The Marquee

Dealing with a diagnosis: Holly Riggs

Senior describes ongoing battle with anxiety

Kelly Rowe, Entertainment Editor, Sports Editor • February 14, 2017

She couldn’t seem to catch her breath. Senior Holly Riggs stuttered, stumbled over words and felt as if her world was caving in on itself. The annoyed voices of her friends rung in her ears, causing...

Dealing with a diagnosis: Rae Crabtree

Junior shares discovery of anxiety disorder

Kelly Rowe, Entertainment Editor, Sports Editor • February 14, 2017

Pins and needles filled her body feet first as Junior Rae Crabtree stood on the wings of the auditorium stage. But, this wasn’t stage fright. She was accustomed to the risk and thrill of performing....

Epidemic of anxiety

School, future play a role in increase in teenage anxiety levels

Aidann Zuniga and Cara Crocker • January 27, 2017

In a poll taken by 300 students, over 20 percent have been to a doctor for their anxiety concerns. This is over twice the national average in teens. Students chose the terms “school” and “future”...

LISD needs to include sexual assault in curriculum

Staff Editorial • December 12, 2016

The most current and alarming statistics by NCTSN are that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be victims of sexual assault before 18. With over 52,000 students in LISD, this is an issue that some students...

Breaking the silence

Junior girls share their stories about sexual assault

Michelle Mullings, Feature Editor, Online Editor • December 12, 2016

Solo cups, ping pong balls, empty handles of vodka and drunk bodies of 20-something-year-olds littered the living room apartment. The once lively mood of the party had lulled into a quiet daze as 2:00...

Black and blue

Pastor also serves his community as law enforcement officer

Michelle Mullings, Feature Editor, Online Editor • October 24, 2016

Every Sunday, senior Destiny McNeil worships at Grace Missionary Baptist Church. Her stepfather, Pastor Maurice Floyd, stands tall behind his podium onstage. Warm morning light floods through the stained...

Summer stirs racial tensions

Controversies spark over police shooting of African-Americans

Bailey Crocker, Online Editor, News Editor • October 14, 2016

July 5 Baton Rouge, LA African-American male, Alton Sterling, 37, was fatally shot after being held on the ground by two Baton Rouge police officers. Officers Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni responded...

Beyond the Prejudice

Darci Walton, Writer • February 3, 2016

American pride and high spirits filled the halls of Lamar Middle School as senior Maha Ali walked into her seventh grade Texas History class on May 2, 2011. Earlier that morning, news broke that al-Qaeda...

Between Two Cultures

Michelle Mullings, Online Editor, Feature Editor • January 29, 2016

Growing up in Flower Mound, Assistant Principal Dr. Erum Shahzad was a brown girl in a white town. While she didn’t see herself as being different, when she moved to Marcus her junior year she was given...

Here come the brides

Rachel Ramirez, Editor in chief • October 6, 2015

On Jun. 26, Rebecca Landry locked herself in her office at work, turned up the volume on her computer and watched history in the making. She was live streaming the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage,...

Chasing Perfection

Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief • April 8, 2015

Tamara Castaneda walked into the Main Street Bread Baking Company in Grapevine to meet her son, graduate Nick Chase, for brunch. He had abruptly chosen to stop going to college, and she was going to ask...

Love isn’t black and white

Alex Helm, Copy editor • April 7, 2015

Junior Gabbi Morris was speechless. A girl had just told her that she shouldn’t be dating her boyfriend, junior Bryce Osborne. But her reason why was what made Morris cringe. “I had an African-American...