By Madison Paschke Ready to show off your devilish thieving side? To all of you who don’t know, Wednesday the 23rd is Pirate Day! New to this school? A first year? I can understand the nervousness of dressing up and looking like a dork in front of your friends BBUUUUUTT this is Pirate Day and what I can understand about pirates is that Johnny Depp … Continue reading Homecoming Dress-Up: Pirate Day
Dress up: Tacky Tourist If being a tourist means you want to dress your part and blend in, then you wouldn’t want to stand out. Well, that is if you want to be considered a normal tourist versus the cliché, stereotypical tourist garb you would never dream of wearing on vacation. That tackiness is the idea for Tuesday. Homecoming’s Caribbean Dreams theme has led to … Continue reading Homecoming Tuesday: Tacky Tourist, Soccer Takes on Stevens
By Jared Cutlip and Reyanne Foster Homecoming week is a week of fun and dressing up. One of the days many people are excited about is Hippy Day. Many people think hippies dress like they’re from the seventies, and while tie-dye is very popular among hippies, not many of them wear it. In actuality, hippies dress mostly in what they feel is comfortable. Some look … Continue reading Homecoming Dress Up: Hippy Day
By Sydnee Conroy and Sydney Engesser On Monday the 21st, coronation will officially kick off the Cobblers’ homecoming week. Suspense about royalty began to simmer a week ago with the announcement of nominees, and by Monday evening Naasz Gymnasium will be packed to the brim with energetic students and teachers eager to crown the Caribbean Dream King and Queen. While the drumline and pep band … Continue reading Coronation Set to Kick of Homecoming Week
By Sydney Engesser Most students spent their summer sleeping in and relaxing; for Cobbler athletes those were luxuries. They traded their pillows and blankets for dumbbells and squat racks three days a week at 6 AM, and if you were a football player you were on the field the other two days of the week. “We had a really good turnout, and all of our … Continue reading Athletes Set to Reap Benefits of Summer Lifting
By Zachery Swenson and Nick Edwards For many years Central High school has been the epicenter of the region’s largest blood drives, according to the United Blood Services. The Cobbler 2 Cobbler blood drive scheduled this Friday kicks off a year where four blood drives are slated to play their regular crowd drawing roles. This marks the first year of Central’s Cobbler 2 Cobbler director … Continue reading Cobbler 2 Cobbler Hosts their First Blood Drive
By Calista Giannonatti The Lady Cobblers fell short against their cross-town rivals Tuesday at Sioux Park Stadium. The game opened with Maddison Sullivan scoring a beautiful goal in the top right corner off an assist from Taylor Sewell. The Raiders quickly regrouped and punched in two goals, back-to-back, on the Cobblers. The first came off of a corner kick and the second was a clean … Continue reading Women’s Soccer Battles through Challenging Week
By Calista Giannonatti The Central girls’ soccer team added another win Tuesday night against Sturgis. The Cobblers got on the scoreboard early with a simple, clean goal by Sarra Gutknecht, with a beautiful assist from Maddison Sullivan. Sullivan then went on to score the next two goals, angling herself as a potential top scorer this season. The final goal of the first half came from … Continue reading Girls’ Soccer Dispatches Sturgis
By Jacob Knutson To my fellow graduates, our families, and our teachers: Before I get to the “life advice that you will soon forget” portion of my letter, I would love for you to take 15 seconds. Yes, 15 agonizing, incessant seconds, if you will, to think about some of the people who helped you get to this milestone we’re achieving, to graduation. Think of … Continue reading To my fellow graduates: A letter
By Austin Lammers The last month of school before summer is the best time to observe students. The weather begins its transition from an Alaskan tundra to a Midwestern spring. The sun no longer creeps out of the sky at 4:30 but instead floats in the sea of blue for an additional three hours, tempting those of us with homework to put the pencil down … Continue reading April Showers Bring Long May Hours
The Pine Needle is following two students, Brennan Brink and Jacob Knutson, as they engaged in a Write Off. One issues a challenge to the other in the form of a prompt and that person responds by writing it and issuing his own prompt. Today continues with another of Brennan’s responses to Jacob’s challenges. It was a brand new chapter of my life, a chapter … Continue reading Fiction Challenge: Sunshine Hills
By Jacob Knutson When I arrive at lunch and sit amongst my peers, and I enjoy gazing into the immense sea of possibilities. I see a future writer pawing their way through another book, a future mathematician squeezing in another problem before the bell rings, a comedian cracking another joke. As I look out, above my lunch, at numerous vials of potential, I begin to … Continue reading How Will We Handle the Inevitable Change?
By Avery Friedt Last Saturday, I, like many of my fellow upperclassmen, was dancing my heart out at prom. In the middle of a particularly upbeat song, I felt the tape that was holding my dress up start to come unstuck. Not wanting to have a Janet Jackson like wardrobe malfunction on the dance floor, I hurried to the bathroom, where I rushed into the … Continue reading Prom Dresses Need Pockets: One Girl’s Unfortunate Event
This year’s official prom photographer was Russ Jensen from Sage Studios. He’s sent the Pine Needle a batch of shots from prom night, capturing the fun and celebration. Continue reading Prom Photos Capture the Fun
By Nicholas Fay Does God exist? If so, where is he and why is there suffering in the world? For many years different civilizations have tried to answer these questions. Religions sprout from these civilizations as ways to answer the question of higher power, but no one group can agree with each other on just what is that higher power. In contemporary times, we now … Continue reading Debating God’s Existence: A Primer on Common Arguments
The Pine Needle is following two students, Brennan Brink and Jacob Knutson, as they engaged in a Write Off. One issues a challenge to the other in the form of a prompt and that person responds by writing it and issuing his own prompt. Today continues with Brennan’s second challenge for Jacob. Brennan’s prompt: Children go out to play at recess. Little do they know, … Continue reading Fiction Challenge: The Children and the Wall
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