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Tiger Times

The School Newspaper of Texas High School

Tiger Times

Victoria Van

Victoria Van, editor in chief

Victoria is one half of the “Dream Team” as online editor in chief of the Tiger Times newspaper with Joseph Rodgers. She’s juggling the responsibilities of Art Club president, HOSA and NAHS vice president and her numerous AP classes. Whenever she’s not staying after school, she can typically be found painting whatever she creatively desires while listening to music off her record player. She lives the double life as a creative artist and nerd. Victoria survives off spicy chicken Ramen noodles and meticulously organizing her vast collection of colorful pens and Post-it notes.

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Senior Connor Nations is pursuing his pilot's license while taking the aviation mechanics class. Aviation mechanics students examined the inside of a plane in the hangar of SAU Tech.

Spreading their wings

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
February 9, 2019
Gracing the world with art

Gracing the world with art

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
January 28, 2019
Photo by Merideth Stanfill

Painting the town

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
January 25, 2019
Junior Kerrighan Dunn is traveling across the court with possession of the ball. The Lady Tigers won their most recent game on Jan. 11.

The better tiger

Story by Jhovany Perez and Victoria Van
January 15, 2019
Insane for Deranged

Insane for Deranged

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
December 22, 2018
Graphic by Victoria Van

Helping hands

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
December 8, 2018
Scenery on a grand scale

Scenery on a grand scale

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
November 21, 2018
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[Photo] Thanksgiving discussions

Story by Salem Karr, staff writer
November 20, 2018
Texas High student Senior Paisley Allen poses proudly with her "I voted" sticker. Midterm elections ended at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Exercising voting rights

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
November 7, 2018
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Finding strength in art

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
November 2, 2018
Stroke of creativity

Stroke of creativity

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
October 10, 2018
Polish surgeons perform surgery on a patient in the "operating theatre" as it's known as in Europe.

Medical internship in Europe

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
October 9, 2018
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[Photo] Restoring the glory

Story by Peyton Sims, staff writer
October 3, 2018
While working at Golden Corral, senior Miracle Watson refills the sweet tea container.

Miss Independent

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
September 29, 2018
Student worker Eduardo Garcia prepares the grill by using vegetable oil to start the flames.

Handling the heat

Story by Misty Lopez and Victoria Van
September 29, 2018
Mrs. Martin's students in the Math and Science building sit outside of class. There was a suspected gas leak that was caused by sewage water evaporating from the pipes in the sinks of the science classrooms.

A smelly situation

Story by Victoria Van and Jhovany Perez
September 5, 2018
Students are no longer allowed access to the internet through the STUDENT-NET WiFI. This decision materialized after discussion about the amount of bandwidth being used for non-instructional purposes.

A lost connection

Story by Joseph Rodgers and Victoria Van
August 12, 2018
Jamming it out

Jamming it out

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
August 3, 2018
Reporting for academic duty

Reporting for academic duty

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
June 26, 2018
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[Photo] A piece of history

Story by Joseph Rodgers, editor in chief
June 5, 2018
Time to destress

Time to destress

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
May 31, 2018
WHY DO YOU VAPE?

[Photo] The next airbenders

Story by Madison Brown and Misty Lopez, managing editor and in-depth editor
May 25, 2018
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[Photo] Helping others through surgery

Story by Joseph Asher, staff writer
May 24, 2018
Senior Brendan Jackson is practicing his long jump during a track competition. Jackson has been part of track and field, boxing and taekwondo for many years.

Strengthening dedication

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
May 23, 2018
graphic by Victoria Van

Unraveling my DNA

Story by Victoria Van, editor in chief
May 22, 2018
The basis of the ketogenic food diet consists of high fat intake and low carbs. This diet has been popularized by many Americans.

[Photo] The ke-to losing weight

Story by TJ Wall, sports editor
May 17, 2018
Ways to go zero waste

Ways to go zero waste

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 23, 2018
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[Photo] Mentally ill about the mentally ill

Story by Emma Anderson, staff writer
April 17, 2018
Art Club members draw portraits of children from an orphanage in Afghanistan to send back to them for the Memory Project. Portraits will be sent in May.

The memory project

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 13, 2018
Holding her own crafted thank-you card, sophomore Sophia Conkleton shows her creativity and thoughtfulness. She has been sending these cards to many branches of the military for months.

Signed, sealed and delivered with love

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 11, 2018
An attendee of the Equality Speaks event plays guitar on the ground of the pavilion. The event was held this past Saturday, and was meant to bolster positive representation for LGBT people.

Speaking out through creativity

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 5, 2018
Photo from Billboard.com

Surpassed my ‘Expectations’

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
April 3, 2018
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[Photo] The scandals of JFK

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
April 2, 2018
There will be a YESS Equality event held on Saturday at Spring Lake Park. Everyone is welcome to come out and enjoy student art and poetry.

Equality speaks

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
March 29, 2018
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[Photo] Huddling together

Story by Matthew Martin, staff writer
March 27, 2018
Junior Victoria Van paints a  dog in vivid colors to be donated to the local animal shelter.

Spreading paw-sitivity

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
March 21, 2018
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[Photo] Not-so-honest Abe

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
March 20, 2018
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[Photo] Crescendoing choir experiences

Story by Amanda Garmon, staff writer
March 8, 2018
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[Photo] I’ll never sit still

Story by Savannah Downs, staff writer
March 6, 2018
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[Photo] Our founding fraud

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
March 2, 2018
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[Photo] Generations of generalizations

Story by Cameron Murry, staff writer
March 1, 2018
Art students pose with awards earned and their creations from the Visual Arts Scholastic Event or V.A.S.E.  These student competed with other art students from region at Pleasant Grove High School this past weekend.

A surreal experience

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
February 27, 2018
Time to shine

Time to shine

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
February 12, 2018
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[Photo] New age wave

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
February 8, 2018
graphic by Victoria Van

Easy Super Bowl foods

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
February 1, 2018
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[Photo] The ‘evolution’ of Youtube

Story by Molly Kyles, staff writer
January 31, 2018
A contestant runs with his dog during the annual Six Leg Fun Run and 5K. This event was held on Jan. 28, and was intended to bring in donations for the local animal shelters.

Cut to the chase

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
January 31, 2018
HOSA is donating pet supplies to the local animal shelter, and will be accepting donations until Feb. 8.

Bon a-pet-treat

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
January 25, 2018
Senior Karissa Smith works on her painting for VASE, which is a scholastic art competition for high school students. They will submit their work on Feb. 24.

Visualizing Masterpieces

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
January 25, 2018
photo courtesy of falloutboy.com

No thanks for the memories

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
January 23, 2018
earworms

[Photo] The science of earworms

Story by Emma Anderson, staff writer
January 22, 2018
seniors

[Photo] Our next steps

Story by Celeste Anderson, editor in chief
January 17, 2018
Lady Tigers claw to victory

Lady Tigers claw to victory

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
January 16, 2018
columbus

[Photo] Columbus: hero or villain?

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
January 10, 2018
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[Photo] Is it all in your head?

Story by Emma Anderson, staff writer
January 9, 2018
Astounding the audience, freshman Jurman Williams smoothly drops his body to the music during a pep rally.

Struck by a smooth dancer

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
December 28, 2017
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[Photo] Behaving opposite of obedient

Story by Maddie Anderson, staff writer
December 15, 2017
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[Photo] Damsels not in distress

Story by Emilee Slayton, staff writer
December 6, 2017
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[Photo] The worry that consumes

Story by Joseph Asher, staff writer
December 5, 2017
Art Club delivers paintings to the Friendship Center in hopes of creating a better atmosphere. Art Club is currently selling candy to raise money to participate in a competition.

More than a work of art

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
November 30, 2017
Estephanie Olvera, sells sells hot chocolate to senior Vice President of HOSA Vy Doan.

Hot chocolate, anybody?

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
November 29, 2017
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[Photo] Goin’ Outback

Story by April Alvarado, staff writer
November 21, 2017
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[Photo] ‘Andi Mack’ makes LGBTQ history

Story by Madison Brown, entertainment editor
November 10, 2017
Seniors Mason Higginbotham, CJ Swift, and Kenan Parker admire each other's costumes during the annual Feast and Follies celebration.

Poets and peasants

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
November 9, 2017
Moving past the storm

Moving past the storm

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
November 8, 2017
submitted photo

The long road home

Story by Victoria Van, entertainment editor
November 5, 2017
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