Verbatim: March 2010
March 23, 2010
Filed under Verbatim
“I want to move to the jungle and pick my own grapes for lunch everyday.” -Jimmy McHugh, freshman snacking on some green grapes during orchestra rehearsal. “Ricky Martin is gay? What do I do if he hits on me?” -Jack Stumpf, junior having a nervous breakdown in Spanish class at this... Read more »
Passion expressed through practice
March 18, 2010 • written by Joe Weber
Filed under Features
“You haven’t been practicing this.” In a crowded room full of strings and bows Patrick Jackson, Kirkwood symphonic orchestra director, focuses on the violin player in the back row. Jackson is testing each player in the section, making him or her play four measures that seem to stretch for an eternity.... Read more »
Legislature seeks to allow admission fees for zoo, museums
March 18, 2010 • written by Devan Coggan
Filed under Columns, Opinion
It’s the only place in the world where you can see ring-tailed lemurs, a brilliant, artificial night sky, dinosaur fossils, Lewis and Clark artifacts, original works by Matisse and Picasso, a blue-tongued skink, an ancient Egyptian mummy and wonga pigeons all in one day… without paying a single... Read more »
Top moments of the Winter Olympics for Team USA
March 15, 2010 • written by Katie Just
Filed under Sports
Do you believe in miracles? They happen once every four years when top athletes from around the world join in one competition to see who is the best in the world. It’s the Winter Olympics. You don’t have to be a fan of events, but there is a natural sense of pride for your country and seeing your... Read more »
March Madness: the greatest time of the year
March 15, 2010 • written by Myles Artis
Filed under Sports
March, a time when students fill out their brackets and argue whose team is the best while others fiend for a computer to check on the latest scores and updates. March is time when fans paint their faces and bodies, screaming intimidating chants at their team’s opposing rival. March is a time when... Read more »
Partying gone way too wild
March 15, 2010 • written by Kevin Bedford
Filed under Columns, Opinion
The sun peeks through the blinds as your eyes open to your friend’s foot in your ear. And when your will power is finally up to the task of getting you off the couch and step out onto the floor that’s littered with hung over bodies, your headache pounds more and more. In the haze of your confusion... Read more »
Tattoo artist in our midst
March 15, 2010 • written by Annie Travis
Filed under Features
Stacey Lawrence does not want to be a teacher or a doctor when she grows up. Instead, she envisions herself as a tattoo artist making creations for people that will last a lifetime. She found herself loves to draw on her arm and on other people, if they would let her. Lawrence’s source of inspiration... Read more »
Dreams of being in the Navy begin to shape up
March 15, 2010 • written by Cassie Kibens
Filed under Features, Features
The Marines taught her how to be a better friend, a better parent, a better co-worker and gave her solid values on which to build her life, Kelly Mackenzie said referencing a female speaker on Veterans’ Day last year. Although Veterans’ Day is a valued day to the students at Kirkwood High School,... Read more »
Equality applies to all people
March 15, 2010 • written by Kevin Bedford
Filed under Columns, Opinion
The bell is about to sound alerting us to pack it in for the day. The bell couldn’t come sooner. It’s a common bond that we all share before we make the trek back home. But something is different about today, and everyone seems out of place because when you walk back into class expecting not to be... Read more »
DECA goes to state
March 15, 2010 • written by Emily Goyda
Filed under News
Multiple choice tests. Role-playing scenarios. Ten page essays. Those are just some of the efforts it took DECA members to prepare for the district competition, and judging by the results, their preparation paid off. Seventeen of the 21 students who participated at the district level qualified for the... Read more »
