Earthquake leaves Chile in shambles
February 27, 2010
Filed under National/World, News
A catastrophic earthquake shook Chile early in the morning Sat. Feb. 27, 2010. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and had nearly 500x the energy of the Haiti earthquake that occurred last month, according to CBS.com. The damage of the quake caused structurally unsound buildings to crumble and cars... Read more »
Yes: Idol is number one for a reason
February 22, 2010 • written by Maddy Ford
Filed under Opinion
American Idol is, to put it lightly, a gift from God. The show is incredible, and to be perfectly honest, it’s what gets me through the second semester of the school year. Yes, I’m one of those people who live for Tuesday and Wednesday nights and huddles around the television as Ryan Seacrest finds... Read more »
Verbatim: February 2010
February 22, 2010
Filed under Verbatim
“You know how nicknames are cool today? Like PE Daddy and Snoop Dawg.” -Steve Jonak, math teacher explaining why the coordinate plane is called the Cartesian plane after des Cartes. “There is a big orange ball in the sky. I’m afraid of it.” -Lara Embree, English teacher as... Read more »
No: America is being held captive
February 19, 2010 • written by Johnny Frohlichstein
Filed under Columns, Opinion
The finale of American Idol garnered more votes than the most recent presidential election. Bloody awful. Granted, nine years ago in its first season (when it actually crowned the best singer in America, not the ninth), American Idol was a great show. The auditions were bloody hilarious, and Kelly Clarkson... Read more »
KYS holds blood drive working to save others’ lives
February 19, 2010 • written by Annie Travis
Filed under Features
Entering the gym, it is not usually someone’s goal to see hundreds of students bleeding, but this day was different. The annual KYS blood drive was held Jan. 29 in the Denver Miller Gymnasium, and with the help of Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, this was exactly the sight they had hoped would... Read more »
Darnit, just use protection
February 19, 2010
Filed under Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized
I know that it’s rude to stare, but I just can’t help it. My eyes refuse to move from the, now, “outty” belly button that forms a bump beneath her striped pink shirt. As she smiles, showing our friends pictures from the latest ultrasound, I can’t help but to think that last summer I was envying... Read more »
Why are credit requirements so inflexible?
February 19, 2010
Filed under Call Editorial, Opinion
In 2005, the Missouri State Board of Education increased minimum graduation requirements to 24 credits for the graduating class of 2010, the first major change to high school graduation requirements in the state since 1984. Unfortunately, many students who take challenging, time-consuming classes often... Read more »
Best and worst of Superbowl commercials
February 19, 2010 • written by Robert Conroy
Filed under Sports
All around: As always Anheuser-Busch comes up big with their commercials. With five minutes of commercials they were bound to have hits, from a group of guys talking about the party they were throwing using rapper T-Pain’s voice to a human chain spanning the way of a collapsed bridge allowing a Budweiser... Read more »
Going from the A-B-C’s to 1-2-3’s
February 18, 2010 • written by Emily Goyda and Mike Murphy
Filed under News
Scott Warren sits after school doing what many teachers do: grading his sixth grade social studies students’ work. But instead of marking papers with A’s, B’s or C’s, Warren instead marks a 1, 2, 3 or 4. This rubric grading system, implemented at both North and Nipher middle schools during the... Read more »
Second semester advice for juniors and seniors
February 18, 2010 • written by Mackenzie Becker
Filed under News
Tips for Second Semester High School Seniors: 1. Make sure you get your financial aid information to colleges as soon as possible. Most schools operate on a first come, first serve basis, so the sooner you turn in forms like the FAFSA and the CSS Profile the better off you are. 2. If you have not already... Read more »
