![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
Twitter drama is all the rage these days.
Accounts that have been created include Cedar Park Anon and Cedar Park Problems. Pages post everything under the sun, from drama to personal attacks to humorous posts. With the anonymous nature, there’s no knowing who the mastermind behind the madness is.
A new account that appeared last week, Cedar Park Posts, took a new approach. The account posted its password on the page, opening up a portal for all students to secretly share their deepest, darkest drama. Some students saw the appeal, while others saw the negative potential. One student saw the flaw in the system and deleted the account just as anonymously as it had been created.
Although no serious bullying has been reported, there is definitely potential for more than just hurt feelings. The seemingly-joking manner can quickly turn for the worst when students are repeatedly targeted.
Common names seem to appear repeatedly in the news feed. It seems that some students are just asking to be talked about, and Twitter is the perfect place for attention-hungry high schoolers to get their fix.
Lately, the drama has extended to other students in Leander ISD. Vandegrift seems to be one of the recurring targets for drama. Now that bored students must find some other unhealthy creative outlet, the rival between schools has extended beyond the football field and onto social media.
The appeal is far and wide. Everybody wants to be a part of it, any nobody is hesitant to jump in. Once you’re in, there’s no getting out.
Some accounts, namely Cedar Park Gossip Girl, had short-lived glory days. Last semester the page popped up in the midst of a plethora of other accounts. When a page has plenty to say but nothing to offer, students aren’t interested.
Students of Cedar Park High School, we do not attend St. Jude or St. Clarence. There is no “Gossip Girl” among us. Let’s rise above the drama before we all become the Blair Waldorfs and Dan Humphreys of Cedar Park’s elite.
