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Students, English teacher evaluate the role of technology in literacy

Students, English teacher evaluate the role of technology in literacy

Keira Kress and Abigail Lee March 21, 2025

Belevie. Beleve. Beli. Believe. Autocorrect will take over before the backspace is even pressed. The tool has taken over the keyboard, with red and blue underlines correcting mistakes before anyone can...

Should we separate the art from the artist?

Should we separate the art from the artist?

Keira Kress March 21, 2025

In his famous 1967 essay, Le Morte de l'Auteur or The Death of the Author, French literary critic Roland Barthes argues that “The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the author.”...

Nonchalance is holding us back

Nonchalance is holding us back

Arielle Fotso March 19, 2025

A couple of Sundays ago, I tuned in to watch Timothee Chalamet accept his first major award for his role as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” As he gave his speech, he spoke candidly, saying, “I...

Q&A with junior Tege Holt on music journey

Q&A with junior Tege Holt on music journey

Keira Kress and Parker Kelso February 22, 2025

How did you get interested in playing music? I was four years old in the back of my dad's truck and the song “Pink Houses” came on the radio. I'm not really sure what it was. I decided I wanted...

Life through a lens: Students consider capturing memories with digital cameras

Life through a lens: Students consider capturing memories with digital cameras

Salima Sher and Keira Kress February 18, 2025

Friday night football games, birthday parties and family vacations—Krista Engbrecht captures it all, but not with her iPhone or a high-end digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR). Instead, she reaches...

Sophomore Monroe Melton perform in the dress rehearsal of Brainstorm. The show runs from Feb. 6 to 8 in the Studio Theater.

Q&A with actors, stage manager on studio theatre production “Brainstorm”

Mady Kiser February 8, 2025

Actress and sophomore Monroe Melton What is the show “Brainstorm” about?     It’s all about us, we wrote it, we put our own stuff into it, there are monologues about our bedrooms, but it’s...

Review: Few biopics succeed, but “Better Man” does [MUSE]

Review: Few biopics succeed, but “Better Man” does [MUSE]

Keira Kress February 2, 2025

“Better Man” is a tough sell. A musical biopic centered on an artist largely forgotten by the public isn’t exactly what audiences clamored for–especially when the subject of the film is an anthropomorphized...

Biopics should focus on accuracy, implementing new stories [opinion]

Biopics should focus on accuracy, implementing new stories [opinion]

Mady Kiser January 30, 2025

“A Complete Unknown,” a biopic starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, hit theaters on Dec. 25. This movie is one of many biopics that has come out in recent years which highlights the increase in...

Brick by Brick: LEGO as a Tool for Student Creativity and Expression

Brick by Brick: LEGO as a Tool for Student Creativity and Expression

Laxumi Chandrakumar January 28, 2025

For junior and LEGO Club president Lily Mar, LEGO has been a tool used for her to destress. “It’s just a time that I can take to relax and not be so stressed out about school. It's kind of nice...

Opposing Column: Souvenirs are a worthwhile investment, rekindle treasured travel memories

Opposing Column: Souvenirs are a worthwhile investment, rekindle treasured travel memories

Keira Kress December 6, 2024

I recently went through a much needed deep cleaning of my bedroom, and I was delighted to rediscover some prized souvenirs from previous trips: an autograph book from my first visit to Walt Disney World,...

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