Disney’s Dark Side
February 4, 2012
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By Stephanie Shu Disney movies have a reputation of being generic happily ever after fairy tale narratives that leave their audiences euphoric. Unfortunately beneath face value, there are underlying implications in these Disney films that encourage morals that are questionable at best, and downright... Read more »
Planking: Opposing Views
February 3, 2012
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Planking: Overreaction By Valerie Garner A fun little trend called planking has become quite popular among teenagers. To plank, one lies face down, stiff as a wooden board with hands at his or her sides. While posing like this in a random location while, someone may snap a photo of the planker to commemorate... Read more »
Ho Ho Hoax
December 14, 2011
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By Stephanie Shu Up in the starry night sky, a reindeer-drawn sleigh alights on the rooftop, followed by the scraping of heavy black boots. At that point, St. Nick slides down the chimney and leaves gifts under the sparkling Christmas tree. Around the world this Santa Clause story is the highlight... Read more »
The Refining Fires of Education
December 6, 2011
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By Stephanie Shu As educational standards in college admissions become stricter, parents are expressing concern for what they believe to be unreasonably high college admission standards. However, this parental protesting has become more of a popular fad than a meaningful argument. Students... Read more »
Pan Am Takes Flight with Controversy
October 14, 2011
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By Stephanie Shu Set in the Swinging Sixties, the TV show Pan Am is purposefully degrading towards women in order to make a point about the price of women’s freedoms today. Although critics rail the show’s producers for favoring a sexist society, Pan Am actually brings the importance of... Read more »
Intolerance on the homefront
April 26, 2011
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By Lauren Smith Intolerance has become an extremely prevalent issue. We’ve begun to hear tragic stories of teenagers killing themselves, due to bullying, daily. We’ve witnessed it. It is no longer just a national issue, but a personal one. It starts mindlessly. People throw the word “grummit”... Read more »
To Censor A Classic
January 14, 2011
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By Emma Berkel For over half a century, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been listed as required reading and has since remained a staple for summer reading lists as well as advanced English courses. Huckleberry Finn chronicles the developing friendship between Huckleberry Finn,... Read more »
A Day at the Firehouse
November 18, 2010
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By Ben Fischer As children, many kids dream of growing up to be policemen, astronauts, doctors, or firemen. Without fear of being different, I was one of those kids. Rarely do these dreams become reality because a new career interests them, or they just don’t know where to start. One of the best... Read more »
Halloween costume malfunctions raise eyebrows
October 27, 2010
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By Lauren Smith Jack-o-Lanterns twinkle in the moonlight. Young boys dressed as ninjas and pirates hit each other with their plastic swords. And young girls, looking like something that just walked out of a brothel, strut down the sidewalk and ask for candy with the other children. There is something... Read more »
Farewell Editorial From the Editor
May 27, 2010
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By Ashley Bagwell For most students high school represents a time in their lives that will go down in their minds as “the good ol’ days,” their various escapades will earn their rightful places in history as they gain the ears of acquaintances to come and friends yet to be made. For me, high school... Read more »
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