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  • Texting disrupts classroom

    Tuesday, February 24, 2009 By: Gian Garcia

    With cell phone technology constantly evolving, texting in class has become too easy and creates a consistent distraction. Despite phone usage being frowned upon, students continue to text their way t

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  • Bogus Bailout

    Friday, February 27, 2009 By: Chris Murphy

    On Friday, February 13th the 111th Congress passed an economic “stimulus” package totaling over $787 billion. This package includes provisions that would give taxpayer money to struggling private bus

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  • Students take stand against drunk driving

    Sunday, February 22, 2009 By: Francis Lopez

    The Key Club collected 1,200 signatures recently for a petition to tighten the punishment for people who kill someone while drinking and driving. The petition proposes a new law known as "Lilly

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  • Lethargic Seniors?

    Friday, February 27, 2009 By: Megen Haag

    “Senioritis is an excuse to slide by. It has not been declared a sickness or a disease. Therefore, it is simply an excuse to lower expectations,” said Advanced Placement Literature teacher Staci Haag.

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  • Academic Decathlon team stripped of first place

    Friday, February 27, 2009 By: AIMEE TURNER

         After being awarded first place in this year’s Academic Decathlon competition just a few short weeks ago, the Frederick Douglass High School team now finds themselves stripped

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  • Good Grades for Laziness

    Friday, February 27, 2009 By: Amanda Luisis

    Laziness is a common problem, but when it gets to the point where you stop all activities because you are simply too lazy, then there’s something wrong. Many kids have given up on their futures becaus

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  • Social worker speaks about body image

    Thursday, February 26, 2009 By: Vivian Zhang

    February is Body Image Awareness and Eating Disorder Month, and Washington is bringing attention to the growing issue of body image by holding a presentation. Guest speaker Debra Gionet, a licensed cl

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  • Program helps juniors educate elementary students about drugs

    Tuesday, February 24, 2009 By: Alisya Mora

    What is it to be a role model? Perhaps it is one who can show leadership and responsibility, as well as be connected with others to help succeed in life. Juniors Carmen Guzman and Melanie Gilliam take

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  • Sobering Statistics

    Tuesday, February 24, 2009 By: Molly Stevens

    The effects of binge drinking on teenagers.

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  • Laura Gossett; upcoming star

    Monday, February 23, 2009 By: Jayme Peavler

    Gossett a former NHS student, a soon to be star!

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Issue Date: Sunday, March 01, 2009 Issue: Week of March 1, 2009
 
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What is "cool"? Consider war hero Jack Lucas, and anybody else who understands that self-absorption cannot be justified. Life lived for others is cool.
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School life with a disease equals a daily test. Failing the test can mean more than an F.
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The technological advances of the 21st Century's first decade have in many ways made life easier and more pleasurable. And in some ways, they've made life more trying, and even scary. One example of t
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High school is too early to give up on life. Laziness in class may be the first step in that frightening direction for some students.
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High school is too early to give up on life. Laziness in class may be the first step in that frightening direction for some students.
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Do I pack a healthful lunch that will save me time and money, or do I buy the food I crave, crave, crave at lunchtime, knowing it's not as good for me and costs quite a lot? The questions arise as Ame
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Life is more than sports, but you may not get that impression during a walk through the high school. What can be done to spread to the arts and academics the devotional wealth paid sports?
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Bogus Bailout
On Friday, February 13th the 111th Congress passed an economic “stimulus” package totaling over $787 billion. This package includes provisions that would give taxpayer money to struggling private bus
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