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Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

Hardly working: lacking responsibility in the workplace

April 22, 2015

By Alex Irizarry Staff Writer Picture this: You are pulling into a Starbucks before work, getting your daily kick start before a long day of taking calls and sitting through meetings. Before you is...

Convention deals advice, memories

Convention deals advice, memories

April 18, 2015

By Joseph Krum Staff Writer @joseph_krum As I sat down for the "Let me tell you a story" seminar in the Sheraton Hotel in Denver, I expected a veteran journalist to tell me what I didn't know about...

5280 Publishing founder, president and editor-in-chief Daniel Brogan shares the why behind starting the Denver city magazine 5280 which started from his second bedroom in his apartment in 1993. Brogan took big, risky steps to get the magazine rolling such as sending out 10 credit card applications on the same day so the credit card companies would not cross-check to see which other cards he had applied for because he became kind of obsessed with the idea of making this magazine work. Photo by Tuulia Koponen.

Passion for journalism elevates mile higher in Denver

April 17, 2015

By Tuulia Koponen Business/Public Relations Manager @tuulipia   DENVER - “I wasn't a smarter guy.” Just a few sentences into his speech for the session entitled “Good journalism...

Sidekick staff, time to follow my lede

Sidekick staff, time to follow my lede

April 17, 2015

By Sloane Samberson Staff Writer DENVER - This year, The Sidekick staff has strived to improve our publication by enforcing these three goals: Better ledes Better headlines More emotional photos After...

Keynote speakers at the JEA/NSPA convention in Denver discuss their Pulitzer-Prize winning story, Other than Honorable. Writer David Philipps emphasized how important it was to add emotion into stories. Photo by Summer Crawford.

Bringing heart to your stories fosters better writing, character

April 16, 2015

By Alex Nicoll Editor-in-Chief @NicollMac DENVER - Humanity. On the first night of the 2015 Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Spring National High School...

Graphic by Joshua Martin

Finding the value; social media is for bringing people together

April 15, 2015

By Gabby Sahm Staff Writer @gabbysahm It is no shock that we have become a technology driven society. You cannot go anywhere without seeing multiple people on a device, whether it be a smart...

Why I play the greatest sport on Earth

Why I play the greatest sport on Earth

April 14, 2015

By Chris Sheldon Staff Writer @ChrisSheldon911  Through the years I have lived in Coppell, I was raised like any typical boy. I started with soccer; picked up football, ran through cross country...

A man in a poorer area of Bangalore, India allowed my cousin to photograph him going about his daily business. Photo courtesy Grayson Hiremath.

Self-awareness helps shed narrow minded views on happiness

April 9, 2015

By Sakshi Venkatraman Staff Writer @oompapa1 The girl coming down the street looked about 8 or 9. She was skinny, short and was dressed in a tattered cloth that barely covered her. On her hip rested...

Switching schools provides stark differences between 2A, 6A school

Switching schools provides stark differences between 2A, 6A school

April 1, 2015

Dominic DeCello Staff Writer @decelloballer21 Switching schools presents many opportunities, especially when moving from a Class 2A school with just 140 kids to a big 6A campus with 3,200 students. A...

This is the symbol for adoption. Graphic by Nick Brigis.

“Flesh and blood” should not be a requirement for children to be yours

March 29, 2015

By Jena Seidemann Managing Editor @jena_seidemann Somewhere in the world, a scientist is manipulating the genome of a future human being, and as we are heading towards more technological advances,...

Pro/Con: Will Texas first same-sex marriage be its last?

Pro/Con: Will Texas’ first same-sex marriage be its last?

March 24, 2015

By Emma Cummins Staff Writer For years now, gay rights activists have called for the right to marry and have cited discrimination and inequality. Now, federal judges in 37 states, have changed...

Objectivity, reality shoved under rug to protect feelings

March 18, 2015

By Emma Cummins Staff Writer “Guys calm down, we don’t need to argue about it.” But wait, why shouldn’t we discuss it? Recently, I participated in a group discussion about assimilation....

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