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Ice cream connoisseurs critic
By Mikaela Mallin on May 14, 2015
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. With summer just around the corner, this couldn’t be more true. Everyone loves a cold...
Living Green: Simple ways to help the environment and why you should care
By Agatha Fenech on May 14, 2015
With President Barack Obama’s current words and actions about climate change all over the news, you may be thinking about how what you do impacts...
Plan a trip with these top picks for great summer reading
By Mikaela Mallin on May 13, 2015
There’s absolutely nothing in the world like losing yourself in a book, allowing it’s pages to take you to a place or time you’ve never...
Hypnotist delivers big laughs at After Prom Party
By Ben Louviere on May 8, 2015
A crowd of students filled the gymnasium at Orchard Hill Church on Saturday night, May 2, for a mind-boggling show put on by hypnotist Dr....
Lesson in Letters: Staff writer builds friendship with English pen pal
By Zuhayr Alam on April 20, 2015
Friendships can extend over miles … and sometimes overseas. When I was in eighth grade, I made a friend. Her name is Amy and she...
Searching the Soundscape: Pushing past the limits of pop charts reveals wide spectrum of experience
By Ben Louviere on April 20, 2015
Music possesses a special kind of appeal to nearly every human in the world, and it has since the dawn of humanity. Pitches can be...
Staff writer explores with gratitude experiment
By Josie Speltz on April 13, 2015
What makes you thankful for each day? Being able to keep on living your life in the way you choose? When asked to write down...
The Importance of Gratitude
By Agatha Fenech on April 13, 2015
Many studies show that practicing gratitude will lead to a happier, more fulfilled life. One of my new year’s resolutions was to write down...
Sharing the Pi: Two junior collaborate to smash old record for reciting digits of pi
By Zuhayr Alam on April 6, 2015
Pi. Most people know what it is: the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The value of pi is the same for every...
School of Rock plugs in
By Sarah Stortz on April 6, 2015
There’s a new type of sound emerging from the school’s hallways, but it isn’t one that you’ll hear from the band or choir room,...