The Freelancer <![CDATA[The Freelancer]]> en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:38:03 GMT 15 <![CDATA[Start later for education.]]> By Daniel Rhodes
“I know it’s early, but you have to pay attention.” Everyone has heard this from a first period teacher, but imagine if that quote ceased to exist. In fact, what if school didn’t start till a quar full story > ]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 21:09:00 GMT <![CDATA[The inconvenience of “An Inconvenient Truth”]]> By Sara Bollman
Sometimes the truth really is inconvenient. Perhaps this is why there has been such an uproar over the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and whether or not it has a place in the cl full story > ]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 21:05:00 GMT <![CDATA[Isn’t this place supposed to be civilized?]]> By Sara Bollman
For the first 15 years of my life, I was under the assumption that America was a civilized nation. I guess the validity of this statement depends essentially on your definition of “civilized.” Fo full story > ]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 21:04:00 GMT <![CDATA[Republicans are back]]> By Sara Bollman
The Republicans are at it again. Alumnus Ty Palmer is back. What in the name of all things red, white, and blue is going on? Meeting for the first time this year in September, Mountain V full story > ]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 21:02:00 GMT <![CDATA[ ]]>



The Freelancer recently entered the National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show competition at the national journalism convention.

The Freelancer received fourth place in its category for “General Excellence.”

full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 22:47:00 GMT <![CDATA[Anime fans freak]]> By Josh Gamble
When most people hear the word “convention” they think of over-weight, un-bathed geeks leaving their mother’s basement once a year to dress up like Spock and argue about the logistics of sci-fi shows. full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 22:15:00 GMT <![CDATA[Tennis players are 'love' -in it]]> By Anthony Fisher
U.S. Open. French Open. Wimbledon. MVHS Tennis. No matter how you serve it, tennis takes skill. “To be a great tennis player you must combine athleticism, mental toughness, heart, and the eye of full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 22:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[Anything you can do, I can do...]]> By Amber Shuttleworth
Like most high schools, Mountain View has stereotypes. Put aside who is cooler, sportier, or smartest, there’s still the age old question—who’s better when it comes to the battle of the sexes? Ho full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:57:00 GMT <![CDATA[Welcome to the 'Big Spud']]> By Sara Bollman
Life in the potato state can often seem somewhat lackluster. Between the general lack of excitement, illogical weather patterns, not to mention the stereotypes that go along with being an Idahoan, tee full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:55:00 GMT <![CDATA[School's a bore; we don't need more]]> By Aly Fawcett
Our six hour school day drags on long enough already. We definitely don’t need to be extending the number of hours we spend here. However, plenty of people would argue that high school students ne full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:51:00 GMT <![CDATA[Correction: White is not supreme]]> By Editorial Board
In the April edition of “The Freelancer”, an article including statistics about the racial diversity of Boise in comparison to New York City might have contained a questionable use of terms. A sidebar full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:40:00 GMT <![CDATA[Laptop rules clarified]]> By Nick Fisk
Living in this age of techhnology, schools like Mountain View are struggling to control computer security . Recently, school network technician Eric Frost reminded teachers of the consequences f full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[Teen party leads to sexual assualt]]> By Nick Fisk
Five seconds is enough time to make a basket, open your locker, or start your car. Now, it is becoming more common for five seconds to be enough time to turn your head and have someone slip something full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 21:20:00 GMT <![CDATA[Correction]]> By Editorial Board
In the April edition of “The Freelancer”, an article including statistics about the racial diversity of Boise in comparison to New York City might have contained a questionable use of terms. A sidebar full story > ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:54:00 GMT