by: Megan Spring The snake wound around his back and up onto his chest. The small tongue stuck out, piercing the side of his neck. I stared in awe at how fascinating the ink looked on his body. I wanted to touch the snake on his smooth skin just to confirm that it wasn’t real. It looked as if it would keep slithering around him. … Continue reading Tattoos a Common Mark
by: Alan Smithee The year is 1979. The State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootings. Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Oh! And a little film by the name of The Warriors comes out in theaters February 9th and … Continue reading The Movie Buff: A Look Back on The Warriors
by: Nicole Krebs Cobbler2Cobbler, otherwise known as C2C, is a student to student peer mentorship program. Last year it had about 230 students in grades nine through twelve. C2C stems from a peer leadership program called Sources of Strength. C2C stresses the idea of balance and the idea of day to day projects and conversations that affect your whole life. C2C meets weekly instead monthly, … Continue reading Cobbler to Cobbler Aims to Continue Its Success
by: Jordan Carff Jack3d and No Xplode are currently the two top selling pre-workout supplements. Well coming from a personal experience of trying both I have some opinionated conclusions about both products. Comparisons between both will include with the determination to work out, the price, the taste, and some common side effects. Quantity & Price Jack3d and NO-Xplode both require you to use anywhere from … Continue reading Battle of Supplements: Jack3d and No Xplode
The time has come for the seniors to choose their T-shirt design, and this is the place to vote for your favorite. Examine each choice carefully and then vote using the poll at the bottom of the article. If you want to look more closely at a design, just click on the image. Option 1: Scale of 1 to 10 Option 2: We’re #1 Twice! … Continue reading Senior T-Shirt Voting
by: Sammy Ehlers This year Central has a new step/hip hop dance team. They practice twice a week after school (Monday and Thursday). Their team has been working very hard ever since they started. Believe it or not more than 20 people have tried out and made the team. It’s been very exciting for them to show students what they’ve got and they hope they can encourage … Continue reading Break it Down Now! Hip Hop Dance Team Grabs Central’s Attention
by: Ashlee Sell Every year the students at Central High School sign up for classes for the upcoming year. Students are more likely to sign up for classes that they know most about and that interest them. For many classes students don’t know exactly what goes on behind the doors. There are many different kinds of English classes here at Central, some are myth and … Continue reading Scheduling Leaves Lots of Questions about What Is What
What should the prom poster look like? Students from Stevens and Central have submitted their mock-ups for selection, and here The Pine Needle presents the three finalists. Each of them can be adjusted and touched-up before final printing, so if you see something that looks great but you know it might need a bit of tweaking, you can still vote for it. Voting will be … Continue reading Prom Poster Voting
by: Nikki Purington Do you enjoy organizing, sitting in an office, and dealing with trials? Why not become a paralegal? Becky Purington has been a certified paralegal for eleven years. She absolutely enjoys what she does. Becky had to go to college for two years, then had to test to become certified, which was not easy. Certification tests take eight timed hours. The test is … Continue reading Career Possibilities: Paralegal
by: Chelsie Huseby Are you a person that wants to get into the administrative field? If so, try looking into becoming a new business specialist. A new business specialist works for a whole sale brokerage that works for insurance agents. These agents call and provide information for their clients and the new business specialist finds the best product for the client. Then, once they’ve found … Continue reading Career Possibilities: New Business Specialist
by: Lisa Myers Rapid City Central has its own real Guitar Hero. Johnny Hastings walked into English 9 freshman year like nothing had even phased him. His best friend Nathan was bragging him up like he had just performed the best show of his life. As a matter of fact, I was a witness of this great show that he had performed the night before: … Continue reading A Last Battle for a Cobbler Guitar Hero
by: Shelby T. My brother and I were trick or treating a while back and we were having a really good time and there was a spooky looking house, so we went up to the doorstep. It was fairly dark, the only hint of light was from a black-light hung by the porch. The moon was covered by clouds, there were fake spider webs all … Continue reading One Creepy House: A Halloween Memory
One feature The Pine Needle is looking to share with readers answers the question, “What is there for students to do in Rapid City?” Emily Burk kicks off the feature with a look at “Radiate” at Bible Fellowship Church. by: Emily Burk Painted on one of the colorful walls, “Don’t just go against the flow, work to turn the tide” is one of the first … Continue reading What Students Are Doing: Radiate!
At Central High School, students’ sense of history appears strong, especially as it concerns their knowledge of the 80s. Photos by Alexis H. Continue reading Snapshots of 80s Day
Homecoming so far has been a hit!!! Twin day caused a number of people to see double, triple, and sometimes even a whole entire department ( science teachers), of look alikes. With the success of twin day on Monday, 80’s retro/Neon day was sure to get some attention. By the looks of it everyone went all out, raiding the parents closets and buying as much … Continue reading Who said Rome wasn’t built in a day?
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