Set your alarms a little earlier

Published on 12 March 2010 by Admin in Opinion

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Set your alarms a little earlier

As a freshman, I haven’t had much experience with taking finals. When winter was approaching, I would frequently hear my teachers remind the class, “this might be on the final” or…

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Awkward, my one true love

Published on 12 March 2010 by Jeremy Allen in Opinion

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Awkward, my one true love

There she was, sitting in the hallway. Of everybody in this class, she had to be the only other person who missed the test the day before. I would have preferred to meet anyone else out there: the boy in the class who…

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Budget cuts to affect students

Published on 12 March 2010 by Maria Davison in Opinion

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Budget cuts to affect students

I still have two-and-a-half years of high school left. And the way things are going, it’s very possible that, at the end of that time period, Northwest won’t be nearly as great of a place to go to school as it is now.

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Better bleached than bronzed

Published on 12 March 2010 by Maria Davison in Opinion

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Better bleached than bronzed

According to most forms of western media, the “perfect” woman, and even the “perfect” man, should have a flawless tan. Their skin should be a deep, rich brown. No one with my pale-as-paper skin…

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Step it up, underclassmen

Published on 26 February 2010 by Alex Revis in Opinion

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Step it up, underclassmen

The boys’ basketball team had been on a three-year home winning streak until SM West beat them on Feb. 2. The Cougar fans were very disappointing in this game. Although the score was close throughout the game…

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iDéjà Vu [Poll]

Published on 26 February 2010 by Admin in Opinion

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iDéjà Vu [Poll]

If you’ve been following the news, you’ve heard about Apple’s latest product. The unfortunately named iPad has been called many things (most of them unprintable), and it’s beginning to look like the almighty Apple may finally have…

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ZERO… tolerance policy

Published on 24 February 2010 by Nick Feighner in Opinion, Sports

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ZERO… tolerance policy

Remember that annoying orange packet you received at the beginning of the school year? You know, the one you and your parents probably set down and signed without even reading? This little packet explains the drug/alcohol policy that is enforced by the SMSD. What this packet…

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And the most useless awards show goes to…

It never ceases to amaze me how dumb the corporate side of the music business is. Just when I think the business is turning around (which is hardly ever), it just fires right back through our radios with a burst of craptastic notes arranged in the same repetitive fashion.

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Jay Leno is old news

Published on 16 February 2010 by Ryan McCarthy in Opinion

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Jay Leno is old news

If I’m not doing homework at 10:30 p.m., I’m always watching David Letterman. Maybe I watch because that’s who my parents watched when they let me stay up late as a little kid. Letterman is…

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Time to talk it out

Published on 16 February 2010 by Lauren Komer in News, Opinion

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Time to talk it out

Did I let the dog out? Does everyone have their stories in? When is the English book due? What time is the bowling meet? Have I practiced? What am I forgetting?

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