Natalia Vega 
Staff writer
  Bonneville High School’s Foreign exchange students come from many different places. The school always welcomes them. Ines Ferrin Ropero is one of the many exchange students Bonneville has this year. Ropero is from a little town in Spain. The school in Spain for Ropero is “the worst thing ever” because there are no school sports or activities, and they cannot choose their desired subjects. The teachers in Spain were really exigent, so Ropero used to study five to six hours every day to maintain her grades. During the weekends in Spain, Ropero would study even more instead of going out with friends. Since school was her priority, she did not go out much on the weekends or spend time with friends. Here in the United States, Ropero absolutely loves school here. Ropero’s favorite thing about school in the U.S are the teachers because they are really nice and care about the students. Ropero could not choose the school neither in the country because she got a scholarship. Half of the scholarships were for Canada and half for the U.S. When Ropero first came to the U.S, she thought that people were not going to be that nice, but then she realized they are the kindest people she had ever met. Ropero’s favorite subject at BHS is biology because they do plenty of different activities. Her least favorite subject is math because she has already learned everything. Here in the U.S for the weekends Ropero hangs out with her friends, and they all love doing different things like laser tag, ice skating, and bowling. During her freetime she likes to go to the mountains or go on walks here in Idaho. In Spain, Ropero has one younger brother, and here in the U.S she has four host siblings.

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​Ash Merritt
Editor-in-Chief
“Emy’s bald.. you're going to stay bald.”
“Bell work it quickly.” 
“You look dead, more than normal.”
“Keep your eye there until I strangle.” 
“You're going to spot treat your eyes!”
“I'm moving to Canada!” *starts singing Canada song* 
“Guess who may or may not have gotten a new cat.” 
“How did that go in backwards? That doesn't make sense.”
“People just memorize things.”
“She’s everything and rambled.” 
“Are you adopted? No. Well, your brother told me.” 
“Of course she likes the taste of her enemies’ tears.”
“Don't leave your standards here!”
“Are you a Benadryl dealer?” 
“They don’t need context. I am the context.”
“He’s the epitome of a white man without being white.”
“I have rizzem with the tism.” 
“I got these new mints. They taste like Florida. They are kinda gross.” 
“I want taverns built into preschools.” 
“Your personality is like decaf coffee. You are there, but nobody wants you.”

Aaliyah Garcia
Staff Writer
“I don’t listen to the IRS.”
“How does this relate to sketchbooks? … It makes you emotional.”
“Mmm, synonym rolls just like grammar used to make.”
“Your hair is fuzzy … I like your hair.”
“It’s called the golden spiral ... I’m on a spiral, and I’m golden.”
“Mother, I identify strongly with that bee.”
“I can read cursive because of the swoops.”
“Barry is in the body bag.”
“It’s fuzzy, and it flies, Mom, so I don't know how it got in there.”
“He has sticky fingers.”
“You're such a doll, with no Ken though.”
“Someone crashed into my new Tesla.”
“I left my dump truck on the side of Walmart.”
“She looks like Faze Rug’s mom.”
“I have a fear of cotton balls.”
“Why are you going in there like you're a snack?”
“I need a Katina bowl from Taco Bell.”
“I need a break after working with slimy rodents.”
“In the club, we all fam.”
“Can you help me with my homework?… No, I'm watching TikTok.”
“Can I steal the Grinch … No, he’s not for sale.”
“I can bite my whole cheek, and I would not feel a thing.”
“No computer for a month … But what about my chromebook?”
“I will pee on your keyboard if you don’t move the seats back.”
“So a relative pronoun is like my grandma?”

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Anna Kidd
Assistant Editor 
“If you die, do we get a replacement teacher?”  “I would hope so, but you'll never find another Smock like me.”

“I forget sometimes the world is not flat.”

“It just waffed into my nostrils every time.”

“Were you not the kid that sniffed everything?”

“You're such a fish Ava. Wait- Guys I said fish not the other word-”

“I am going to steal your spleen.”

“Stop holding the leg so threatening.”

“We are off to see the evil queen! Bye guys!!”

“Have you ever had corn before?”

“You don’t look like a bowl cut loser.”

“You're shiny in that box man.” “Thank you, I am a shiny box.”

“I'm falling into my sad girl fall era crying and listening to rap.”

“I really like your sweat.”

“He's hot, sweating, and smoking??” “Smoking out the mouth” “Like a human dragon”

“Would you rather have a llama sized hammers or a llama size wait-” 

“If we work together maybe we can conjure The Force to strangle him”

“I am just gravitationally challenged.”

“Wow she's 3 dimensional ”

“You have been unblessed.” “Did you just unbless me?” “No.” “You liar.”

“Heavens no, fork yes”

“Everyone calm down” “I am calm like a fork in the summertime.”

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Ashlynn Morgan
Staff Writer​
Praises to staying home from school - Punches to missing notes and assignments
Praises to listening to music during class - Punches to not hearing what the teacher said
Praises to going to football games - Punches to them being crowded and cold
Praises to painting nails - Punches to the nails chipping a day later
Praises to getting bangs - Punches to windy days revealing your forehead
Praises to going camping - Punches to getting mosquito bites
Praises to the end of school - Punches to school starting
Praises to going to a friends house for lunch - Punches to being late to fifth hour
Praises to taking a mental health day - Punches to getting sick the day after
Praises to watching scary movies - Punches to staying up too late
Praises to wanting to go to a dance - Punches to not having a group and not getting asked
Praises to scrolling on Instagram - Punches to getting distracted for hours
Praises driving around with friends - Punches paying for gas
Praises to reading a book  - Punches to realizing there is only one in the series
Praises to turning in homework on time - Punches to realizing you did it wrong
Praises to buying food with friends - Punches to being broke
Praises to Halloween and Christmas time - Punches to it being cold and windy outside
Praises to walking to school - Punches to twisting an ankle
Praises to going to bed early - Punches to not being able to fall asleep
Praises to reading a book for a class - Punches to having to write an essay about it
Praises to learning a new song for choir - Punches to losing your voice
Praises to going to a concert - Punches to spending all your money on merch
Praises to going to the fair - Punches to everything being expensive
Praises to getting paid - Punches to spending all your money
Praises to getting ready in the morning - Punches to it being 3 a.m.
Praises to having an alarm - Punches to snoozing it a dozen times
Praises to sleeping in - Punches to missing school

Laramee Minor     
Social Media Manager 
  With the next presidential election being less than three months away, American citizens were eagerly awaiting the first debate between former President Donald J. Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris which took place on September 10, 2024. 
  The United States Presidential Debates are a series of debates that are held before the presidential election. Both candidates have committed supporters and contrasting policies, so it was a shock to no one when tension grew between the Republican and Democratic sides. 
According to several flash polls, the majority of registered voters who watched the debate saw Kamala Harris as the winner. The data showed that most viewers believed that Harris outperformed Trump. Many also declared that she outdid Joe Biden’s performance when he went on stage to debate Trump. According to post poll data, most debate watchers proclaimed Harris won in a 63% to 37% poll, and the same voters were fairly evenly split before the debate started. After the event, around 96% of Harris supporters agreed that their contender did a much better job, whereas a smaller percentage of 69% of Trump supporters who watched the debate said that he did a better job. 
 There are many reasons why voters are strongly opinionated on who the better candidate is but a main reason is policy and these two candidates have extremely different policies. Policies regarding immigration, gun control, and healthcare are three themes that have been the topic of discussion for years so it is no surprise that Trump and Harris are clashing over these as well. For example, when it comes to immigration, Harris and Trump have differing approaches to border security. Both of them have increased border security during their time in office. Harris wants to introduce a bill that would increase the number of border security agents, while Trump wants to focus on deportation and completing the wall at the border. Another example of the two candidates conflicting is the conversation on gun control. Harris would like to implement pre-purchase background checks for anyone under the age of twenty-one, as well as introduce the Bipartisan Safer Communicates Act. The Act would help create solutions to reduce domestic and community violence as well as help introduce solutions to address mass and school shootings. Additionally, the Act would add funding to improve mental health problems that affect young people.  On the other hand, Trump wants to expand concealed carrying rights, which would allow permit holders to drive across state lines without restrictions or permits.  Lastly, healthcare is another point of discussion for the two candidates. Harris has been clear about her support for expanding and protecting Medicare, so that more patients have access and rights to healthcare that is affordable. On the other side of this debate, Trump tried and was successful several times in cutting funding for Medicare. Either way, both parties are confident that their policies are the best next steps for the country.
  After the results of the first presidential debate, Trump stated that he will not be joining Harris on another debate stage again, even though Harris has said she’s ready for the next one anytime.  No matter who the citizens of the United States see as the right candidate for the country, it appears that the majority sided with Harris after the first debate.

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Eden McIsaac
Staff Writer
“I am the coolest frog in the land. Yes, hippity, hoppity!”
“They're not even fish; they're guppies.”
“I could have gotten a foot-long cookie.”
“I am an expo marker.”
“It is the rats that are driving by.”
“Sparkles make everything better. Yes, I am deceased and dying, but I am sparkly.”
“Levi, you better answer these emails!”
“You do not have to be creative; you just have to have enough dad in you.”
“Or, you could just become an ordained minister.”
“We should let the ants take over.”
“I am on a seafood diet. I see food, and I eat it.”
“If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?”
“The German and Italy wanted mother, Africa.”
“That o is an a. You suck at spelling.”
“Is that strawberry flavored? No, it’s gun powdered flavored.”
“His name is carrot.”
“I don't understand why she wants to be a balloon. It's just a balloon.”
“I promise that tissue is clean, but it sure doesn't look like it.”
“Shouldn't OCD be CDO, so it is in alphabetical order?”
“You guys wanna make words?”

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