-town rivalry game against the Centennial Jags on Friday, Aug. 30. The game started with a first half showcasing a strong defense from both the...

Although part of a large franchise, this installation of “Alien” has a very self-contained story. In “Alien: Romulus” we find ourselves with a crew of people with one synthetic (robot) human, on...

Music is always around us. It is in the air when the birds chirp and the wind blows. It is in the water when it falls, streams, and trickles, everflowing. It is in the fire when it crackles and burns the...

It is human nature to try to fit in with a group. Teenagers are often pressured to enjoy the same things as their friends or other people their age, which can come with a cost. This is where fast fashion...

What started as a casual game of pickleball with friends at a birthday party grew into what is now known as APL (the Ankeny Pickleball League). Everything started when a group of friends got together...

Ankeny Schools is a thriving community residing within the beautiful sprawling suburbs of Ankeny, Iowa. The district houses over 12,750 students, 78.8 percent of which are white. Though Ankeny has found...

Merriam-Webster defines senioritis as “an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades.” This supposed increase in laziness and loss of motivation...

Within six months, every American could lose access to the overwhelmingly popular app, TikTok. On March 13, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, now going on to the Senate, stating that...

In the midst of a rap beef between the industry’s biggest artists, Kendrick Lamar released a diss track targeted towards Drake that is as good as other iconic disses like "Hit Em Up" by Tupac and...