Got Gaming Skills? Neither Do I.
April 13, 2010 • written by Caitlin Carter
Filed under A & E
We are living in an age where the state of being a nerd (hereafter called “nerdiness”) is no longer a point of shame. Instead of representing a group of people whose daily routine involves getting shoved against lockers (a la Napoleon Dynamite), a nerd is a person whose interests lay outside of the... Read more »
A Brief Discussion of Blizzard Entertainment
April 12, 2010 • written by Luke Earhart
Filed under A & E
Until 1994, Blizzard Entertainment was a relatively unknown company. One of the main reasons was because of the company constantly changing its name. Their past games did not have a large impact on the video game world, and largely went unnoticed. Truly it was an underdog story…. until... Read more »
Remember Me Everything but Memorable
March 30, 2010 • written by Payton Shiver
Filed under A & E
Harry Potter buffs remember him as the heartthrob Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff. Most younger tween girls swoon over him as the irresistible Edward Cullen. Either way, Robert Pattinson is vividly remembered. In his newest Summit Entertainment film, Remember Me, Pattinson plays Tyler, a troubled twenty-one... Read more »
Dear John Book vs. Movie
March 29, 2010 • written by Caitlin Conley
Filed under A & E
Do you know what a Dear John letter is? It is a letter that girls would write to soldiers to break up with them while they were at war. Nicholas Sparks wrote a book named Dear John which was recently made into a movie. The book was by far amazing, because it developed the characters and was so much more... Read more »
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Review
March 25, 2010 • written by Payton Shiver
Filed under A & E, Opinions and Views
A new character has entered the fictional world ruled by the infamous lightning scarred Harry Potter and dragon-rider Eragon. Percy Jackson is getting ready to be kicked out boarding school. Again. After being attacked by a boring math teacher who turns out to be one of Hades’ personal Furies,... Read more »
Bored? Got Ya’ Covered..
March 25, 2010
Filed under A & E, Opinions and Views, Student Life, Uncategorized
When you are coming home from school on Friday, the last day of the week, students usually think, “Now I have two days off, and now I can do what ever I want!” Some may hang out with friends the whole weekend, some may have to run errands, some may have a lot of busy work to do, and of course there’s... Read more »
Special Children Get Special Day
March 25, 2010
Filed under A & E, Community, Features, Opinions and Views, Student Life, Uncategorized
“Let the Special Olympics begin!” Students from North Augusta High and all over Aiken County heard these words that marked the beginning of Special Olympics 2010. The event took place on Friday, March 19 at Aiken High School. However, the beginning of the Special Olympics was not at the actual event.... Read more »
God Knows Where that Hand’s Been: And God Does Know John, We All Know.
March 16, 2010
Filed under A & E, Opinions and Views
Comic #11 or 12 Original Story: A Michigan 6-year old gets in trouble for making a gun with his hand. . . . . . . . . Click to Enlarge . . . . . . . . Read More →
Can Oscar Heal Hollywood?
March 12, 2010 • written by Caitlin Carter
Filed under A & E, Opinions and Views
The Academy Awards exist to honor the best in work in Hollywood. In the memorial portion of last Sunday night’s 82nd Academy Award ceremony, the presenter said, “This is a time for celebration,” in spite of the several deaths of actors this past year. Despite this proclamation of the allegedly... Read more »
Let the Great World Spin
March 9, 2010 • written by Caitlin Carter
Filed under A & E
Look back at your English’s class curriculum for the past years of school. When was the youngest book on the list written or published? Among the most recent are J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, two novels completed in the 1950s. While history classes’... Read more »
