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Sixteen of the AP exams will be fully digital in 2025. These exams fall into the arts and humanities category, with exceptions being AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles and AP Environmental Science. Twelve will be hybrid exams—virtually all math or science—ranging from AP Calculus classes to AP Biology. For arts, language and music AP tests, the audio components of the tests will remain unchanged.
AP goes digital
Beatrix Lozach, staff reporter • October 26, 2024
The eldest members of the class of ‘25 will vote in their first presidential election on Nov. 5.
A new class of ballots
October 22, 2024
Graphic of a declined voter registration card. The card symbolizes the challenges new Texas voters face when trying to reach the polls.
Texas’ dubious distinction
Chloe Lewcock, editor-in-chief • November 4, 2024

I filled out the register-to-vote form exactly two months before my birthday. As a September-born Virgo, and technically out of my own resignation a summer birthday, the prospect...

A 'Brat' election
A ‘Brat’ election
October 25, 2024
Coach Gammerdinger and several players survey their work on the field over this summer, moving one step closer to a grassy field
Construction of turf field delayed
Priya Thoppil, news editor • November 5, 2024

The school year has started, but McCallum is left with the same grass field as last year, leaving some puzzled about the delay of the turf field that was set to be finished...

Fleischer (No. 80) huddles up with his teammates as they took on Pflugerville at Pflugerville High School on Oct. 12.
From Germany to game day
October 29, 2024
Junior Julia Lentz races the five-kilometer course at the UIL District 24-5A Championship, Oct. 11.
Season almost complete
October 11, 2024
 Knight and Shield editors, Karen Behrens and Cathy Croft prepare to guard the victory bell.
Spirit high for homecoming
Mary Gonzalez, staff reporter • October 24, 2024

Tonight the McCallum Knights will clash for that traditional clangor, the Victory Bell, in the annual rivalry against the Travis Rebels. The bell represents the eighteenth...

Josh Hinsdale poses with his "roommate" and fellow stylish hat enthusiast, Willie Nelson.
On the phone again
July 11, 2024
Piano teacher Kate Wiley checks on the progress of junior Harper Wade during seventh-period piano class on Oct. 24 in the piano portable.
Chords, crawfish and kickball
Elizabeth Nation, staff reporter • October 30, 2024

Kate Wiley has many jobs such as coaching kickball, offering private piano lessons and running a crawfish truck, but her favorite is teaching piano at McCallum. Ever since...

Kevin Abstract preforming his ACL set on Sunday during ACL's first weekend
ACL setlist disappoints
Sophia Manos and Adele Seeboth October 9, 2024

This year's Austin City Limits lineup falls short and fails to reach its target audience. ACL has been a staple in Austin’s vibrant music scene for more than 49 years, and...

ONE LAST BATTLE CRY:
Seniors Joe Colaleo and Theo Northcutt dressed as Mario and Waluigi cheer hard as they win their last senior battle cry. 

“I was very excited and happy because we had just won,” Colaleo said. “Now that I look back on it, it feels a little sad knowing I can’t go to another one.”

Colaleo said although the moment was bittersweet, it’s also nice to know other things in life are coming up.

Colaleo and his two friends said they dressed as Mario characters because it was a simple and fun costume idea. 

“I decided on the costume because it’s so iconic and recognizable,” Colaleo said. 

Caption by Josie Linton.
Students, faculty convene campus costume party
Julia Copas, Josie Linton, Sienna Martens, Katie Martin, Harper Maxwell, Elizabeth Nation, Mira Patel, Eva Sanchez, and Wren Vanderford November 5, 2024

This year, McCallum celebrated Halloween and Dia de los Muertos alongside MacTheatre’s inaugural Fairytale Ball, a replacement for the longstanding Princess Tea Party and...

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At the Texas Tribune Festival this September, three Deans of journalism schools in universities around the U.S. sat down to discuss how their schools are addressing current issues in journalism, and how they are training future journalists. Rachel Davis Mersey serves as Interim Provost at the University of Texas at Austin and Chair of the School of Journalism and Media and is an expert on the influence of digital media on community-building and understanding the information needs of different audiences. Graciela Mochkofsky is Dean of the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is a contributing writer for The New Yorker, authoring seven nonfiction books. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, a staff writer at The New Yorker and received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS “Frontline” film “Whose Vote Counts?” In their discussion, Mersey, Mochkofsky and Cobb focused on three salient issues in journalism: the safety of student journalists, the role of social media in journalism and the relevance of journalism in today’s society. Video by Mira Patel.
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