Kani Caldwell
Reporter
Spring is finally here. The sun is out and the weather is slowly heating up. As we enter into the vivid season new trends and styles are making fresh and bold statements this year. It seems as though we aren’t getting rid of the old, instead we bringing it back with a new more up to date flavor. Many artist are bringing forth very new and very bold styles to spring fashion. There’s been a lot of talk about music artist, Chris Brown’s new blond hair style. It has …

Serena Skief
Reporter
It’s almost time for the seniors to say goodbye to high school, but before they can do that they must meet some certain requirements in order to graduate with their class.
First, there are the academic requirements. Seniors must have all of their credits and pass all of the required classes. They also can’t have any fines, such as book or sports equipment fines. All text books must be turned in. They have to have taken the MME (Michigan Merit Exam) in the 11th grade.
Next, there are behavior requirements. Students …

Serena Skief
Reporter
For over 50 years, Everett High School has celebrated graduates and their families with the Presentation of Roses.
A ceremony unique to Everett, presentation of Roses started as a mother-daughter tea, and over time it evolved into what it is today.
“[Presentation of Roses is] a chance for seniors to honor the people in their lives that helped them get to this point,” said senior class adviser Judith Hightower.
The Presentation can be a very emotional time for students and their loved ones. Seniors buy roses and present them to important …

Bre Hoskins
Reporter

Girls spend time, a lot of time, putting on makeup, doing their hair, spritzing themselves with perfume, and wearing specific outfits; all for guys’ attention. Guys match their shirts and hats to their shoes, spray old spice or tag, and make sure their “swag” is just right; all to catch the eye of a girl. So why do people today work so hard and spend so much time on their outer appearances if “beauty is only skin deep”? People care more about outward appearances than about a person’s personality.
The …

Kani Caldwell
Reporter
Has Everett High School lost all its school spirit? Have we seen our last pep rally? This past winter we did not have our traditional spirit week and fun filled pep rally that we usually have had in the previous years. The burning question is…WHY?
There’s been lots of talk for why we have not had a pep rally but no one really knows exactly what would bring our winter sports to a dull end. While some are bummed about the news others didn’t even know we were no longer …

Pahoua Chang
Reporter
There is a yearbook this year, and there will be one next year as well, according to yearbook adviser John Zielinski.
The rumors that there would not be a yearbook next year come from the fact that the yearbook is in debt, and struggling to make enough to print the yearbook each year.
It is a complicated debt that is carried over from previous years.
“We are in debt and that’s where the rumor started,” said John Zielinski.
If there wasn’t a yearbook this year, people would be very upset. Especially the seniors, …

Pahoua Chang
Reporter
On May 25 at seven o’clock in the cafeteria the new members of the National Honor Society were inducted at the annual ceremony.
This is a special ceremony for students who are part of the NHS.
“NHS induction is about congratulating and honoring the members of NHS who take their time to do community service inside or outside of the school,” said President Amee Yang.
In addition to the induction of new members, the ceremony is a chance to give awards to society members.
The awards will be given out by NHS advisor …

Justin Lundy
Reporter

Each year at Everett, the National Honor Society hosts three blood drives to help the Red Cross. The Red Cross sets a number of units to try and collect by the end of the day. Unfortunately, this quota is usually not met. This year, however, Everett Students had a major incentive to donate: former NFL player TJ Duckett offered to pay for the prom of whichever Lansing school collected the most units of blood between all three blood drives.
Since students hadn’t heard about the competition before the first blood …

Stephanie Dunham
Reporter
Members of the boys’ track team have brought something new to the building this year: trophies.
“I feel like we have accomplished something before I graduated,” said senior James Jenkins.
The track team has had the best season in recent memory, winning three trophies in the first month of competition. They’ve won a trophy in Kalamazoo one of the biggest meets, another at the Olivet  meet and at the Sexton meet.
With this being some of the members’ final years on the team, winning is a priority for them.
“It feels good to win …

Zach Patrick
Sports Editor

The annual Home Run for HOPE raised over $3,000 for the HOPE scholarship fund, and once again gave Lansing athletes a chance to play ball in a professional stadium.
The yearly baseball tournament is held downtown at Cooley Law stadium, home of the minor league Lansing Lugnuts. This is the eighth tournament held for the program that raises money for the HOPE Scholars, a program that creates scholarships for Lansing students to attend LCC. The tournament features the Everett Vikings, Eastern Quakers, Sexton Big Reds and Waverly Warriors.
The …