by: Alan Smithee It’s almost Halloween, my favorite holiday. Why is it you ask? Well, for one thing, it’s the only time you can dress up like a fool. On any other day it’s frowned upon. For another thing, candy! You can eat candy all year round, but it isn’t free. You can’t just knock on someone’s door and ask for candy whenever you want. … Continue reading The Movie Buff: A Look Back on Monsters Crash the Pajama Party
by: Jeren Brownlow and Sean Mutziger A school year always start with a lot of activities. This year was particularly busy for JROTC. First, enrollment in JROTC is up over 25% from last year. With more than 160 cadets, the senior students have their hands full issuing uniforms, organizing classes and planning events. The 3rd and 4th year cadets run the JROTC organization, called the … Continue reading JROTC Gets Off to Fast Start
This week’s photo is taken by senior Seth Eisenbraun, an avid outdoorsman and photographer. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, please email the photo, your name, and the story behind the photo to chspineneedle at gmail dot com. For having his photo selected, Seth receives two tickets to a Cobbler varsity home game. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Looking Up
By: Brady Vandevort While being a game of the past, The Timesplitters series has been an amazing success. Though some may be unaware of what this game is, it doesn’t mean this game doesn’t deserve the prestige it has received. The first-person shooter franchise started with the first Timesplitters, which was originally released in the year 2000 for the PlayStation2. This game may not have … Continue reading Game Review: Timesplitters: A Visit to the Past
by: Alan Smithee Remember The Warriors? Remember Escape From New York? Those two films saw a lot in each other, they saw so much they went on a date, got a bite to eat, went for a long walk on the beach. Then they went to funky town AND THIS MOVIE WAS BORN! Welcome to the world of Italian film making, WHERE RIP OFFS WERE … Continue reading The Movie Buff: A Look Back on 1990: The Bronx Warriors
This week the Pine Needle is featuring the writing of a couple Cobbler students who have described one of the most beautiful places they have experienced. by: Katie Ramirez It’s said to be a barren wasteland. There is not a sign of human life for miles because no one wants to walk out into the middle of a desert and see nothing. There isn’t a … Continue reading A Beautiful Place: The Desert
This week the Pine Needle is featuring the writing of a couple Cobbler students who have described one of the most beautiful places they have experienced. by: Kyrie Murrie I’m walking through Times Square pushing through all the people as fast as I can; my destination is a few blocks away. As I turn onto 45th street I spot the red sign that says “Broadway … Continue reading A Beautiful Place: The Broadway Dance Center
The pep rally has become a highlight of homecoming week, and this year was no exception with the dancing, cheering, and break dancing fun of recent pep rallies all making their appearances. Pine Needle photographer Tony Sloat brought his camera and captured a bit of the action. Continue reading Photos: Homecoming Pep Rally
by: Alan Smithee Remember world War III? It started in 1988, which was also the year that Manhattan (New York) became one big maximum security prison. It’s a pretty fun prison! It’s surrounded by a 50 foot-tall wall and mines on all bridges. Also, nobody is allowed in the prison, not even guards, because there are no guards! There are only “prisoners and the worlds … Continue reading The Movie Buff: A Look Back on Escape from New York
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
Homecoming week is underway, and to celebrate how amazing being a Cobbler is, and how amazing Friday’s football game against Mitchell will be, The Pine Needle is sharing some of photographer Anthony Sloat’s best shots from the Central v. Sturgis football game (a Cobbler win, in case you’d forgotten). Go Cobblers! Continue reading Photos: Great to be a Cobbler
by: Matt Woolever Dominique Dawes once said, “You have to have stepping stone goals that are within reach. Once you keep getting up those stepping stones, you’ll reach the pinnacle of your goals and your dreams.” I found this to be a both interesting and personal quote. It was interesting to me because of the way it is worded. Most times, you hear the same … Continue reading Stepping Stone Goals
Airplane You give me the feeling of when I was little, playing the airplane game Where someone would hold you by your hands and you would lay across their knees. You would pretend to be an airplane, and then they would pretend to crash. You would beg for them to do it again. I’m your airplane. You are what keeps me in the air, you … Continue reading Poetry Friday: Airplane
This year’s first photo of the week is from Bailey Ellis. Of this photo, Bailey explains that he took it “at the sub-varsity football game that was called off on August 31st because of weather.” We’re glad he stayed around to snap this picture. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, please email the photo, your name, and the story behind the photo … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Football and a Promise
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: Jacob Skovo Editor’s Note: Jacob graduated last May but left a bit of practical advice for students still at Central. Welcome to high school. College is better but don’t worry too much. High School can be tons of fun when you’re not burdened by bad grades. Apply some of this advice and you’ll be on the path of four years of fun and games. … Continue reading Practical Advice for Success at Central
