Art show ready for take off
Kayla Waldridge, Staff Reporter
January 11, 2011
PAINT BRUSHES UP, hot presses on, students glued to computer screens, all signs point to the winter art show, which is just around the corner. Visual art teachers and students are racing to get every piece of artwork mounted and ready to be presented in the art show on Thursday January 13, 2011. The... Read more »
Cinema in the classrooms
Alicia Clark, co-Editor-in-Chief
January 11, 2011
SOME SOUNDS ARE just music to students’ ears. The sounds of the bell signaling the end of class, the sweet sound of “no homework tonight,” and the not so common “we’re watching a movie today,” are sounds every student wishes to hear. Getting to watch a movie during class is a rare treat... Read more »
Giffords continues to improve
Marissa Villarreal, co-Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2011
AFTER SUFFERING A gunshop wound to the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is continuing her recovery in Houston’s TIRR Memrial Herman. She was transfered there on January 26, and has exceeded all people’s expectations. She has started saying simple words and reacting to people with whom she... Read more »
Uncharacteristic weather
Morgan Dick, Staff Reporter
January 6, 2011
SNOW, ICE, FREEZING temperatures, and heavy rains are words not commonly associated with the Valley of the Sun, but this past week these words were uttered out of the mouths of forecasters, angry vacationers and happy Arizona natives. In the high country ice and heavy snow forced closures on the I-17... Read more »
Taking over the world
Cole Barber, Staff Reporter
January 6, 2011
IT’S A COMMON trend among teens and adults alike. After a long day of school or work, the first thing that many people will do is get on their phone or computer and update the world on their life status. Some will upload photos or comment on the things other people have posted. Facebook has become... Read more »
Fugitive gone awry
Jasmyn Wimbish, co-Editor-in-Chief
January 5, 2011
SHOTS WERE FIRED at the Chandler Fashion Center by a fugitive that was mistakingly released from jail on Wednesday. The mall has been evacuated immediately and federal marshals have been sent to secure the area. 25- year old Daniel Munoz-Perez is the culprit that has shut down the Chandler mall. Perez... Read more »
The Curious case of the dead birds and fish
Ashley Davis, Staff Reporter
January 4, 2011
IT’S RAINING DEAD birds in Arkansas and the river is full of dead fish. They share the same location of Arkansas but their deaths are un-related. In the last week hundreds of red-winged birds began to fall from the sky dead. After a while, hundreds became thousands, and they started to increase... Read more »