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The student news site of James Bowie High School

The Dispatch
The student news site of James Bowie High School

The Dispatch
Asher Hagan

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Art/Graphics

Hello my name is Asher Hagan, I am a senior at Bowie, and my pronouns are they/them. This year I am the Executive Editor of Art and Graphics and this is my third year on staff. I enjoy making art (obviously). I also like watching movies and binging TV shows. I have two cats named Littie and Momo. I am excited to get to know the people on staff and contribute to a hopefully great newspaper this year!

All content by Asher Hagan
FAFSA delays art Asher

[Photo] FAFSA delays cause missed chances

Madeleine Travis, Commentary Editor
June 9, 2024
CAKE TO THE FACE: Lillian Joy, Tess Roadman and Caroline Otstott end the play Crimes of the Heart by smearing cake onto each others face. They are participating in Bowie’s one-act plays, short productions directed by seniors that delve into emotional topics.

Seniors use their shows as a platform for awareness

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Arts & Graphics
May 17, 2024

Bowie students advance careers in Animation III class

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Art/ Graphics
May 14, 2024
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[Photo] Hip Hop: Raps and Rhymes Changing Times

Mazzy Warren, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2024
Senior Goodbye: Asher Hagan

Senior Goodbye: Asher Hagan

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Arts & Graphics
April 20, 2024
HOT ONES: Assistant Principal Hector Munoz bites into a hot chicken wing during a Business Professionals of America fund raiser. Hot Ones was a fund raiser put on by BPA to raise funds for travel and competition expenses for the year.

Club to career pipelines run through Bowie

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Arts & Graphics
March 7, 2024
Want to make a complaint? Call the Americans with Disabilities Act compliance checker at (626)-486-2201 with your concerns.

[Photo] Out of commission

Emerson Traugott
February 28, 2024
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[Photo] Styling self love

Mazzy Warren, Print Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2024
Bowie has many resources to help students pursue language, no matter when you start. These include language classes and Honor Societies

Bulldogs got language

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Art/Graphics
January 22, 2024
Title X serves as an affordable healthcare program, for those who do not have health insurance. As of December 2022, when Title X was overruled, Texans can no longer rely on health centers to provide for their contraception needs.

[Photo] The battle for contraception continues

Emerson Traugott, Executive Editor: Photography
December 15, 2023
AROUND THE TABLES: Lit Club members Katherine Kuster, Maddy Shaw, Clyde Warren, and Addisyn Simmons listen to each other as they discuss the latest novel they read that week. Lit Club meets every Tuesday after school. Since their establishment, club members have read many different works, ranging from Animal Farm by George Orwell to Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

Book Clubs turn to a new chapter

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Art/Graphics
December 8, 2023
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[Photo] Acknowledging appropriation

Mazzy Warren, Editor-In-Chief
December 7, 2023
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[Photo] Special session sparks debate

Charlotte Koellner, Executive Editor: Content
November 28, 2023
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[Photo] STUDENT READERS: Shoved off the shelves

Mazzy Warren, Editor-In-Chief
October 27, 2023
The response to the threat was problematic is because it violated students’ and staff’s right to show up to school feeling safe. This includes the right to know if any activity might hinder their security.

[Photo] Poor communication causes tension

Editorial Team
October 19, 2023
Every year Bowie takes in several exchange students from various countries around the world. These students come to America, and to Bowie, for many different reasons.

New year, new exchange students

Asher Hagan, Executive Editor: Art/Graphics
October 17, 2023
HB114 redirects students into a District Alternative Education Program (DAEP) if they are caught under the influence on or near campus. They will also be sent to a DAEP for selling and delivering addictive products on, or around, campus.

[Photo] State law introduces new vape policy

Gabby Bochey, Dispatch Reporter
October 9, 2023
The required sequence of communication and verification between levels of administration within AISD slowed the opportunity for instant communication with parents, students, and staff.

[Photo] Threat highlights communication flaws

Emerson Traugott, Executive Editor: News
October 2, 2023
Statistics clearly show the influence social media has on the teenage brain. The correlation between social media use and negative responses has been tracked in multiple studies.

[Photo] Stuck in the social media wormhole

Mazzy Warren, Managing Editor
July 19, 2023
In a trend of successful video game movie adaptations, The Super Mario Bros movie has become the second highest grossing animated movie of all time, grossing 1.3 Billion worldwide.

[Photo] Fan-favorite video game is produced into an animation

Fiona Padalino, Dispatch Reporter
June 29, 2023
Despite the fact that many movies and shows associated with the Marvel saga leave their audiences starstruck, the newest Guardians of the Galaxy film completely exceeds that expectation.

[Photo] Latest Marvel movie hits the theaters

Claire Scott, Review Editor
July 6, 2023
If the people of Texas truly wanted this bill to be passed, if they truly wanted to “protect the children,” they would be there testifying in favor of HB 1686, but they weren’t there.

Anti-LGBTQ attacks in Texas need to stop

Asher Hagan, Commentary Editor
May 23, 2023
Abortion restrictions have controlled American women's bodies for years. For some, this ensures women and children's safety. To many others, it's a tyrannical method to strengthen officials' power over women's bodies.

[Photo] American women struggle under abortion bills

Emily Loewe, Staff Writer
May 18, 2023
The Last of Us is not just about surviving through the apocalypse, it’s about the bond and connection between the characters and how they will do anything to help their loved ones make it in this dangerously violent world.

[Photo] Latest HBO addiction becomes a watch-worthy hit show

Alex Edwards, Online Managing Editor
March 28, 2023
Glass Onion deserves its time in the spotlight. You’re in for a treat filled with astounding acting, a captivating storyline, and aesthetically pleasing island-like set.

[Photo] New murder mystery lures in viewers

Claire Scott, Reviews Editor
March 30, 2023
This is the world we are being marched toward. One where America’s history and the cruelty of man are swept under the rug because educators are worried about fines and lawsuits that teaching history has the possibility of bringing.

[Photo] Theory & race stolen from education

Editorial Team
March 15, 2023
An increasing number of high schoolers have now joined the betting underworld and aren't planning to stop anytime soon.

[Photo] Rise in underage sports betting

Sam Vane, Sports Editor
March 14, 2023
We at the Dispatch beg, urge, and demand that voters and students alike take time out of their lives to vote and share their vote.

[Photo] Not voting leads to a country of chaos

Editorial Team
January 18, 2023
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[Photo] Election season presses forward

Mazzy Warren, Managing Editor
December 22, 2022
No person should be put in a prison that could put them in physical or mental danger. This includes transgender people.

Putting trans people in prisons that go against their preferred gender is dangerous

Asher Hagan, Arts/Graphics Editor
December 14, 2022
It wasn’t the greatest because there were only so many people in the show Sauron could have been, but it was still good and I liked the way they did it. 

Negative reviews revolving around the Rings of Power

Asher Hagan, Arts/Graphics Editor
December 6, 2022
26 minutes is far too short to make any sort of progress on classwork or ask questions, especially with 20+ students in a classroom with questions they need to ask the teacher too.

[Photo] FIT is not beneficial to the student body

Larkin Bock, J1 Reporter
December 14, 2022
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[Photo] Rocketry club blasts off to competition

Kate Davis, Managing Editor
December 21, 2022
The problem with this system is that students signing up for a FIT class that they don’t necessarily need help with, take seats from students who do.

[Photo] The new FIT system is frustrating and hard to use

Elizabeth Yowell, J1 Reporter
December 14, 2022
Incorporating extra burnout days shouldn't push back winter break at all, and it doesn't make any sense that they do.

[Photo] Calendar snowballs student holidays

Editorial Team
December 7, 2022
Democrats have seemingly defied expectations regarding their voter turnout. Days before voters were to express their opinions at the polls, outlets nationwide predicted a “Red Wave,” in which Democrats would lose all control over Congress. That Red Wave never crashed on the shore, as the rumor failed to become reality.

[Photo] Red Wave doesn’t hit the midterm shore

Mazzy Warren, Managing Editor
November 21, 2022
I find that this show stands out from typical movie genre combinations today. The Sandman is a mix of fantasy drama and supernatural horror, which can be captivating to many of the viewers.

[Photo] The Sandman sets new expectations

Claire Scott, Reviews Editor
November 9, 2022
Marvel needs more films and shows before making a big dramatic movie such as Endgame again. 

Backlash brews after the release of new Marvel projects

Asher Hagan, Arts/Graphics Editor
November 1, 2022
Strict rules and regulations in response to recent crisis lead to feelings of distrust, uncertainty, and fortitude.

[Photo] Increased security creates suspicion and concern

Editorial Team
October 17, 2022
Wrestling Art Asher Hagan

[Photo] Wrestling team recruits Lady Dawgs for upcoming year

Audrey Cullinane, Print staff
October 13, 2022
Millions of Americans nationwide are swamped in student loan debt; over 48 million people owe money, according to the Educational Data Initiative. In the wake of these economic struggles resulting from debt constraints, President Joe Biden has proposed multiple steps to attack long-lasting loan debt.

[Photo] Bulldogs pay attention to debt

Mazzy Warren, Print Managing Editor
October 25, 2022
It is pointless to put so much money into something that will not benefit a small number of people instead of putting the money toward something that will greatly increase student life campus-wide.

Bowie is misusing the 2022 bond money

Asher Hagan, Arts/Graphics Editor
October 4, 2022
It is pointless to put so much money into something that will not benefit a small number of people instead of putting the money toward something that will greatly increase student life campus-wide.

[Photo] A final farewell to a favorite local bakery

Charlotte Koellner, Print Staff
October 5, 2022
The Depp v. Heard case is a big mess

The Depp v. Heard case is a big mess

Asher Hagan, Commentary Editor
June 14, 2022
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[Photo] Elon Musk is buying Twitter for all the wrong reasons

Lily Bourgeois, Dispatch Reporter
June 14, 2022
I am a trans person, some of my friends are trans, and we are all still children, yet we are already hated for things that we did not choose to happen to us.

Texas bill threatens transgender youth

Audrey Hagan, Staff Writer
April 28, 2022
In D&D, everything is decided by dice. Players roll the dice and the number will decide the outcome of the game. There are seven dice all used for a different purpose.

[Photo] Dungeons & Dragons club

Daniel Arima, J1 Reporter
March 25, 2022
STRUMMING A TUNE: Sophomore Sharon Carson plays music on her guitar outside. Carson decided to pursue her interest in music, and that hobby has developed into a passion.

[Photo] Sophomore finds creative passion through a new hobby

Nicole Rooney, Entertainment Editor
March 15, 2022
Audrey Hagan's Piece titled "L'appel Du Vide".

[Photo] Twelve students advance to state art competition

Dylan Ebs, Feature Editor
March 1, 2022
The ASL club was created by Ms. Hepburn, to give a chance for students that aren't in the ASL course to learn more about ASL and the ASL culture.

[Photo] American sign language club

Diego Dominguez, J1 Reporter
February 24, 2022
Students review their experience with the children's hospital volunteer club at Bowie High School, during this new school year.

[Photo] Childrens hospital volunteer club

Ava Loera, J1 Reporter
February 22, 2022
As someone who kind of grew up playing Five Nights at Freddy’s games, I can really appreciate Security Breach. I like the fact that you can choose what to do and there’s more freedom with it.

FNAF: Security Breach strikes fear among fans

Audrey Hagan, Staff Writer
February 2, 2022
Vandalism has been a recent problem in many high schools across the US.

[Photo] Vandalism at school needs to stop

Daniel Arima, J1 Reporter
January 28, 2022
Despite the name, in design club it’s not required that you are traditionally designing something.

New club promotes creativity on campus

Audrey Hagan, Dispatch Reporter
December 16, 2021
With a critics score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, the Eternals is not just the newest addition to the Marvel universe, but also Marvel’s lowest rated movie to date. Yet, it has an audience score of 80%.

Marvel launches new movie

Audrey Hagan, Dispatch Reporter
December 15, 2021
I think being vaccinated should be required before being allowed to go to school. Being vaccinated is good for the community and poses no harm on your body. 

[Photo] Why Vaccination should be mandatory for school

Cooper Ceniceros-Fike, J1 Reporter
December 10, 2021
Throughout history women have been shamed for their periods and it has negatively affected the way we interact with the normal bodily functions. For instance, a 2019 Kentucky bill was proposed that would make menstural products non-taxable. It didn’t even make it out of committee. Shying away from this subject is one of the reasons that so many people don’t have access to the sanitary products they need.

Free menstrual products are overdue

Audrey Hagan, Staff Writer
December 9, 2021
These past few years have led to the film industry being riddled with hurdle after hurdle, continuously slamming down on the actors, directors, and film crew trying their hardest to keep the industry alive.

[Photo] The film industry right now

Austin Ikard, Dispatch Reporter
December 2, 2021
SCI-FI STUDIES: In the new Science Fiction class, students analyze various stories relating to the genre.

Students in newly offered courses study stories

Audrey Hagan, Staff Writer
October 20, 2021
One of the main points of controversy is the $37.5 billion spending budget going towards electrical transportation.

[Photo] Potential Biden spending bill hits road-blocks to reality

Lily Bourgeois, Dispatch Reporter
November 9, 2021
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