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Hannah Adams, Hickman High School Senior, protests with the Columbia Community (March 19th)

How the city of Columbia fought for its students

Yule Yoon
April 23, 2025

On March 19, Public educators, students, and residents alike rallied on the corner of  Providence and Broadway with the National Educators’ Association to voice their support for public education. The...

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Finding her place: Sadie Poelma's journey back to in-person school

Finding her place: Sadie Poelma’s journey back to in-person school

After years of homeschooling and private school, she embraces the challenge of a new environment, forming friendships and gaining confidence.
Allia Kaufman
April 18, 2025

In the chaotic halls of Hickman High School, junior Sadie Poelma stands out not just for her easy going personality but for the unique educational path that brought her here.  After years in a small...

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The Toy Box Answers

The Toy Box Answers

The answers to the Toy Box section from our latest print edition, The Memories Issue
April 17, 2025

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The journey and growth of Cooper Thomas

The journey and growth of Cooper Thomas

A high school sophomore's reflections on friendship, passion, and personal values
Olivia Harris
April 10, 2025

Cooper Thomas wants to be remembered as a loving father to his future children and a dedicated friend. His passion for helping others goes beyond his family, and he seeks to uplift everyone in his circle....

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Carlton Wexler (10), Josh Ladehoff (10), and Kylan Craig (10) pose for a picture during a fishing trip. (Carlton Wexler)

Hickman sophomores cast their lines at a new club

Three students start Hickman’s Fishing Club
Ben Drury, Sports Lead
February 25, 2025

Just a few weeks ago a  new club was founded by a few sophomores based on a common outdoor pastime.    Fishing is an activity not everyone is interested in, the founders of the club love it...

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The graph above shows the number of instances the given phrases were posted on social media in the months leading up to the election and the days following it. While the lines at the beginning seem low, note the scale and understand they are in the hundreds. Data obtained from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

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How the Hickman community can stand up to hate
Kennedy Lucas, Editor-In-Chief
February 11, 2025

“I saw a woman crossing the road today but I just kept my foot down. Right of way? You no longer have rights,” Andrew Tate, “manosphere” influencer, said on Nov. 7. This and other types of hate...

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Sage's gingerbread muffin and banana nut muffin Nov. 26, 24.

Sage review

Hannah Adams
February 10, 2025

Sage is a modern relaxing place downtown. It is on 11 N 9th St. As soon as you walk in, you are hit with the smell of freshly baked pastries and coffee.    The parking is a bit tricky but you...

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This was a picture taken by my brother in 2022 after President Yoon was elected. The flowers were sent as a celebration of his presidential victory. What makes this photo so paradoxical is that the President’s name was mounted in the very same memorial union dedicated to the hundreds of Gwangju citizens who fought for democracy in 1980.

South Korea initiates martial law: Yule’s take

The irony of a single photo.
Yule Yoon
December 23, 2024

On December 4 at 10:24 p.m., South Korea’s President Yoon Seuk Yul initiated martial law which was immediately rejected by all of parliament within 3 hours.  I was born and grew up in the United...

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

October 30, 2024

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