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Tiger Times

The student news site of Edwardsville High School

Tiger Times

The student news site of Edwardsville High School

Tiger Times

Journalism Team Records Best Showing at Sectionals
Journalism Team Records Best Showing at Sectionals
Julia Towell, A&E Editor • April 12, 2024
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Colleen Moore, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024
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Que Thomas presents at BSUs Visual Arts and Music Within Black Culture presentation, Feb. 22.
Family, Found: Black Student Union Begins Forging Legacy of Togetherness
Sami McKenney, Opinion Editor • April 15, 2024

A week before Black Student Union’s most ambitious event in several years, the club’s president, junior Que Thomas, was perched on a stool...

Students meet in the commons on behalf of the Care Closet to pack 50 lunches for homeless citizens in St. Louis.
Care Closet Gives Numerous Helping Hands
Pera Onal, Editor-in-Chief • April 12, 2024

Care Closet held a week-long fundraiser before spring break to help sponsor two students' prom plans. From March 18 to March 22, the club...

A man uses special glasses to take in the solar eclipse in Canada.
Eclipse Expedition: Mapping Out Your Solar Spectacle Adventure
Zach Cohn, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024

For the first time since 2017 and the last time until 2044, the contiguous US experienced a solar eclipse. With places like Cape Girardeau and...

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, No. 22, reacts during the fourth quarter of an Elite Eight game against LSU during the NCAA Womens Tournament, April 1, 2024.
What Clark Uncovered from Half-Court to Hoop
Sami McKenney, Opinion Editor • April 15, 2024

When a female athlete claims her deserved place under the spotlight, there's one trope that always seems to play out among her audience. It’s...

Senior Colton Hulme takes a forehand during a match against OFallon.
Hattrup, Hulme Elevate Team’s Standards
Veda Kommineni, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024

In the realm of local tennis talent, several names stand out: among those are junior Jesse Hattrup and senior Colton Hulme. Both have solidified...

It’s All About the Money: Schools Don’t Care About the Players
Zach Kennett, Sports Editor • March 22, 2024

Last college basketball season, high school senior Bronny James was among the nation’s top recruits, ranking No. 17 in 247 Sports’ prospect...

Madonna, 62, presenting at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Diva Drought: I'm Not Gagging
Owen Anderson, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024

With the release of Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” I could not help but notice some strange phenomena. The...

The login screen for the 2024-25 FAFSA.
Join a Class Action Suit Against FAFSA, It's About to Put You in Serious Debt
Georgia Gaughan, Student Life Editor • April 12, 2024

By April of my senior year, I had always expected my biggest concerns to be finding a color scheme for my graduation party, deciding between...

Second grade students spread their arms for social distancing as they walk to a playground at West Orange Elementary School in Orange, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2021. The school has been hybrid since fall last year. I love seeing kids being kids, said Dana Johnston, the schools instructional specialist. Being able to see kids have a little slice of normal in our school day has been really great. Its obviously not quite exactly what it used to be, but its one step closer to normal for our kids.
The Killing of Kindness
Colleen Moore, Staff Writer • March 22, 2024

We’re told it from the time that we’re two: “treat others the way you want to be treated.” From singing songs about saying please...

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'Immaculate:' Sydney Sweeney's Magnum Opus
Julia Towell, A&E Editor • April 12, 2024

After hearing the story of how Sydney Sweeney came about this movie, I was intrigued.  Sweeney auditioned for a movie with this plot several...

A blackbird flies onto a branch.
Beyoncé’s 'BLACKBIIRD' Sings in the Dead of Night
Zach Kennett, Sports Editor • April 12, 2024

The blackbird sang in the dead of night, and morons whined online. In her new album Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé covered The Beatles’ “Blackbird,”...

Elle Woods celebrates her internship with the intimidating Callahan.
'Legally Blonde: The Musical' Is a Smash Hit
Owen Anderson, Staff Writer • March 22, 2024

Don't judge a book by its cover. It's a lazy message that is sloppily integrated in countless films. The message can, very easily, become...