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Purple and Gold News

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The Student News Site of Hickman High School

Purple and Gold News

All content by Anna Spell

#NeverAgain

Anna Spell and Shakira Cross March 15, 2018

On March 14, 2018, at 10 am, Hickman students began filing out of the building and onto the North Lawn to peacefully protest recent gun violence in schools. At exactly a month since the shooting at...

Thank you, P&G

Emma Moloney and Anna Spell March 12, 2018

Over the years, Hickman’s school newspaper has constantly evolved. Previously known by names such as The Legacy, the paper has also been available in numerous different formats. A few years ago, Hickman...

Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations

Anna Spell, Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2018

It’s sometimes hard to take an objective perspective on hard topics as a journalist. Journalism’s role is to be an unbiased source to help inform the decisions we make. And as a general rule, I can’t...

A Bridge to Success

A Bridge to Success

Anna Spell January 26, 2018

This past December, seniors Bonnie Lee and Secunda Kariuki both received full-rides to prestigious universities through a program many have never heard of. Questbridge is a national nonprofit program...

Unspoken Truths

Unspoken Truths

Anna Spell, Editor-in-Chief December 5, 2017

A few weeks ago, I signed myself up for a R.A.D. course at Mizzou. What is that, you ask? Rape. Aggression. Defense. The funny part is, I used to consider myself too independent. Too proud. Too smart to...

ME TOO

Anna Spell and Emma Moloney December 1, 2017

Following the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal in early October, and the widespread social media movements concerning sexual abuse and harassment, particularly #metoo, more and more women have...

Behind-the-Scenes of Shrek the Musical

Anna Spell, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2017

Rehearsals stretch longer, homework piles grow larger, costume makeup takes way too long to get off-- it’s tech week. With only a week before the first showing of Shrek the Musical, production is coming...

Sophomore football players wearing cropped shirts on the day of the protest.

Addressing the Dress Code

Anna Spell and Camille Manary October 5, 2017

On August 31st, 2017, Hickman students organized Crop Top Day in protest to the dress code, specifically the inconsistencies and the over-sexualization some students felt it represented. Only one student,...

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