Cats captivate people. They have for millenia, and I doubt their bewitching qualities will begin to diminish now. The Egyptians wittily named the...

No, Johonna Fish (11) is not a fan of fish. However, she will eat “anything Chinese American or with noodles.” Upon being asked what she could dedicate...

Apparently, Carson Nutter’s diet does not solely consist of Nutter Butters. Like Waterman, his favorite food is fettuccine alfredo. Speaking of Nutter’s...

Gabbie Waterman, whose favorite food is not water nor watermelon (it is fettuccine alfredo), is a senior at Homestead. However, her craziest memory of...

“The most bizarre experience so far that I have experienced at Homestead was the second day of school. Everyone was soaked from head to toe. My sister...

Megan Beckman, known as Magistra to her students, is SACS’s Teacher of the Year. It is a just title for the Latin teacher. Beckman teaches Latin courses...

To drive alone, on a rainy night, will often consolidate the soul. The vibrations of the music bring inner peace while the watery glisten of warm light...

Created in 1970, the Dawn of the Contemporary Hippie, Earth Day grows in popularity each year. It serves as a reminder of one’s environmental sins; with...

Living in cities, rather than the suffocating intimacy of villages, proves valuable. Instead of conforming to the dominant culture, individuals can thrive...

Though transportation has shifted from horses to cars, people’s storage methods have remained the same. Rather than modern-day “parking,” the first...

      Sixty-seven percent of ceramic toads today are in ruin. The forgotten gnomes of our culture, these stone creatures suffer mainly two fates: decaying...

You cannot choose your family; but, you can choose your friends. Thus, Friendsgiving is the perfect excuse to commemorate your bonds with excessive indulgence...

If you’re going to be breathing hot air into your own face for at least seven hours a day, you might as well look sharp while doing it.  From floral...

The only successful psychologists are the ones in marketing. Like a falcon following the vast, forking trails from above, marketeers pinpoint the consumer’s...

Everyone has seen those Forever 21 t-shirts. You know, the ones that say “DON’T TALK TO ME WITHOUT MY COFFEE.” Yikes. However, this sentiment is...

Doves. Did you think of purity, nature and even happiness? Or did you think of the Pope, weddings and magic tricks? Doves, however “harmless” they...

Levi’s Story: When Isaac and I were in preschool our parents would dress us alike. After a few days, they got a call from the preschool saying that...

        The crimson color rose high in the sky, illuminating the dark streets, exposing every secret desire through the manipulation of capitalistic...

For this issue of the Spartana, we decided to look into the lives of four pairs of twins at Homestead. Ian Smith (10) Being a twin is definitely a lot...

Erika: Last year in July we went to Colorado and were backpacking in the Rocky Mountains. All of a sudden our leader got all serious, and goes, ‘look...