By: Shireen Korkzan <skorkzan@hilite.org> When I first got the assignment to reviewing a G-rated movie about a toy store, I instantly regretted taking it in the first place. I’m seventeen years old and I am just now eligible to go into the movie theaters and watch R-rated movies. Like other seventeen-year-olds, I want to watch [...]

 By: Renny Logan <rlogan@hilite.org> Avenged Sevenfold released its new self-titled album Oct. 30 to thousands of hungry fans. The self-produced CD did not disappoint. However, the new and diversified sound could be a potential shock to long-time fans, just as the group’s last album “City of Evil” was. Musically, the band continues to extend beyond [...]

By: Renny Logan <rlogan@hilite.org> Daniel Kraushaar, the main character in David Chotjewitz’s award winning novel Daniel Half Human, is half-Jewish. Oblivious to this fact, he is vehemently pro-Nazi at the beginning of this intriguing, though somewhat bland, story. The novel starts out in first person limited from Daniel’s view point, driving through post-World War II [...]

By: Bennett Fuson <bfuson@hilite.org> The scene was “pure pandemonium,” Caroline Barnthouse, Blue and Gold Company member and junior, said. “Everyone was scrambling to get their tickets.” It’s that time of year again: “Holiday Spectacular,” the Performing Arts Department’s no-holds-barred tribute to the holiday season. According to director Lamonte Kuskye, ticket sales have led to “record [...]