October 2018 – The Mirror

Swimming: A lifetime sport

October 25, 2018

By AIDEN PRICE The Mirror reporter People all love our sports whether it be football, baseball or golf they all love to play and watch. The only problem is that most sports can’t be played all the time when one gets older so...

Healthy food recipes

October 25, 2018

By HLEE YANG The Mirror reporter People want everything fast in the 21 century, including our foods. It first started with White Castle in the 1920s, but fast food chains have now become the biggest restaurants in Americ...

Tech Addiction

October 25, 2018

By SOREN LUTHER The Mirror reporter Today’s society has become increasingly more reliant on technology with around 2.53 billion people owning smartphones in 2018, according to statistica.com. Although there are benefits of technology, there are also many negative effects that come from an overuse and abuse of computers...

Sleep Shortage

October 24, 2018

By BRYANT VANROSSEM The Mirror reporter Students all around the world are going to school and hopefully giving their best to gets those grades. But sometimes students have a hard time doing their work and paying attention i...

Anxiety Management

October 24, 2018

By WILLOW KLUCK The Mirror reporter What is anxiety? According to MedicalNewsToday, the American Psychological Association (APA) defines anxiety as “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increa...

Too many becoming a “nicoteen”

October 24, 2018

By LAUREN HUEBNER The Mirror reporter According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, the use of e-cigarettes among teens has become an epidemic. E-cigarettes were created to help cigarette smok...

Small but dangerous

October 24, 2018

By MADISON RINDAHL The Mirror reporter Ticks go unnoticed, unseen because of their size. They can make people’s life very hard and leave no trace of being on someone. Lyme disease is a very serious illness transmitte...

Living strong with a chronic disease

October 24, 2018

By JUSTICE CHUKWUEMEKA The Mirror reporter An approximated 133 million Americans live with chronic illnesses which represent more than 40 percent of the nation’s population. According to the U.S National Center for Health S...

Common myths about strength training for women

October 24, 2018

By RACHEL PLACEWAY The Mirror reporter Women face multiple strength training challenges when compared to their male counterparts. When it comes to women and strength training many media outlets convey conflicting inform...

Academic expectations affect students

October 24, 2018

By MARYANN SILVA The Mirror reporter One out of eight teens has depression. The word ‘depression’ has different meanings in different situations. It is normal to feel stressed out when students have a lot on their...

Speaker Sarah Leeper promotes honesty and courage

October 17, 2018

By RACHEL PLACEWAY The Mirror reporter One in every five people is diagnosed with a mental illness. However, many of those people diagnosed hide their illness behind layers of false appearances. “The more time we spend forcing thes...

Homecoming 2018 Highlights

October 12, 2018

By SOREN LUTHER The Mirror reporter Photos courtesy of Laura Miller October 1-5 marked Homecoming Week at Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH). The week culminated in the highly-anticipated homecoming dance on Oct...