Each generation has something to say about the one that came before and the one that will come after. Whether it be good or bad, we are all entitled to our own opinions. This debate, when considering Gen Z and Gen Alpha is heightened with neither group being hesitant to share their true thoughts on the other. For many individuals, the biggest difference between the two generations concerns their...
Sometimes a random act of kindness is all a person needs to brighten their day, and that is exactly what the Random Acts of Kindness club at Troy High School does. The Random Acts of Kindness club, also known as RAK, is one of the many clubs Troy High School has to offer and contains about 28 members. Around 15 years ago, this club was unofficial and not many students had paid much attention to it....
The Troy School District Board of Education’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Troy Education Association was ratified early last year to be active from Feb. 1, 2024 to April 15, 2027. In the newly laid out 2024-2025 School Year Calendar for K-12 in Schedule F, two new “student holiday[s]” denoted as “SH” were added. The titular holidays are Diwali and Holi and both holidays are widely...
Troy High School has not had a Literary Magazine for a long time, and after 10 years the magazine has come back. It's now known as The Mosaic. The magazine’s goal is to be a perfect space for artists who would like to share their art.From visuals, like drawings and paintings, to literature like poems and short stories, the magazine combines all of these pieces in a surprising gallery to show the...
The sleeping account known amongst students under the handle of @ths_sleepy2025 on Instagram showcases numerous students slumped over desks, on the carpet floor, sleeping. It appears to occur anywhere, in classes, sports, buses and more. Psychology teacher Chris Rich says that students sleep in class “fairly regularly,” and that “there's generally gonna be someone sleeping almost every hour.” What...
Junior year is often described as the most grueling year of high school, yet it rarely gets the same recognition as senior year’s “senioritis.” With Advanced Placement classes, SATs, extracurricular overloads, and the mounting pressure of college applications, many juniors are finding themselves exhausted far before they even reach senior year. For many juniors, the shift from sophomore year...
The life of a teenage girl is known to be full of spontaneous and unexpected adventures. However, societal acceptance plays a crucial role in this part of a girl’s lifetime. Brandy Melville, an American Italian women’s clothing brand by Stephan Marsan, was established in the 1970s, originally in Italy, eventually migrating to the United States. The brand’s popularity exploded on their Instagram...
On Jan. 28, 2025, the two badminton clubs from Troy High School and Troy Athens High School came together, competing between themselves in a friendly competition. Toro Giang, a junior and the secretary of the badminton club at Troy High school, mentioned how the “appreciation for badminton between the board members” in both of the clubs was what led to the two clubs to work together to coordinate...
In 2023, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom documented 4,240 unique books that were targeted for censorship, reaching the highest level recorded by the association. While that number slightly decreased in the first eight months of 2024, it is still significantly higher than it was before 2020. While some states have passed legislation outlawing book bans, Michigan...