Twilight Takes Over Theaters
November 30, 2011 • Carly Saber, Staff Writer
Filed under Entertainment
Die-hard Twilight fans along with parents, boyfriends, and unwilling friends formed large lines in front of the movie theater on Thursday November 17, 2011 for the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn. For a year now, fans have waited for this installment to the series. Summit Entertainment decided to... Read more »
Call of Duty Excites with New Installment
November 30, 2011 • Jonathan Choi, Staff Writer
Filed under Entertainment
On November 8th, 2011, Activision released the third game in the highly successful Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise. The game along with Battlefield 3 has been praised as among the year’s most anticipated game. Within the first 24 hours, in-store sales peaked at almost $400 million dollars. In... Read more »
Editorial: Classism and Hypocrisy Invade the Occupy Movement
November 22, 2011 • Grant Torre, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Opinion/Editorial
Over the past few weeks, the “Occupy” movement has caught headlines with locations in over 1,500 cities worldwide. These protests stemmed from Occupy Wall Street which began on September 17th, 2011 in New York City. According to the “unofficial de facto online resource”, OccupyWallSt.org, the... Read more »
The End of the World and the Beginning of a Revelation
November 21, 2011 • Kiana Schmitt, Staff Writer
Filed under Entertainment
6,840,507,000 people living in the world. 6,840,506,352 people suddenly and inexplicably vanishing. The remaining 352 people on Earth are the students of Charles M. Russel High School. These terrified, perplexed, pubescent students are all left to fend for themselves with no parents, no rules,... Read more »
West High Debate Celebrates
November 21, 2011 • Julia Truong, Staff Writer
Filed under News
On Saturday, November 12th, students from different schools arrived at West High to participate in a Speech and Debate Tournament. The students had one goal in mind: to win and take trophies home to their schools. During the tournaments, students spoke and debated about current issues that related... Read more »
Operation Cinderella Comes to West
November 21, 2011 • Chika Ojukwu, Staff Writer
Filed under News
If there is anything fulfilling, rewarding and satisfying all in one, it’s giving back – not only to those you know, but to the less privileged around you – in your city, community, state or country. Operation Cinderella, a donation program aimed to help girls and boys around America who cannot... Read more »
300 Meets Clash of the Titans
November 21, 2011 • Carly Saber, Staff Writer
Filed under Entertainment
Blood–battle–Greek Gods. The new movie Immortals hit theaters on Friday, November 11th. On opening day, Theater 10 at AMC 18 was packed with people waiting to see the warriors in action; they were not let down. The movie was, no doubt, a blood bath. However, the plot line was filled with ancient... Read more »
What Kinds of Trees do Teachers Climb?
November 15, 2011 • Lynn Leng, Freelance Artist
Filed under Gallimaufry
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P-Ville, in the Land of the West
November 10, 2011 • Jonathan Choi, Staff Writer
Filed under Feature
Mr. Pesusich also known as Mr. P truly rules the minds of students when it comes to conceptualizing World History for 16 year olds. To him working at three in the morning, typing up lesson plans, and putting together power-point presentations gives him overwhelming joy. His lessons work thus a majority... Read more »
Battle of the Bands
November 10, 2011 • Julia Truong, Staff Writer
Filed under News
Music boomed from the gym as West High held the 11th Annual Battle of the Bands. Licensed Fools, Farewell Amber West Swell, Short Temper!, Infinite Sun, and Russian Bleu all performed for an excited audience. Emcees, Amy Romano (12) and Garrett Miller (11), kept the crowd pumped up as each... Read more »
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