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Resident Evil Four (2005) Review

Resident Evil Four (2005) Review

Evie Bell June 1, 2023

Resident Evil Four, released on January 11, 2005, is arguably one of the most influential video games ever released. At the time, third-person perspective gameplay was revolutionary, paving a new road...

Dr. Clarkson- Teacher of the Year!

Dr. Clarkson- Teacher of the Year!

Kamryn Ragains, Editor in cheif May 19, 2023

Recently, a Richwoods teacher received two very prestigious awards.   Dr. Kelsey Clarkson won the Donald M. Phares Award which goes to the most outstanding educator Peoria Public Schools.  It is truly...

Mr. Crusen playing baseball for Monmouth College

Mr. Crusen is back at Richwoods!

Andrew Lee, Feature Editor May 19, 2023

Mr. Crusen is our new assistant principal for the Sophomore class! Before obtaining his position to positively influence RHS students, he was a hard-working teacher and coach for ten years. When asked...

Why You Should Give Taylor Swift’s Midnights Album a Listen

Why You Should Give Taylor Swift’s Midnights Album a Listen

Lily Liao, Editor December 22, 2022

It’s no surprise that the artist’s latest album was a smashing success. She’s Taylor Swift after all. On October 21, the singer and songwriter dropped Midnights, her first pop album since 2019. In...

Post-Game Depression and How to Cope

Post-Game Depression and How to Cope

Evie Bell, writer December 22, 2022

Everyone dreads seeing those credits roll on their favorite game. You may bask in that feeling of accomplishment, or the sadness may begin to set in immediately. Completing a game is an emotional thing,...

Rating Rolling Stones’ top 5 albums of 2022

Rating Rolling Stones’ top 5 albums of 2022

Nadine Gharsalli, writer December 14, 2022

Since 2022 is almost at an end, it’s time for Rolling Stone to announce their top 100 albums of the year. After taking a look at the list, I can say that their top picks were a little questionable at...

Mr. Robison is back!

Mr. Robison is back!

Julian Payne, writer October 31, 2022

The 2022-23 school year at Richwoods has welcomed many new staff members, one of which being our new principal, Mr. Robison. This is Mr. Robison’s first year as principal at Richwoods, but not his...

The Little Mermaid Controversy

The Little Mermaid Controversy

Noah King, Entertainment writer October 27, 2022

The release of the new Little Mermaid live-action movie has sparked many controversies, the main one being the race of the actress playing the character of Ariel, Halle Bailey. Many fans of hers believe...

Grading Higher Education

Grading Higher Education

Cameron Williams, Editor-in-Chief October 27, 2022

U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2023 rankings for National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges. The results were not shocking with only minor changes in ranking. However,...

A Difficult Year of College Admissions

A Difficult Year of College Admissions

Neve Kelley and Liz Setti April 11, 2022

Currently many high school seniors are receiving admissions decisions from the nation’s top 25 colleges and other regular decision programs. Due to this overwhelming time, social media being is being...

The Oscars: 94th Academy Awards

The Oscars: 94th Academy Awards

Fatima Salinas and Cameron Williams March 29, 2022

It is almost time for the 94th academy awards to honor films and people behind those films to be recognized for their hard work in 2021. Lots of talented people made many good films this past year and...

The University of Michigan Compensates Students Affected by Sexual Abuse from Former Physician

The University of Michigan Compensates Students Affected by Sexual Abuse from Former Physician

Montrell Wright and Audrey Drozd March 29, 2022

There are many things in both work and school environments that go unnoticed or unacknowledged. These can be incidents such as bullying, unfair treatment, sexual assault, and much more. There are many...

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