Senior Jones crowned Mr. Mineral Ridge
October 30, 2010 • Staff Report
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
In the afternoon hours prior to the Rams’ season finale with the Crestview Rebels, a champion was crowned. Senior Lucas Jones was named Mr. Mineral Ridge in the first ever competition of its kind. Jones, who wowed the audience with his ability to break balloons from across the... Read more »
Big cheeses and the food we eat
October 29, 2010 • Taylor Strohmeyer, Senior Writer
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
You’re walking down to lunch after fourth period. It’s hectic and noisy. You get in line and have to deal with people cutting you and pushing people out of the way. You don’t understand why they’re acting like this; the food isn’t anything to fight over. Today your choices are chicken... Read more »
Small town volleyball star Riffee shines
October 28, 2010 • Brittney Bevilacqua, Senior Writer
Filed under Fall Sports, Sports, Top Stories
Junior Abby Riffee, along with the rest of the Mineral Ridge High School volleyball team, just completed an historic undefeated regular season. Riffee, who began playing club volleyball in fifth grade, is an athlete who takes her work seriously, and it has paid off; Abby was recently named first... Read more »
The art of eating as an athlete
October 26, 2010 • Nea Wolford, Senior Writer
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
For athletes, one of the most important things is a nutritious diet that pinpoints every essential area they need to keep their bodies healthy and injury-free. By eating a variety of food and training, athletes will be healthy enough to perform at the highest level. Ron Toth, Mineral... Read more »
Study shows eating too much fast food can make you dumber. Also, you’ll gain a lot of weight, you might have a heart attack, and your liver will rot. Seriously
October 25, 2010 • Alyssa Johns and Miranda Sparks, Junior Writers
Filed under News, Student Life
Which fast food place do you want to eat at? That is the question by which many of today’s teens live. The answer to that question, and the ensuing trip up the street to McDonald’s or Taco Bell, is starting to do some serious damage. According to the National Institute of Health,... Read more »
Mixing up the menu at MRHS
October 24, 2010 • Jeana Wert, Junior Writer
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Chicken patty, pizza, taco salad, repeat. Chicken patty, pizza, taco salad, repeat. Does this look familiar? Most Mineral Ridge students have the lunch menu memorized. So where is the variety? Cafeteria worker Debbie Donkers explained, “All of our lunch menu options have to... Read more »
The bare necessities: shelter, clothing, and BETTER LUNCHES
October 22, 2010 • Merissa Crowl and Jordan Kelly, Staff Writers
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
According to a Rampage survey of 115 students, only 15% of those surveyed claimed to be satisfied with the school’s lunch offerings. In a community where so many students count on the school lunch to provide them with their daily fuel, those students are demanding healthier, tastier food. ... Read more »
Breaking news! College is difficult
October 18, 2010 • Miranda Sparks and Jeana Wert, Junior Writers
Filed under Student Life
Okay, okay. That probably isn’t news to anyone, but just how difficult is college life? Tom Padovani and Evan Hall of Mineral Ridge and Trent Clay of McDonald are current college freshmen. How do these different freshmen boys deal with college life? Is it too much for them to digest,... Read more »
Song of the week for Oct. 11 – Crown on the Ground by Sleigh Bells
October 9, 2010
Filed under Uncategorized
Sleigh Bells is awesome. Their first album, Treats, was released in May, but we’ve been listening to them since long before that. Sleigh Bells is a girl/boy duo from New York who make noisy, energetic rock that sounds best through big speakers in a room filled with dancing people; your car or your... Read more »
To go away or stay at home: Two juniors debate the college conundrum
October 4, 2010 • Kelsey Gustovich and Alyssa Johns, Junior Writers
Filed under Opinions
Why I’m getting as far away as possible - Kelsey Gustovich Never ever would I want to stay home for college! There is no way I would choose to stay home rather than go away. Going away to college will probably be the best thing for me, because I like to do things on my own and... Read more »
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