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History teacher leads environmental effort

Edward Morgan, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

For those tired of seeing trash all around town, there’s a brand new club just for you.  The Litter Brigade is a new club for those wishing to help clean up Oxford.  The head of the club, OHS history...

Deadpool livens up audience with humor

Deadpool livens up audience with humor

Edward Morgan, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Deadpool really had nothing going for it.  The film, starring – surprise, surprise – Ryan Reynolds and rated R, was released in February.  However, it not only got great reviews from critics,...

Anchor Club raises money for American Heart Association with paper hearts

Anchor Club raises money for American Heart Association with paper hearts

Emma Scott, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

From Feb. 25 until Monday, the OHS Anchor Club had been selling hearts for 50 cents apiece to benefit the American Heart Association. “February is Healthy Heart Month for the American Heart Association,”...

Students excel at Scholastic competition

Students excel at Scholastic competition

Christie Forgette, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

In this award season filled with the Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys, OHS art students have been winning some prizes of their own.  Nineteen OHS art students entered the regional Mid-South Scholastic Art...

Patel experiences pinnacle of photography

Patel experiences pinnacle of photography

Christie Forgette, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Most people have taken photographs on their phone.  Some people have graduated to a camera.  But OHS junior Bhakti Patel has taken photography to a new level and is winning awards for it. Patel recently...

Food Club Fed Up with sugar

Food Club ‘Fed Up’ with sugar

Emma Scott, Staff Writer February 29, 2016

The OHS Food Club hosted a community potluck and screening of the documentary “Fed Up” on Feb. 23 at the Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture offices. “We met up at the office to watch the movie...

COLUMN: Social security needs change

COLUMN: Social security needs change

Drake Logan, Opinions Editor February 24, 2016

Prior to the Great Depression, the United States was not a welfare state. A welfare state is defined as a state that can and will provide for the basic necessities of survival for its people regardless...

An Air Force Security Forces member stands guard next to an F22 Raptor fighter aircraft from Kadena Air Base, Japan, after it conducted a flyover in the vicinity of Osan Air Base, South Korea, in response to recent provocative action by North Korea, Feb. 17, 2016. It was joined by three other Raptors, four F-15 Slam Eagles and four U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons. The F-22 is designed to project air dominance rapidly and at great distances and currently cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Travis Edwards/Released)

Students chime in on defense budget cuts

Drake Logan, Staff Writer February 19, 2016

With the 2016 United States presidential election just nine months away, several hot talking points have become common conversation pieces around the nation. With the U.S. federal deficit hovering around...

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OHS senior girls soccer player Sarah Nash hoists the MHSAA Class 5A state soccer championship trophy following the Lady Chargers win against West Harrison High.

Lady Chargers get ‘Better Together;’ win first state championship

Jared Redding, Staff Writer February 19, 2016

Seven months ago, the OHS girls soccer team had no idea who was going to be their head coach.  Now, they know who he is and they, along with a proud fanbase at Oxford High School, will remember him for...

Lady Chargers hoops excels under new coach; play for division championship

Lady Chargers hoops excels under new coach; play for division championship

Jared Redding, Staff Writer February 19, 2016

Only five years ago, former Lady Chargers basketball head coach Shane Linzy coached his team to a 33-0 finish and the school’s fourth girls basketball state title in school history. Times have changed...

Students struggle to adjust to flex schedule

Students struggle to adjust to flex schedule

Carter Diggs, Staff Writer February 18, 2016

After much debate among teachers and faculty members and plotting out the puzzle of how it would be arranged, flex scheduling is here to stay – looking like it is for the better.   With ever-so slightly...

Students get chance to see Hamilton

Students get chance to see Hamilton

February 17, 2016

For Stella Lindsey’s AP U.S. History students and John Davenport’s theater students, Thanksgiving break 2016 will kick off with an exciting trip to Chicago to see the hit broadway musical “Hamilton.”...

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