Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Students deserve more freedom

Students deserve more freedom

Lacey Gregory, Associate Editor March 3, 2017

With the importance of broadening ones’ horizons, taking a rigorous course load, all while maintaining a high GPA so frequently stressed to high school students, it would be logical to conclude that...

Trump failing to protect womens and minority rights

Trump failing to protect women’s and minority rights

Hannah Norris, Staff Reporter February 17, 2017

The presidential shift to the Trump administration has brought about uncertainty in many political and societal aspects. His original campaign was inadequate in making his stances on important issues clearly...

Respect people for differences instead of trying to change them

Respect people for differences instead of trying to change them

Peyton Augustine, Sports Editor February 1, 2017

  The time has come to stop pushing your beliefs on others. Instead of just saying your opinions louder to drown out the people who disagree with you, try listening to what they to say and be respectful...

AP Government needs to be upgraded to year-long class

AP Government needs to be upgraded to year-long class

Madison Crees, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2017

It’s no secret that Hays High offers a challenging curriculum to those who ask for it through their AP courses. The heavy workload of the advanced setting is time consuming, but manageable in most cases. In...

Tattooed professionals are becoming more common, unfortunately so is discrimination against them.

Tattoos should be accepted in the workforce

Lacey Gregory, Staff Reporter December 16, 2016

Imagine studying for four or more years for your degree, landing an interview for a job you are more than qualified for, only to be denied the position because of a visible tattoo. According to a skinfo.com...

Surface turn-in for winter break unnecessary

Surface turn-in for winter break unnecessary

Kayli Potter, Staff Reporter November 28, 2016

Every year we have a winter break, and now, every year we have to turn in our devices. I really don't see the point in having to turn them in over break. Sure, there are a select group of people that...

History of Thanksgiving needs to be discussed in schools

History of Thanksgiving needs to be discussed in schools

Amiyah Gonzalez, Staff Reporter November 21, 2016

Throughout elementary and middle school, we celebrated holidays not every student understood. We sang songs about Christopher Columbus and read stories about how nice the pilgrims were towards the Native...

Donald Trump wins presidency.

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t promise bright future

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter November 11, 2016

I used to think the United States was a country where I could live and do something great with my life. As of Nov. 8, I can no longer say I believe that. After Donald Trump’s election, it’s safe...

Governor Sam Brownback

Arts need sufficient funding

Lacey Gregory, Staff Reporter October 25, 2016

It’s no secret that the arts, among other things, are underfunded in Kansas. This year alone, the state is missing out on more than $800,000 in federal and regional funding to the arts because the...

Michael Schmidt and Noah Huxman studying in GPS.

Food should be allowed in GPS

Kayli Potter, Staff Reporter October 20, 2016

It's my sophomore year here, and within my first few weeks last year as a freshman I started to wonder why I couldn't have a snack in GPS. During GPS I sit, work on homework, occasionally doodle, and...

Puppies crowd the fence as  a picture is snapped.

Animal Abuse is unnecessary and needs to stop

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter October 12, 2016

I became vegetarian when I was in third grade. I told people I did it because I didn’t like how animals were treated, but when I was little that wasn’t true since I didn’t understand how they were...

Diversity in film is important

Diversity in film is important

Amiyah Gonzalez, Staff Reporter August 29, 2016

Pick a movie and think about it. Think about who the star is and think about the main characters. Think about movie franchises: Harry Potter, Hunger Games and the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe are a...

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