Climate Change
Akansha Singh, Staff Writer
March 19, 2019
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, News, Showcase
Hellish fires and hurricanes have swept both headlines and the coasts of the United States in the past year, destroying property and displacing hundreds. The generation of teenagers who walk the halls of high schools will face the brunt of climate change, being the y...
Despite the name, micro schools have big aspirations
Neha Desaraju, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
Filed under Enterprise, News
IRVING - The white tiles are familiar, as are the painted green walls. A large poster of smiling children hangs in the small lobby. The halls are narrow and just as unassuming as the outside of the building. The students take off their shoes before they enter the classrooms. The Humanist Academy was only opened two ...
Feminism as a living entity
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
February 16, 2019
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, News, Showcase
DALLAS - Clutching a sign featuring a photo of Christine Blasey Ford, and beside it the words: “Of course I believe her, the same thing happened to me”, Dallas resident Amy Bennett stomped through the city for the 2019 Dallas Women’s March. “I just want to make sure for my...
Pervasive violence damaging Generation Z culture
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
January 11, 2019
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, News
It seems like everyday, the world is hit with another act of violence. News channels greet viewers with tragedies regularly - someone has killed themselves, someone has brutally murdered another, someone has shot up a school or a movie theater. To older generations, this scale of viol...
Two worlds are colliding: Future of social media resting in palms of today’s youth
Andrés Bear, Staff Writer
November 3, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, News
There is one key factor that separates Generation Z - an age label generally agreed to apply to those born between 1994 and 2000 - from previous generations. Advanced technology has been in the lives of Gen Z individuals since the day they were born. The Information Age describes and explains t...
Divided We Fall
Nolan Sanders, Staff Writer
October 24, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, Showcase
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Nation-wide reaction to gun violence
Amelia Vanyo, Editor-in-Chief
April 9, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, Multimedia, News
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Quantity or quality? The effects of padding college applications
Pramika Kadari, Staff Writer
March 3, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, News
At Coppell High School, more than 60 different clubs are available for students - everything from Science Olympiad to Bollywood Dance. Amidst all the choices, CHS associate principal Melissa Arnold thinks students may feel pressured to take part in an excessive number of activities, including thos...
Cutthroat race to university
Tanya Raghu, Enterprise Editor
February 27, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, News, Showcase
For five months, the college application process has been on Coppell High School senior Maya Garg’s mind. It was initially the daunting process of inputting personal information, writing a personal essay and supplements, and submitting financial aid documents for more than 20 schools, now, it was the...
Anxiety among teens: disorder increasingly prevalent nowadays
Gracie Blackwell, Business Manager
February 24, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, News
Coppell High School senior Penelope* knew something was wrong when she was worried about a piece of fruit being stuck in her throat in the third grade. She did not realize she was seeing a therapist until a little later in her life. The reality is that many people are sufferi...
Preserving the past
Tanya Raghu, Enterprise Editor
January 30, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, News, Showcase
A version of this story was featured in The Sidekick’s December print issue. Joe Shirley, Bethel Road Barber Shop owner and Coppell resident since 1979, has seen it, live through it, and even documented Coppell’s transformation from a small town to its present state as a bustling suburb. Des...
Impact of #MeToo movement trickles down from Hollywood, mainstream media (Part I)
Tanya Raghu, Enterprise Editor
January 23, 2018
Filed under Enterprise, In-Depth, News, Showcase
Editor's note: This story is a part of The Sidekick series on the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment. It began last fall when sexual assault allegations were brought up against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. Then, the termination of television figure Charlie Rose after in-house allegations of sexua...
