Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Leone’s Chronicle: The extremism we don’t talk about

By Tanner Leone, 1520411308:2 October 13, 2017

I remember hearing about the Charlottesville protests long before it happened. I made sure I remembered the dates so that I could watched a livestream of the protest from a local Charlottesville news...

The Garlick Press: Politics and Puerto Rico

By Kira Garlick October 11, 2017

The biggest natural disaster is always around the corner, and now it has hit Puerto Rico. In shambles, the territory is scrambling to get back on its feet after the 4.4 magnitude earthquake. Where...

No credits for outside athletics

By Eden Pollitt October 11, 2017

Many students on the HHS campus participate in school sports, as well as after-school competitive sports. For competitive soccer, I have three practices a week and one or two games on the weekend,...

The Hart of the Matter: Women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia is not enough

By Lily Hartenstein October 11, 2017

An official announcement was made on Sept. 26, by Saudi Arabia that women in the kingdom would be permitted to drive, prompting a wave of praise for the notoriously conservative country. The change will...

The Denome’s Advocate: The media has a gender problem too

By Thomas Denome October 9, 2017

Think of five or six famous journalists off the top of your head. You might come up with names like Jake Tapper, Robert Costa, Megyn Kelly, Walter Winchell or Maggie Haberman. Regardless of who you think...

The Impatient Patient: Binging on unhealthy coping mechanisms

By Renee Wang October 6, 2017

According to the National Eating Disorder Association the most common eating disorder in the United States is not anorexia or bulimia nervosa, but a disorder most have never even heard of before —- binge...

The Democratic Socialists of America has been at the head of Americas socialist tide. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

The Denome’s Advocate: America needs to turn red – but not Republican

By Thomas Denome October 2, 2017

For the past few decades, America’s favorite punching bag has been socialism and its twisted younger brother, communism. The McCarthyist tide in the 1950s, during which fearful Americans reported their...

Frauke Petry, leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has generally kept up an appearance of being more measured than her colleagues there, but some of her incendiary remarks are not as moderate as her demeanor suggests.

The Ripple Effect: Europe’s chain reaction

By Aishwarya Jayadeep October 2, 2017

If ever I could point at something and call it a political chain reaction, it would be the series of elections in Europe this past year. In France, way back in May, Marine Le Pen’s pro-France-and-only-France...

Leone’s Chronicle: The decay of the freedom of speech

By Tanner Leone September 29, 2017

What happened to the freedom to express ourselves? Freedom of expression is a natural right. Article 19 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and...

The Hart of the Matter: Feminism as a trend

The Hart of the Matter: Feminism as a trend

By Lily Hartenstein September 27, 2017

Feminism is becoming a trend. Walk into any fast-fashion store and one can easily find a shirt with some vague feminist slogan printed on the front or a fun quote about being a “boss lady” to put in...

The Denome’s Advocate: Pay attention to Alabama

By Thomas Denome September 25, 2017

Contrary to what many people thought after June 20, special election season is not over quite yet. Come Dec. 12, Alabama will elect a senator to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who vacated the...

Brochures and infographics about mental health and relationships are available to students in the school office

The Impatient Patient: One in five teens affected, but what are resources provided?

By Renee Wang September 22, 2017

HHS prides itself on being a diverse campus, and rightfully so, with numerous clubs catering to every interest, ethnicity and more. Just as many institutions do across the country, however,  but there...

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