In 2010, the NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Turner/CBS Sports agreed to a 14-year, $10.8 billion deal for the broadcast rights to March Madness, the Division I men’s basketball tournament. Today, the NCAA makes nearly a billion dollars per year from the TV agreement, ticket sales, and other sources like donations. According to NCAA’s official […]
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Vile Victoria’s Secret: Why This Company is Tearing Down Our Society by Meredith Prince
Vile Victoria’s Secret: Why This Company is Tearing Down Our Society Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: one of the most popular fashion shows in the nation. Millions of people throughout the country flick on their T.V. and wait intently for the different angels wearing fluorescent wings and stilleto kitten pumps to strut down the glamorized runway. […]
Weird Ways to Stop Procrastinating (and yes, this is largely for my own benefit.) by Madeline Maurer
We’ve all had that moment… “Wait…It’s already 10:30? How?” You glare at your phone in shock. “But I was only on Youtube for, like, twenty minutes…Uh oh…” You look back at your unfinished project, your heart dropping like a boulder to the bottom of your stomach. Scrambling, you snatch the glue and Sharpies off of […]
Top Ten Ways to Get an A in School by Jenna Brandaleone and Jennifer Rosen
Start here when you need an A. If you are like us you know how much we all want A’s even if it means slowing down and taking more time. You will be able to get your grades up and learn different techniques at the same time to focus on your goal of an […]
Grisha’s Recipe for Autumn Apple Crip!
Food recipes: Autumn Apple Crisp 6-8 apples ¾ cup flour ¾ cup rolled oats ½ cup brown sugar ½ tsp cinnamon ⅓ cup vegetable oil Preheat oven to 360 degrees Wash and cut apples Spread apples at the bottom of the baking dish Mix all ingredients except the apples Bake for 40 min. or until […]
Two Teacher Interviews from Teachers with Two or More Years of Experience–by Grisha Barantsev
I interviewed Ms. O’Keefe, 8th grade English Teacher, and Ms. Barker, 6th grade Social Studies Teacher about…read on to find out more! Why did you become a teacher? Mrs. Barker: Because I love what I teach and I wanted to keep thinking it for the rest of my life. Mrs. O’Keefe: I became a teacher […]
Timeless Chapter 11 by Sritha Vemuri
I walk around my new room. Though it is amazing and exceeds all my expectations of a place I call home, I am speechless. Not in a good way though. How could they know about all of this? I think. I know they are from the future and have all this new and improved technology […]
Timeless Chapter 10 by Sritha Vemuri
My body is rigid on the cold ice below me. Ice? How did I get here? I think. I watch the blue connected beads float under me. They’re working on something but who knows what. I think again. They drift off into the air once they have made a spiral of loops. New blue […]
Timeless Chapter 9 by Sritha Vemuri
My hair is jumbled in knots. I haven’t had a decent comb since the people of the future came. These days my hair gets stuck to everything. Cell bars. Beds. Food, talk about disgusting! Cathy said that she had an offer on the table for me. She said she would get me a brush […]
Timeless Chapter 8 by Shrita Vemuri
I think of the times where I was little and I had a crush. His name was Charles. William Forrest Charles. He went to my middle school at Rivendell. He was a tall, skinny boy with a dimple on his left cheek. His strawberry blonde hair was formed in a buzz cut. He was the […]