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The official student news site of Coppell High School

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

Social media can be a dangerous place to spread information. The Sidekick advertising/circulation manager Anushree De believes that social media can expose private and personal information, creating an unsafe environment.

Don’t scroll past the peeking

Anushree De, Advertising/Circulation Manager December 12, 2022

The buildings are in gray and white, as if they have been plunged into some Instagram filter. But it’s not just the buildings. Clothes, food, even people have all become a desolate gray.  Everything...

As young people continue to become excessively active on the internet, the environment created has begun to take a harsh mental toll on teenagers. The Sidekick staff writer Varshitha Korrapolu discusses the perilous effects of social media and the internet.

Rise of an intangible poison

Varshitha Korrapolu, Staff Writer February 1, 2021

Constantly scrolling through your feed. Comparing yourself to subjectively beautiful, flawless people who have spent countless hours editing their photos. Congestion forming in your chest as feelings of...

Instagram accounts posting infographics explaining topics, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, dramatically rose in popularity last summer. The Sidekick entertainment editor Neha Desaraju thinks sharing such content can be harmful to the movements they claim to support.

It’s time to end the era of Instagram infographics

Neha Desaraju, Entertainment Editor January 28, 2021

How to be anti-racist. What’s happening in China.  As soon as I open Instagram, I am bombarded with the same taglines, captured in bubbly colors and fonts, attempting to draw attention to social...

Diwali takes place over five days, and this year it starts today and culminates on Monday. People celebrate Diwali with their families and decorate their homes with diyas to signify the triumph of good over evil and lightness over darkness.

District Diwali committee educating community about Hindu festival of lights

Trisha Atluri, Advertising/Circulation Manager November 12, 2020

To facilitate awareness of Diwali celebrations in the community, Coppell ISD formed a Diwali committee with teachers and staff from across campuses. Unlike previous years where scattered campuses individually...

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...

Do you follow my PT?

Do you follow my PT?

October 10, 2014

By Shruthika Pochampally Staff Writer @shruthreddy In the past decade there has been a rise in the utilization and impact of social media, both globally as well as locally in Coppell. The inability...

Taylor named director of student media

March 29, 2013

By Natalie Gilbert Staff Writer Social media plays a major role in present day journalism due to its high involvement in society. In order for the Sidekick to keep our readers informed on a constant...

Students snapping pictures all day with SnapChat

Students snapping pictures all day with SnapChat

October 3, 2012

By Kristen Shepard Staff Writer After Facebook, GifBoom, Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram became popular among Coppell High School students, the number of students using the programs exploded. In what...

Need creativity? Pinterest it.

September 20, 2012

By: Tina Huang Staff Writer Pinterest, a fairly new social media site has taken the nation by storm. It is a website where you make boards and "pin" pictures and videos to your board. Some categories...

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