Roundup: Construction woes

Did you have to go to the main office at all this week? Do you even know where the main office is? The environment was a study in contrasts, with the office full of wandering staff just checking things out, construction workers busily attending to building details, and harried secretaries trying to impose order on the chaos. It appeared to be most intense for the … Continue reading Roundup: Construction woes

Deadline for Intramural Basketball Approaching

by: Wyatt Garlick Mr. Talley says he will be joining another intramural basketball team this January and has made some confident predictions: “I took a year off last year but will be back playing this winter for the staff team. With my return and the addition of some other staff ‘All-Stars’ we are guaranteed to once again take the intramural title. A lot of our … Continue reading Deadline for Intramural Basketball Approaching

The Movie Buff’s Five Most Overrated Modern Movies

by: Alan Smithee In the past few years (mostly 2009-2011) a certain kind of film has come out that everyone talks about. Is it because of its good story? Is it because of the good acting? NOPE! It’s for a little thing called “CGI” that has taken over the movie world. Back in the 80’s they experimented with this “CGI”; it looked retro and cool, … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Five Most Overrated Modern Movies

Roundup: Chamber Orchestra, Prom Theme, an Acting Recital, and more

Have you ever had trouble putting statistics into perspective? It’s a tricky thing to do, but this week The Pine Needle ran a story about the Anatomy & Physiology classes’ blood drive, which gathered 215 pints of blood. How much is 215 pints? Well, it’s 26.9 gallons. That would definitely require more than your fridge to hold. If you were to take all that blood … Continue reading Roundup: Chamber Orchestra, Prom Theme, an Acting Recital, and more

Who’s the Best? The top 10 QB’s in the NFL

by: Alex Connor Football is one of most popular sports in the United States of America. At the head of each football team is a quarterback, and I’m going to tell who I believe the top ten quarterbacks in the National Football League are. 10. Cam Newton (CAR)– Cam Newton has played very well as a rookie, and I think what has made him so … Continue reading Who’s the Best? The top 10 QB’s in the NFL

The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: The Man from Nowhere

by: Alan Smithee I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Sadly, there are no “modern Thanksgiving movies” that aren’t stupid gory horror films. So here is this heartwarming film, The Man from Nowhere, aka, The Movie That Almost Made Me Cry. Really! This film is very powerful. It’s a Korean film, and happens to be the highest grossing film in Korea for the year 2010. … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: The Man from Nowhere

Roundup: Budget Cuts, Teacher Christmas Party Revelation, and more

Monday was that little bonus day for students where they get to sleep in while teachers slaved away at their official Professional Development Day. During that professional development, however, the teachers had a chance to sneak behind the forbidding plywood barrier and see the new freshmen wing. Wow–if that won’t make students wish they hadn’t passed their ninth grade year, what will? Windows and whiteboards … Continue reading Roundup: Budget Cuts, Teacher Christmas Party Revelation, and more

Cuckoo Provides Specktaculore Performances

by: Chase Hammond One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Central High School Theatre Department’s fall production, opened Thursday, November 17th to a packed house. As the audience arrived to the theater they immediately felt a sense of repression and hopelessness, just by looking at the set. As the lights dimmed, the play began with a recording of a speech by John F. Kennedy. Slowly the … Continue reading Cuckoo Provides Specktaculore Performances

The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: A Scanner Darkly

by: Alan Smithee Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite writers. He has written many, many classics, such as Blade Runner, Minority Report, and my favorite, A Scanner Darkly. The book was written in 1977 and was inspired by his drug days in California and the effects they had on his life. So of course there had to be a movie of it! Now, … Continue reading The Movie Buff’s Modern Masterpieces: A Scanner Darkly