Once again, “The Saxon Shenanigan- Insert witty catchphrase here” heading is displayed across students’ computer screens, meaning only one thing: the Saxon Shenanigan is back.

This newspaper satirizing everyday occurrences at Langley High School emulates the sarcastic reporting characteristic of the famous “Onion” newspaper. Students in the class of 2010 created it two years ago, but The Shenanigan underwent a brief hiatus last year.

However, this year’s seniors headed the effort to revive it and now it has come back with a much more respectful, laughable tone.          

 “I wanted to resurrect the Shenanigan because I felt that without  it last year, everything was just too darn serious,” said senior editor Izzy Hefner.

When the Shenanigan was first created, it was meant to rival The Saxon Scope. Many of the articles contained libel that was targeted towards specific Scope writers and it was not all in good humor. Several of these biting remarks simply left bad spirits and were largely uncalled for.

“It not only targeted innocent students and faculty, but hard-working student organizations as well, specifically the Saxon Scope and the SGA. Being a very involved member of both organizations I was very hurt and disappointed. The Shenanigan did exactly the opposite of what Principal Ragone at the time was trying to establish: school unity,” said Paula Novacki, LHS alumnae.

Now, the tone is completely different, the staff of The Shenangian is doing it entirely for fun. The articles may be satirizing a specific member of the Langley staff, the building, or its events, but they are not ill-intentioned.

 “Langley has its flaws, and it is fun to joke about them, but I actually love the school and I think that the Shenanigan has potential to give students a little more spirit,” said Hefner.

The topics that are written about are all fair game. Club day wasn’t a success this year because of  its rescheduling, and all our so called amazing technology is talked about to the point that it has been built up to be more than it is. We have problems, what school doesn’t?

The website emphasizes in its note that its “primary goals are humor and change.  We want to get Langley’s problems fixed, and we want to have a good time.  Sometimes we try to do both in the same article.”

That’s the beauty of freedom of the press. When done in an appropriate manner, all opinions have the right to be expressed.  Write on, Shenanigan.