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Month: December 2014
Arts
Force of Habit: Students wonder if too much of a good thing is too much
Reality check — that’s when sudents begin to figure out that too much of anything can evolve into a bad habit. Video games may be a nice way to take a break from the day-to-day […]
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Picture Of Health; School cafeterias following new nuitrition guidelines
As students came back to school from summer break, they entered a different grade, enrolled in different classes and discovered new opportunities. While much of this change was anticipated, the students did not quite realize […]
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Slactivism; Awareness spread on social media may stop there
After logging into Facebook, freshman Grayson Ross saw multiple posts about the victims of autism and cancer. As he clicked “like” for each of them, he immediately got a good feeling — he had just […]
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Make A Splash; Students participate in challenge for a cause
Corey Griffin, co-founder of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Ice Bucket Challenge, prepared to jump off the Juice Guys building into the Nantucket Harbor in Massachusetts. It was Aug. 16, and he was celebrating the […]
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Driving Force; State may no longer fund program
For more than five decades, North Carolina’s public high school students have taken driver education primarily funded by the taxpayers. This could change on July 1, 2015. From 1957 until 2011 driver education was offered […]
Editorials
Dress code does more than ’keep it classy’
My least favorite phrase in the world is, “Boys will be boys.” In the last few weeks, I have heard it entirely too much and, to make matters worse, I’ve heard it used in a […]
Arts
A Slice of Life: Staff explores local pizza resturants
We all know and love the popular chain pizza restaurants like Papa John’s, Pizza Hut and Dominos. They are convenient and relatively cheap. What we may not think to do is explore the variety of […]
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Give it a Rest
Studies show majority of teenagers suffer from lack of sleep Fighting to keep his eyes open, senior Bryan Check lazily scrawled notes across the notebook page on his desk. The teacher’s voice droned on in […]
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“He Said”/”She Said”; Rape prevention coordinator calls sexual abuse an ‘epidemic’
Music pulsed through the party as people danced together, pressed front to back. A girl wandered around the crowd, disoriented and clutching her drink as tightly as she could. Someone she barely recognized grabbed her […]