Archive for category: Opinion

The Dexter Farms

The Dexter Farms

Land was purchased and the farm life began. The farm has been in the family for generations, and hopefully it will continue for many more. People may not give credit where it is needed to the farmers who put in a full, honest day’s work, who wakes up before, the [...]

Graduation Parties: Worth the Cost?

As my parents and I were looking at graduation expenses, we found people spend up to $3,000 or more on graduation parties. We wanted to reduce our cost toward my graduation party. To cut down on the expenses my parents and I came up with the idea of combining my [...]

Staff writer Nathan Hoatlin says farewell

I’ve only been here a year, but I could, and want to stay a whole lot longer. I truly do, even though school hasn’t always been my favorite, because of the amazing people and atmosphere of Dexter High School. It truly feels like a home away from home. I love [...]

Steve Miller explains “the awkward dance”

Who hasn’t seen someone walking towards them and attempted to evade the on comer only to find them directly in front of you again? Sometimes these evasive side steps can drag on for seconds. Most try to avoid such situations by getting out of the way early or just stopping [...]

Steve Miller shares his thoughts on showering

For me, the shower is the opposite of school: the difference, of course, being that all of my thinking goes on in one of the places, and in the other, I slowly lose brain cells as I slip into unconsciousness. Every morning, my body drags my mind into the shower, [...]

Pens on the Floor

I don’t know about you, but I can not remember a time in my life when I used up a pen’s whole ink cartridge. Every time I get a new package of pens, I either end up giving them away, losing them or not buying them in the first place, [...]

Mike explains how to cheat

Editor’s note: This is meant as a satire. Please don’t take this advice. No one should ever listen to anything Mike says. Ever. Have you ever had trouble navigating the waters of cheating on test? Presumably, through no fault of your own, you were unable to study the night before [...]

Mike discusses various conspiracy theories

(All statements below are either half true or made up … Most likely made up.) The government has been known to do some shady things. From Andrew Jackson sending blankets with small pox to Native Americans to Bush the Second not responding to Hurricane Katrina, enlightened people realize that what [...]

The Roots of the Dreadnaught mascot

The Roots of the Dreadnaught mascot

  Nathan Hoatlin Web Editor We all know our school mascot, the Dreadnaught, but must of us don’t know that for our entire history, Dexter schools might have misspelled the word. How could such an ghastly error happen? All across the school, carpets, sweatshirts and items all serve as a [...]