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What Does Equality Mean?

September 12, 2011 • Kira Elliott

I have never understood why some people freak out so much when anyone brings up the subject of gay rights. Love is love. Why should it matter if your classmate, friend, or child is not naturally attracted to the opposite sex when the most important thing is their happiness? When people were voting on...

Not Suggestions

September 7, 2011 • Anna Sheridan, Sports Editor

We’ve all seen the classroom rules posted on the backs of doors, the sides of white boards, the huge paragraphs of what not to do on our syllabus’s. And maybe, for the first week, we all follow the rules. We don’t chew gum in class, no food is brought in after third period,...

Secret Life of a Budgeting Teen

April 7, 2011 • Kiana McCune, Staff Writer

E-How Money tells of the plight of a young person learning to manage her own money, where Starbucks and “electronic gadgets” are eating away at her spending cash. Maybe this is true for some teens, but neither causes much nail biting in my life. My mom covers the rent and most of the food expenses...

Down With Trashy TV

March 17, 2011 • Cara Reichard, Features Editor

My family recently came into possession of a Netflix account, and at first I was thrilled by all the possibilities that Instant Watch had to offer. Suddenly I had hundreds of movies and TV shows at my fingertips. I watched all seven seasons of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” I re-watched the entire “Veronica...

St. Patrick’s Day is a Sham-Rock

March 16, 2011 • Jack Rushall, Staff Writer

St. Patrick’s Day is a very diverse day on the American social calendar: it’s a day where booze and potatoes can stand, side-by-side, poisoning people’s digestive systems—ultimately leading such individuals to add their morning breakfasts to the green dye that flows...

R U Awak?

March 11, 2011 • Cassia Pollock

Meet Ann Somnia. She’s sleep deprived. She has bags under her eyes that go down to her chin. But still, when her cell goes ‘beep’ she frantically grabs at her pocket for it and clicks a terse response into the keys. Remember a simpler time when night came and people actually took advantage of this...

Missing My Pockets

March 2, 2011 • Cassia Pollock, Staff writer

I finally throw myself out of bed, and throw on some clothes on a Monday morning. Fifteen minutes later I’m nearly ready to go to school. I just need a few more things. My cell phone, I-pod, strawberry lip gloss, and maybe a couple of hair clips. All the basic pocket-able necessities....

The Thirteenth Sign

January 21, 2011 • Opal Theodossi, Staff writer

Pluto (the planet, not the adorable pup from Disney) caused madness, chaos, and utter disaster when it was removed from the list of planets. And now, when you thought it couldn’t get any wilder astrologers have added a thirteenth sign to the Zodiac World. (Crazy right? Why don’t they go ahead and...

Glasses: No Longer the Mark of a Nerd

December 16, 2010 • Charlotte Ohrbom, Staff Writer

Eyeglasses. Spectacles. Pieces of glass in front of your eyes. Ridiculously expensive. Glasses are everywhere and are here to stay. Gone are the times when one would have to deal with items becoming fuzzy blobs in the distance. I would know, since I have been wearing corrective lenses since third grade....

Rubber Bandz Renaissance

December 16, 2010 • Cassia Pollock, Staff Writer

A new fashion is sweeping the nation. Toddlers and teens are draping their arms in the chic new bracelet commonly referred to as Silly Bandz. Who can resist random themes and animal cracker-shaped rubber bands? They snugly cling to your wrist leaving no stretch marks, unlike their snappy relative, normal...