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The Roar

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The Roar

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The Roar

Students struggle balancing academic and athletics when playing sports from each season.

SPORTS: Students struggle to balance athletics and academics

James Kepner December 10, 2021

Some athletes will never want to give up the feeling of slipping on a jersey with “Bruins” embroidered on the front, but others believe participating in all three sports seasons can become overwhelming....

SPORTS: Principal Shelby answers questions about sports funding

Andrew Littlefield December 10, 2021

Sports funding seems like a rigged system to many. A system that biases one sport while another is left in the dust. After many complaints about funding, one staffer asked Principal Gregory Shelby about...

FOCUS: The credibility of fact-checkers are being questioned as posts are flagged, tagged, and distrusted

FOCUS: The credibility of fact-checkers are being questioned as posts are flagged, tagged, and distrusted

Soojin Spencer December 10, 2021

Millions of people scroll the pages of Instagram and Facebook daily. With every post, they fall deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole, wrestling with the influence of Facebook and its daughter companies....

FOCUS: Under Meta, Facebook removes facial recognition feature due to privacy complaints from users

FOCUS: Under Meta, Facebook removes facial recognition feature due to privacy complaints from users

Amos Press December 10, 2021

Privacy is considered one of the most important aspects of everyday life and Facebook claims to be working on remedies for privacy intrusions. Many SCHS students, however, who spend hours a day on Facebook...

Many students at SCHS note problematic aspects that accompany social media.

FOCUS: Whistle blower Francis Haugen reveals Facebook purposefully promotes problematic content for profit

Amelia Tai December 10, 2021

Facebook, owner of the most popular social media platforms in the world, has recently changed its name to Meta. In April, Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, exposed confidential company documents,...

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