In a time when students have Google, Spark Notes, Wikipedia, and a handful of other search engines, doing homework has become easier than ever! With colleges and scholarship committees jarring up their acceptance qualifications higher and higher every minute, how can students be expected to have a 4.0 GPA, a 36 on the ACT, work a full time job, do community service, and have time to do homework?
Who doesn’t love money? Everybody wants to be rich. Money is the one thing in this life that can buy food, freedom, land, love, and everything else that’s good in this life. But money doesn’t just get handed to people. People have to work for money, and most of the time that work is tedious and/or hard. But once a year, there is a chance to hit the jackpot with zero risk-The NCAA basketball tournament. If a bracket is filled out 100% correctly, (guess every game right) you have a chance to win the billion dollars.
Not many of us know where the shamrock really came from. Most of us know it is the big symbol for St. Patrick’s Day, and we see it everywhere we go in the month of March. It has been long forgotten by the public where the four leaf clover legend originated from.
Knock on wood because the day of luck, or perhaps the day of bad luck is coming up on March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day! Either way, did you know that the phrase, “knock on wood”, comes from a theory of luck? It’s called superstition. According to google definitions superstition is an excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
Back to Back State Champions
How did you spend your Valentine’s day? While many people were spending time with those they care about on February 14th, our wrestling team spent it (along with February 13th) wrestling for/winning their second consecutive state title!
On the 20th of January 2015 our very own drill team presented a series of performances that excited the crowd. They have been working for a very long time to make this performance possible. The Paysetters performed in multiple dances that were amazing!
Now that radio stations have the Christmas albums shelved till next year and the Christmas tree is browning in the dumpster, let’s get real. With the departure of the holidays “The Winter Blues” start kicking in. You know the feeling: you’re more tired, you have no motivation, and it’s harder to get out of bed each morning. The short and cold winter days often times make us feel like the weather: cold and dark. Winter depression is still a mystery to scientists who study it. However, there are many ways to get over it and get back to your normal, cheerful self!
The UHSAA has changed the sports boundaries for all the schools in the state of Utah. This change affects almost every school, and every sport.
But how does this change affect Payson High School exactly? We are again facing off against Spanish Fork, Salem, and Springville, who are our three biggest rivals. According to Coach Chapman, our school is back where it belongs. We are home. The biggest reason why Payson coaches and administration are excited is because it means less travel for our sports teams, and the rivalry games are back.
