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Finding her passion, Marisa Kindsvater explores the challenging art of glass blowing
I don’t know what hell looks like, but I have a feeling it is similar to what I am...
The siren call of supplements—why you shouldn’t try GNC’s free samples
After senior William Wright purchased creatine pills a month ago, the GNC sales clerk handed him a sample...
Cup slapping teaches Glee Club members how to keep the beat
Huddled around a single desk, each member slaps a cup down in unison trying desperately to follow the...
A new face on the front lines: all combat positions now open to women
It was a polling station—an Afghan polling station, deep in the Peche River Valley. A Marine convoy behind...
Teachers lose big weight on controversial HCG diet
“Eight days until I can have a cheese stick,” receptionist Erica Wilson says as she bites into her...
Students reveal their inner colors
On Jan. 31, junior Sabrina Edelen came to school wearing a hat. Her long, dark hair extended from...
Faculty, staff remember jazz icon Dave Brubeck
At Stagg High School in Stockton, thousands of kids gather outside. It’s 1964, a pleasant sunny day. Dave...
Chemistry teacher diets his own way
Although the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HGC) Diet has become popular among some of the faculty, chemistry teacher Alan...
To avoid parents, sophomores flock to Twitter
The buzz of a phone is muffled by sophomore Caroline Mehta’s jacket pocket. There’s one new tweet, according...
The road not taken: gay conversion therapy won’t work, say juniors, New Yorker magazine writer
This morning junior Connor Martin chose to have eggs for breakfast. He could have gone for the oatmeal,...
Religion, distaste for meat lead to vegetarianism’s new popularity
Bacon. “I wish it was a fruit,” senior Ben Hernried said about the popular breakfast food. “I try...
Caught in the ACT: Students supplement the SAT with more curriculum-based test
What has three letters, is taken in your junior or senior year and is the most widely taken...
Break a leg – and lose it too! Alumna Marion Kerr lands her biggest role in hit show ‘Criminal Minds’
Recorded in a book every year were her age, number of teeth lost and what she wanted to...
Lions and tigers and ferrets! Oh, my!
It was junior Kamira Patel’s first day, but she had to pass the hazing. She had two choices:...
Predictable presents: Annual hippos, rabbits & Lego Starships become too much
As she sat in the audience watching a play, she suddenly had an unsettling thought, “Oh my goodness,...
Joe Doherty, Kristy Johnson find homes at new schools in Charlottesville, San Diego
What comes to your mind when you think of fifth- and sixth-grade science class? What about eighth-grade U.S....