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R-VOICE: If you could only say one word for the rest of your life, what would it be?

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Caolinn Mejza interviewed students at Las Vegas Academy.

Brooke Lester, senior

"Fudge, because it is an effective and appropriate replacement for a certain curse word! Also, because fudge is delicious!"

Alex Katz, senior

"Panini, because I just like to eat them and it's just an overall cool word."

Tatiana Alvarado, junior

"Yes, because you never know where thinking positively will take you!"

John Nevill, sophomore

"Hello, because it is the best conversation starter in the English language."

Fantasia Bean, sophomore

"Howdy, because I'm trying to bring it back and I kind of want to be a cowboy."

Alexis Hansbrough, freshman

"Why, because whenever you ask questions, you get a response!"

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