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Alert: Pop music is terrible (depending on who you ask)

blogs April 15, 2014

Get ready to be shocked: A new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll tells us that nearly half of us think that this decade of music is the worst music of any time period. In addition to that, about a third of respondents...

Kaleigh Howard, club vice president of membership and senior, prepares food for the bake sale. “It’s a lot of fun to make, and it’s for a good cause,” Howard said. GRANT SMITH / PHOTO

FCCLA members to plan bake sale for April 21 to 25

Beats April 15, 2014

Members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) are planning an additional bake sale that will take place in April, according to Katie Ingersoll, president of Students Taking Action...

To rock and not to roll: Grant and Jacob share their opinions on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

blogs April 13, 2014

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced its newest batch of inductees. Among the newly recognized hall-of-famers are Hall and Oates, KISS, Nirvana, Cat Stevens, the E Street band, Linda Ronstadt,...

Michael Jackson comes back from the grave (not literally) in new posthumous album

blogs April 13, 2014

Good news for Michael Jackson fans. A posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks recorded by the late pop legend is set to release on May 13. The album is titled “Xscape,” and contains eight...

Enough Madness?

blogs March 30, 2014

With the coming NCAA championships, excitement is mounting among collegiate basketball fans. The excitement hasn’t been shared by all, though. See below for Grant and Jacob’s takes on this issue. Jacob’s...

How should teachers grade writing?

blogs March 27, 2014

An oft-debated subject in schools is the criteria we use to grade students' writing. In any setting, adjudicating writing requires some degree of subjectivity, but what constitutes "fair" grading? It seems...

Escaping Top 40

blogs March 24, 2014

Like bad comedians or The Big Bang Theory, local radio stations are extremely predictable.  You can guess what they are going to play from a group of five, maybe seven songs and be right almost all of...

A Celebration of Motown

blogs March 6, 2014

For my celebration of Black History Month, last Thursday, Feb. 27, I went with my dad to the Palladium and saw the legendary Motown vocal groups The Temptations and The Four Tops. Although only one original...

What we love (and hate) about political commentary:

blogs February 28, 2014

Political commentary: where the great intellects of our time appear together to discuss ideas about our country, and express concerns about the future of our democracy. Or a bunch of angry “journalists”...

Katie Ingersoll, senior and vice president of STAR events, goes over rules for entering STAR events at the FCCLA State Conference on March 6 to 8. “I think we are going to be very successful at State this year,” she said. GRANT SMITH / PHOTO

FCCLA members to plan for State Conference

Beats February 24, 2014

Members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) are planning to attend the FCCLA State Conference on March 6 to 8, according to FCCLA sponsor Nancy Spencer. Several members will...

Lorde and Ariana Grande: What these two new pop princesses tell us about today’s music scene

blogs February 23, 2014

At the 56th Grammy Awards, New Zealand singer and song writer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known as Lorde, scored four nominations and two wins: Best Pop Solo Performance as well as Song of...

Difference Maker: Samantha Eastes

Difference Maker: Samantha Eastes

acumen December 5, 2013

The members of this school’s football team are some of the strongest, most athletic guys in the whole school- except for one player. Sophomore Samantha Eastes is the only girl on the football team and...

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