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Have you ever wanted to pack your bags and head for the state of Colorado? A place where wide, open prairies give way immediately to snow-capped mountains and evergreen forests.  If so, here are the recommended places to travel to, the packing list, and extra advice you need to enjoy an amazing adventure out west!

Have you ever wondered what type of furry friend you’d be? Man’s best friend comes in different shapes, sizes, and personalities for us to love. To find out which dog breed you would be like, take our quiz below. Keep track of your answers, and your results will be revealed at the end of the quiz.

Recently, there has been a significant spike in interest from Gen Zers to vote. These young adults have come together and brought national attention to topics important to their generation, such as gun control or climate change. These young people want to make sure that lawmakers are in tune with protecting our most precious resources: our fellow citizens and our planet. 

You know that feeling when you put a location into your reliable GPS, but it takes you somewhere completely foreign compared to your desired destination? Or when you get to that one question on a math test where it seems like nothing that you’ve ever learned could be used to solve the problem? I experienced something similar on January 7, 2019, when a zombie apocalypse took over the Crimson Tide and I was engulfed in a sea of braggadocious orange and painstaking purple.

Q: What is a personal record (PR)?

A: Ligon Chewning- A personal record is getting the best time you have ever gotten.

Q: What does it mean to achieve a PR?

A: William Owens- It means recording a faster time than you have ever recorded previously in a certain event.

The Little Free Food Pantry of Spartanburg was the idea of Anne Dobson. She began noticing  homeless people congregated in Richardson Park downtown and near her church, First Presbyterian. She sympathized greatly with them and knew that she wanted to do something for other people struggling with similar situations. Her solution: a food pantry that would provide homeless members of Spartanburg with regular access to non-perishable food items.

Getting kicked out of physics class or laughing at others getting kicked out of physics class is a signature remembrance for many Upper Schoolers at SDS. Some occasionally get kicked out, some get kicked out frequently and have surpassed that. But who is the best of them all? Who has surpassed everyone in getting kicked out the most?

There has been a lot of talk in the news and on social media about the government shutdown and funding for “the wall” on the border between the United States and Mexico. Although most of us are aware that there is a shutdown, the process that leads to a government shutdown may not be clear to everyone.