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Test your eye for photo retouching on these magazine covers. [QUIZZIN 3]

By Steven Chen <stevenchen@hilite.org>  Rest in peace Frigidaire Model #FRS26R4AW6. After 6 years of unwavering service, my side-by-side refrigerator has finally lost its cool. Going for more than week without a refrigerator has given both me and my family a wake-up call to examine the ramifications of such a device, plugged in 24 hours a [...]

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By Jackson Whiteker jwhiteker@hilite.org Junior Rostam Razban When did you learn to play chess? I used to play chess when I was six with my family when I was bored. I joined a school chess team. I then took ten years off from playing chess. Then, I started coming to Chess Club. How can someone [...]

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By Michelle Hu <mhu@hilite.org>  When I was in fourth grade at Towne Meadow Elementary, we had periodical auctions, using fake money to pay for real toys and games. We earned money through being good citizens and earning exemplary grades, and now, one man is trying to implement this reward system with real money. In the [...]

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By Mitch Ringenberg <mringenberg@hilite.org> “Kick-A—” based on a comic book of the same name, manages to impose a unique spin on the formula by setting it in a world of real-life superheroes. Fortunately, director Matthew Vaughn isn’t going for originality with this one, but rather, sheer entertainment value. The film follows quite a few characters, [...]

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More than gender creates divide between baseball and softball By Alex Mackall <amackall@hilite.org> According to Jack Norworth’s famous tune “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” it’s “one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball game.” Although the song is written about baseball, this line, and many other baseball rules, also holds true [...]

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