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The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

Hickman During Thanksgiving

Eric Chacon, Reporter November 21, 2022

How important is Thanksgiving to the Hickman student body and faculty? Interviews conducted by the Hickman newspaper have found that, in general, Hickman Kewpies have plans to feast on a lot of food and...

Its Universal

It’s Universal

Robin Crouch, Reporter February 18, 2022

One way that many high schoolers deal with the pressures and emotions that come with this hectic time in our lives is through music - for many of us, a day without Apple Music or Spotify would be hell...

Kewpie Book Nook: Choose Your Valentine Edition #TragicLove

Kewpie Book Nook: Choose Your Valentine Edition #TragicLove

Kennedy Lucas, Reporter February 18, 2022

 “Were she better or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of stars to cross…” Hazel has always known she was terminal. Despite the tumor-shrinking...

Kewpie Book Nook: Choose Your Valentine Edition #CuteLove

Kewpie Book Nook: Choose Your Valentine Edition #CuteLove

Kennedy Lucas, Reporter February 18, 2022

Have we met before?’ I ask. He smiles. ‘No, I’d definitely remember you’” Jasmine’s life is amazing, well it’s good enough. She is about to move in with her long-term boyfriend and go...

Hickman Leads the Way with New Homecoming Tradition

Hickman Leads the Way with New Homecoming Tradition

Robin Crouch, Reporter September 30, 2021

The oldest high school in Columbia and one of the largest in the state, Hickman High School, has long been represented by the iconic, gender-neutral naked baby. Finally, it’s time for us to match our...

Making Godspell Jr.

Making “Godspell Jr.”

Carter Bone, Reporter December 18, 2020
It is an invigorating approach to age-old stories of love, friendship, and community told through the lives of Jesus Christ and his followers: with singing and dancing! -Anna Waters (12), Stage Manager
Pumpkins by Philip Stambaugh & Nancy Lewandowski

Is Halloween Canceled?

Faith Cummings and Carter Gourley October 29, 2020

Is Halloween canceled? This has been a question on many people's minds since the beginning of the year. With little kids wanting to dress as their favorite movie star or indulge in the sweet caramel of...

Hickman Marching Band Performance

Bryce Robinson, Digital Media Editor October 20, 2020

The Hickman Marching Band has met many challenges due to COVID-19. After many hours of hard work and dedication, they were able to put together their 2020 show "The Black Widow". Above is a video of both...

Shakira Cross speaks out at the 2017 Poetry Slam.

Too Close for Comfort

Carter Bone, Reporter October 8, 2020

Hickman students from the current sophomore class and earlier are more than familiar with the halls of the school and its sounds. There’s laughter to be found, not to mention playful bickering and plans...

Alec Hume (12) plays DnD with his party on roll20.net.

Carter’s Nerd Corner: Digital Tabletop Edition

Carter Gourley, Reporter October 2, 2020

  Hello everyone who may read this article, anyone who has gotten into the Dungeons and Dragons hobby as of recently either through my other articles or having it recommended to you by someone...

Cadet Grayson, Cadet Steger, Cadet Grayson  are preparing for the new format of the tradition.

A Tradition Carried On

Faith Cummings, Reporter October 1, 2020

Every year, Mizzou fans watch the football games in hopes of seeing Mizzou’s ROTC cadets do their push-ups and shoot off the cannon after every Mizzou touchdown, but this year many were disappointed....

Science of Santa

Science of Santa

Bryce Robinson , Lead of Online Release January 14, 2020

If you’ve grown up in America, or even just walked around a public place with music in December, you know the classic story of Santa Claus. We all know he comes down the chimney when we’re asleep and...

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