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Cedar Rapids Comic Con: Student finds community at fantasy convention
By: Jamie Blair Conventions: the sacred gathering of otaku. Thirty-year-old men living in their mother’s’ basements squeal with delight as they buy their VIP tickets...
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Worlds Apart: Student’s dual heritage leads to bittersweet connections
By: Cala Villavicencio For all of my life, I’ve heard two languages in my household, switching between Spanish and English. In fact, I couldn’t speak...
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Frozen Flapjacks: Nine students camp out for IHOP grand opening in CF
By: Jason Rathjen For me, the end of the weekend is usually a cram session in which I focus on the procrastinated homework, but not...
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Need for Speed: CF actors join Black Hawk Theatre’s annual fundraiser
By: Albie Nicol Given 24 hours, a team of actors and a song, some CFHS students and graduates rose to the challenge of creating 10-20...
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Junior relies of friends, family to overcome anxiety
By: Kaylee Olson As she feels her hands start to shake, her heart start to race and her throat to close, junior Emma Weimerskirch knew...
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What Lies Beneath: Senior faces wide variety of life-threatening ailments
By: Billie Ann Albert By just looking around a room full of people you do not know, you could never guess what lies beneath.My life...
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App-solutely Stunning: Wide variety of photo editing apps give mobile users creative freedom
By: Sierra Steen Whether you’re looking for the perfect filter or a way to up your cellular photography game, these favorite editing apps deliver strongly....
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Walking the Blues: Biology teacher shares passion for roots music in, out of school
By: Allie Taiber Shallow fluorescent lights shine down on biology teacher Jeff Hartman as he takes the front stage of room 135, ready to execute...
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Biology teacher adds bees to her list of farm animals
By: Cam Grubic Early last year, science teacher Debbie Paulsen added another branch to her agricultural background of sheep, pigs and horses: the world of...
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Farm life: Pigs provide biology teacher with real life genetic projects
By: Cam Grubic Entering the warm exterior building on Pheasant Ridge Farms, the farrowing crates are full of piglets. The overwhelming sound of squealing piglets...
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Screaming Eagle chili cookoff raised funds for suicide prevention
Screaming Eagle, a restaurant downtown in Waterloo, hosted a chili cook-off. All the proceeds went towards suicide awareness. The event happened last weekend from noon to 3 p..m on...
