Verbatim: 2009-2010
August 18, 2010
Filed under Uncategorized
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 »
Teens face lack of summer employment options
August 13, 2010 • written by Bess Wilhelms
Filed under News
Christian Woepke has filled out more applications than he can count. But like 66 percent of teens, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), he is unemployed. “I am usually not even chosen to [interview],” Woepke said. Although he does not currently have a job, Woepke did work at Schnucks... Read more »
Guilty of self-defense
August 13, 2010 • written by Aubrey Beltran
Filed under Columns, Opinion
As his fist makes contact with the chin of his tormentor, two years of pent up anger releases upon impact. Despite complaints to every level of administration, he’s been left on his own to handle the bully who has plagued him since freshman year. Now, as a junior, he has decided to handle the problem... Read more »
Computers stolen during summer
August 13, 2010 • written by Cassie Kibens
Filed under News
Suspects burglarized several classrooms in the West and East buildings at KHS around 3:30 a.m. June 20. Seventeen iMac computers, that investigators know of, were taken from multiple classrooms. The suspects broke into the classrooms by smashing in windows. “We do not know exactly how many people.... Read more »
750 N. Taylor house faces demolition
August 13, 2010 • written by Emma Lawson
Filed under News
Signs have been showing up around the streets of Kirkwood pleading city leaders to “Save 750 N. Taylor.” Many of the signs are in a close vicinity to the house that people are asking to be saved. In the July 23-29 issue of the Webster-Kirkwood Times, a letter was written to the editor referencing... Read more »
A river runs through it
August 13, 2010 • written by Johnny Frohlichstein
Filed under News
Friday Night Lights (Kirkwood Edition) is delayed until October. Although administrators intended the artificial turf field to be ready Sept. 1, a 100-yard stretch of dirt remains where the field belongs. “The initial field opening date was Sept. 1. That was postponed until Oct. 1. The football team... Read more »
Silly Bandz
August 13, 2010 • written by Maggie Teson
Filed under Features, Features
A princess, a dinosaur and a milkshake may not appear to have any characteristics in common, but ask any student what binds these entities together and he or she will say they are just a few of the infinite shapes that make up Silly Bandz. Odds are, there will be a colorful tangle of creatures, plants,... Read more »
