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Calmharm, Youper, and Headspace are three apps that can help to improve your day to day life and mental health awareness.

Heading off stress: Anxiety and relaxation apps (Review)

Summer Hollingsworth, Staff Writer April 17, 2019

In this day and age, technology, especially phones, in particular, can often get a bad rap. They’re perceived as being distractive objects, only used for social media. However, our devices can have many...

While phones can be a helpful resource, they have also become an addiction.  However, there are apps available to help limit and regulate how much time we are spending on are phones.

Blocking the temptation: Apps to help limit phone usage

Abigail Lindsay, Editor in Chief February 15, 2019

In a society filled with technology, we are constantly surrounded by the temptation of electronics.  Approximately 1.54 billion smartphones are bought each year worldwide according to Statista.com. ...

Vines co-founder has been working hard to create a new app similar to Vine, called Byte.  Byte is expected to be released in the early spring of 2019.

Byte: Will this be the return of Vine?

Parker Shabala, staff writer February 12, 2019

Millions were stunned when they heard of the shut down of the app Vine in 2016.  After raking in 200 million users in 2012 alone, both creators and viewers were devastated when Vine was taken down in...

Phones are often chosen over other forms of technology as a superior tool for studying. Their versitility in function crowns them as king of technology at Carlisle High School.

Technology and studying: Which device reigns supreme?

Cameron Fritz, Publications Manager January 14, 2019

It seems like every day something new is being invented and another device is being released to the public. For students who are taught something new every day, this constant stream of discovery should...

Keyboards of confusion: students struggle with their laptops as the school wifi changes yet again.

New and improved? WiFi updated at CHS

Shayna Rhoads, Staff Writer December 18, 2018

Carlisle High School changed their internet system over Thanksgiving break. Many students that use their own computers returned to find that there was no wireless internet for them to connect to. The system,...

The Student Helpdesk is located at room VO2. The Helpdesk serves both students and teachers.

Tech Support: Help or Hindrance? (Editorial)

Parker Shabala, staff writer November 8, 2018

When many students think of technology at school, the first thing that comes to mind is the constant issues with laptops. From class games of Kahoot to typing essays, school laptops are a necessity for...

CHS students take on different topics affecting the school.

Herd in the Halls: the transition from paper to digital

Carlin Diehl, Staff Writer September 17, 2018

“How do you feel about Carlisle High School transitioning from paper to digital assignments?” “I think it’s a good thing we are saving paper, but sometimes the technology doesn’t really cooperate.” ...

There is a variety of ways students cover their camera. Sticky notes and tape is a popular and easy option.

The real “Mr. FBI man”: trendy joke or threat to privacy?

Skylar Bowers, Student Life Editor April 3, 2018

  As modern technology advances, the meme culture expands. Each month a new meme appears to express a new funny topic or even a serious national debate. As the month of February came to an end,...

Sometimes students go to extreme measures to get good grades- even if it means risking their academic integrity.

Are students cheating or just using resources to their advantage? (Editorial)

Heidi Heinlein, Perspectives Editor March 23, 2018

Every year, on the first day of school, the teachers go over their individual class rules, and every first day of school, students hear the same thing, “Do not cheat, you are not helping yourself by...

Having Wi-Fi at school can be useful for furthering education but this poses a threat. The first step to ending cyberbullying is building firewalls to protect students.

Cyberbullying stops here: Wi-Fi restrictions keep school safe (Editorial)

Heidi Heinlein, Perspectives Editor January 29, 2018

Cyberbullying plagues schools nationwide but it is difficult for schools to combat abuse that is done behind a screen. Allowing school Wi-Fi access to the students committing these acts gives them the...

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