Students Against Censorship at Post Falls High School
The Trojan Times Review #1
Written by 'Crypt
Overall the Trojan Times was…okay. There was a nice diversity of subjects, and it was informational. However, I can never get past how many errors there are. How hard is it to proof read a couple of times? I think I learned in the 5th grade how to title an article or story. One should capitalize everything except words that aren’t important (like… a, the, of, and, in)!* I know this may sound like I’m really picky and anal, but all these little things contribute to the quality of the newspaper. The very basics of English grammar are overlooked.
*We have been informed that when writing a newspaper article, only the first word should be capitalized. We apoloigize for the mistake, especially to the editors of The Trojan Times.
Oh goody. The first thing I see is an article about our beloved and almighty football team. There was one quote in the entire article, and not only did it sound weird and incomplete, but it also had nothing to do with the article. If one is only going to have one quote in the whole article, don’t have it be about some guy who scored a touchdown and had a stomach ache.
“District Hires…”
First off, when writing an article for a newspaper…do not say 'you!' Jeez, where do these people go to school? Oh yeah. It would have been nice to have seen the names of the new teachers. Instead of a picture of the lunchroom, snap a picture of the new teachers. It would have gone with the article very nicely. I am only saying this because, oh, the article was about the new teachers.
“Clubs” and “News Briefs”
These were nice and very informative. I liked them!
“PFHS ASB Officers”
Nice way to highlight our ASB leaders.
“Why all the Construction?”
Good article explaining the whole process of the construction. However, if one is going to write an article about something, be sure to know a lot about it. The construction did not start when school started; it had been going on most of the summer.
“From Around the World”
Okay, it is nice and all to write articles about the foreign exchange students, but honestly, I am so sick of them! They basically say the same thing: our school day/system is different, where they are from, they do not say freshman, sophomore, etc, their food is better, and our food is fatty and/or we eat a lot.
“Fashion Alert”
I do not even want talk about it. That did not even come close to what one could call journalism. (insert comment by Therefore: *must hide eyes from hideous Ugg boots…must shield eyes…oh God….*)
“Student of the Month”
Hey, who picked Ashley Peak? I mean, come on!! That girl is late to AP Calculus almost everyday; she does not take enough initiative in French III; she likes Pepsi and reading independently! I am sure they could have found someone better! Oh, just kidding! I love Ashley! Well, aside from the great choice for the subject, the article could have been better. It was unorganized, and its ending was very awkward.
“Teacher Feature”
Nice article. It is always good to hear about the teachers.
“Junker of the Month”
I do not think there needs to be a whole article for a crappy car. If the staff really wants to put a junker car in the paper, maybe just put a picture with the name of the owner and kind of car. There is no need for a drawn out, repetitive article.
Four pages is a bit too much to cover homecoming. There was no need for two and half pages of nothing but pictures. I especially enjoyed the pictures of people breaking the dress code.
Page 9
“Boys Soccer…”
It was an okay article. There really is no need to mention people not in this school anymore. The article was quite redundant. It would have been nice to have a quote from the coach…or maybe just a quote from someone other than just one person.
“JV Football”
This one was of the better sports articles.
Page 10
“Evans scores…”
Yay for Ashley Evans. Nice article.
“Freshman Season…”
The article was okay, I guess. I did not want to read it after I realized it was yet another article about football, but I did.
“Swim Team…”
Good article. It was nice to hear about a team that usually does not get a lot of attention. All of the puns on swimming jargon got old after awhile.
Sports
If the Trojan Times staff is going to make the sports section two pages long, be sure to include all the sports. There is this one sport, it is called cross country; the people in it are really, really nice. They work hard; they went to state, yet they never seem to get any recognition.
Page 11
“Class Schedule…”
It would have been nice to have an explanation as to what block scheduling is; not everyone may know what it is. It was a good opinion article, but it kind of loses its strength at the end. Oh, and WHO CARES WHAT WENT ON IN CALIFORNIA! WE ARE IN IDAHO! CALIFORNIA IS STUPID!
“Perception Deception”
Good article…really idealistic, but altogether nice.
"Cartoon"
Ha. Clever, clever.
“Speaking Out”
Yay. More stuff about homecoming. *cough*