Give me a break–before college
May 2, 2011 • written by Brianna Hall
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College time is right around the corner and some seniors are guessing whether or not to do the unthinkable–take a break before starting college. While there are those who agree that a break is much needed, there are those who are skeptical. “Even with a little bit of a summer break, by taking... Read more »
A year of school flies by fast
May 2, 2011 • written by Anna Hanen
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Eight months of schooling can cause change inside its buildings and outside its four walls. While the 2010-2011 school year is coming to a close, looking back on it the changes are more obvious now then they were at the time. “It’s weird how much can change in only one school year,”... Read more »
Online learning for high schoolers inspires praise, suspicion
May 2, 2011 • written by John Keilman
Chicago Tribune
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(MCT) CHICAGO — Miriam Kotacka doesn’t want to wait for her future. She’s only 16, yet she’s due to graduate from Aurora’s Metea Valley High School in a few weeks so she can begin training full time as a ballet dancer. She has been able to speed her education by taking... Read more »
His next big step? Toms Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie is literally keeping a lid on it
May 2, 2011 • written by Booth Moore
Los Angeles Times
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(MCT) LOS ANGELES — Toms Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie is one of my favorite Angelenos, if you can call him one, as he spends so much of his time traveling on shoe drops in South America and Africa and giving speeches about his One for One business model (for every pair of shoes sold, a pair... Read more »
Amazon launches cloud-based music service
March 31, 2011 • written by Dan Gallagher
MarketWatch
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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com announced a cloud-based music service that will let users upload digital music files to the company’s servers and access them from anywhere on the Internet or through Android mobile devices. The move marks the latest effort by Amazon to strengthen its growing digital... Read more »
iPad 2 vs. the competition
March 30, 2011 • written by Brianna Hall and Raven Turner
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Walking into an Apple store one might be amazed at how hard it is to escape the long lines. The people in the lines only want one thing–the iPad 2 which was unveiled on March 3. CEO and founder of Apple Steve Jobs says, “We’ve just never had a product get off to this fast of a start.” Of... Read more »
Do This, But Don’t Do That! (Prom Edition)
March 30, 2011 • written by Raven Turner
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Prom season has finally come, a night to share with friends and capture memories. No one wants this night to go down in the history book of worst nights ever, so there are a few do’s and don’ts that may help to create that perfect night. The Don’ts: The don’ts are the most important... Read more »
Facebook runs relationships?
March 7, 2011 • written by Brianna Hall
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As of today, over 6 billion people live in the world. Of those people, 600 million of them have accounts on the ever so popular Facebook. Facebook seems to be everywhere; from the movies to individual laptops. People can see and read just about everything users put onto the social networking site. The... Read more »
Negative body image causes negative habits
March 4, 2011 • written by Anna Hanen
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Negative body image is a monster that has the power to distort a person’s mental health. It feeds on the insecurities of a person, and is hard to shake. According to Clean Cut Media, a site with articles aimed at media’s affect on pop culture, 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough... Read more »
Celebrating Valentine’s Day with history!
February 2, 2011 • written by Raven Turner
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As kids, we all gave our sweethearts cute cards with characters and candy attached; however, now people are spending exorbitant amounts of money to give them any and everything they want. Few people know the true meaning of this holiday. According to The Telegraph, a London newspaper, the holiday has... Read more »