A twenty year old woman died of an asthma attack and her friends pushed her out of the car and drove off, leaving the body on the side of the road, in Georgia near one of the friend’s motor homes. Twenty...

Why would you need pepper spray at Placer High School? School is supposed to be a safe environment where parents and students should not have to worry about carrying any items of protection. In most...

Some high school students have gotten a little too com- fortable with the idea of sexual intercourse and where they “get cozy”. There have now been a couple rumors and sightings of high school students...

Google Chromebooks will be distributed to the Placer sophomore class of 2016, a decision made after a bill to adapt the states standard curriculum to that of Common Core standards testing was passed. These...

The U.S. is bustling with talk of military intervention in Syria due to the possibility of chemical weapons being implemented in their war by the Syrian government.   The civil war taking...

Although student rallies are free some freshman were tricked into buying tickets from seniors at Placers first rally. The action of selling tickets is not illegal but it is against the school educational...

There is always a concern for suicide prevention, but with recent events, it is time that students at Placer know that there is help available for any situation. “Where do you go if your home is a...

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is coming back toPlacerHigh Schoolto review if our school is staying up to date and following the correct curriculum.   WASC is one of...

Auburn has been spending a considerable amount of money, but more funding to the fire station and a new animal shelter might have to wait.   In the past year or two, theAuburninvesting has been...

The Pope Leaves theVaticanand Enters Retirement                                         Byron Lloyd   Pope Benedict XVI resigned on the morning of February...

Course preview day has been happening for a number of years now in order to allow students the opportunity to see what classes students would like to take next year. Course preview day is when all high...

With fatal shootings on the rise, it’s normal for the media to report on such events, but in the last three months the amount of shootings in the U.S. has surmounted passed what any American would expect. “Incidents...