High School Students Killed by Train

Siera Martinez
March 3, 2010
Filed under News

Four teens got together on Saturday, February 20th. They had their parents drop them off at the mall and took a bus to downtown Melbourne, Florida. They traveled through the town and when the sun was setting over the train tracks of the bridge, trussing over Crane Creek, the three girls and the boy strolled... Read more »

Drinking Age Debate

Siera Martinez and Emily Herr
February 17, 2010
Filed under Monthly Feature

Pro:   For every law, there is an equal and opposite action.   In other words, a law will be broken by society once society sets it; it is human nature. Therefore, when questions arise about, say, the drinking age, a law should be set within that same mindset. If creating a safer, more educated... Read more »

Drinking Age Debate

Siera Martinez & Emily Herr
February 17, 2010
Filed under Monthly Feature, Uncategorized

Pro: For every law, there is an equal and opposite action. In other words, a law will be broken by society once society sets it; it is human nature. Therefore, when questions arise about, say, the drinking age, a law should be set within that same mindset. If creating a safer, more educated and... Read more »

Post-Quake: Boca High Lends a Hand

Siera Martinez
January 22, 2010
Filed under News

At approximately 4:53 PM January 12, an earthquake struck Haiti with an epicenter 15 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, home to 1 million people, with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale. A chilling estimate tallied 100,000 dead and around 250,000 missing. Jaws dropped as the shock trembled... Read more »

Siera Martinez: Co-Editor-In-Chief

January 12, 2010
Filed under Staff

A senior this year at Boca High, Siera is both the Co-Editor-In-Chief and the News page editor. She enjoys tooling through the pages of National Geographic, baking, cooking and traveling. She loves music and art exhibits and museums. She even spends a large amount of time working with the Student... Read more »

A Healthy Hubbub

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
Filed under News

The recent health care reform debate has been raising all kinds of attention lately, as it should. The nation’s welfare is at stake. Many concerns have risen among the Democrats and Republicans surrounding this potential “public option”. How long will the wait be for a doctor’s appointment? Would... Read more »

Weather’s Right Hand

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
Filed under News

To the disappointment of some and the excitement of others, hardly any hurricanes have plundered through Florida’s coasts this season. Still, unrelenting efforts have been cast in search of discovering the ins and outs of hurricanes and the other gifts bestowed upon the land by the great Mother Nature.... Read more »

More Water on the Moon?

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
Filed under News

Hundreds of songs and movies have played on the aspect of the moons brilliance, its mystery and its foreign body facet of an other-worldly being. The drama of a full moon on Halloween or the way moonlight is a guiding light in the midnight sky goes along with the Dreamworks production using the dreamy... Read more »