How To: Have a Perfect Senior Year
May 24, 2012 • Lauren Garner, Editor, How To girl
Filed under Diversions, Opinions, Student Life
For all of you juniors who are going into senior year next fall and all future seniors out there, take it from a senior graduating this year, you want no regrets. You want to leave High School with a sense of feeling accomplished, and you can only do that by getting involved and staying motivated. There... Read more »
The Secret of Pink Slime
April 4, 2012 • Lauren Garner, Editor
Filed under Diversions, Features, Health, Multimedia Opinions
Most have heard the term being used before, but not many people know what Pink Slime actually is. According to online sources, the name, “Pink Slime” came about in 2002 from the Food Safety and Inspection Service when a microbiologist named Gerald Zernstein discovered that manufacturers were placing... Read more »
How To: Spring Clean Your Space
March 26, 2012 • Lauren Garner, Editor
Filed under Diversions, Health, Student Life, Tips for Students
The main idea of spring cleaning is to approach it as a positive thing. Think of it as you cleansing yourself of all the negative energies that you’ve filled your space with. By cleaning all the dust and germs and getting rid of everything you don’t need or want, you are getting rid of all the mistakes... Read more »
How To Put an Easter Basket Together
March 22, 2012 • Lauren Garner, How-to Girl, Editor
Filed under Diversions, Humor, Opinions, Student Life
Putting an Easter basket together is more than just throwing a few things together and calling it good. It’s a masterpiece—a work of art. At least that’s how I think. Of course, I’m an over analyzer. But instead of giving you a step-by-step guide on how to put it together and telling you what... Read more »
How To: Assemble Your Effects Rig
March 6, 2012 • Ben Lowrimore, Music editor
Filed under Diversions, Student Life, Tips for Students
Personally, I don’t know much about guitar effects and other pieces of gear. It’s more important to become a great MUSICIAN before you start to worry yourself about the latest effect pedal. I am, however, going to educate myself more on effects, amps, live sound, and recording techniques... Read more »
How To: String a Guitar
March 5, 2012 • Ben Lowrimore, Editor
Filed under Diversions, Student Life, Tips for Students
I’ve seen this too many times: A guitarist who is weeks into playing, yet doesn’t know how to string his instrument properly. It makes me sad to think that he hasn’t even learned to care for the thing that he has decided to commit to. It’s like buying a car but not knowing how... Read more »
How to Go From Here to Career
March 5, 2012 • Lauren Garner, Editor
Filed under Diversions, Features, Opinions, Student Life, Tips for Students
Whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior, you have to eventually find out where you are headed in life and what you will be doing for the major portion of it. Knowing that, you should know there is a difference between a “dream job” and a “career.” A dream job is a job that is... Read more »
Upcoming Movies of 2012 and 2013 You Should Be Pumped To See!
March 1, 2012 • Whitney Finch
Filed under Diversions, Opinions
The years 2012 and 2013 have a huge plate of awesome ready for you to devour. This list is made of the movies that have piqued my interest, and also seem to be rather good. Also, I am a comic book nerd, so half the movies might be about comics or books. Just a heads up. To start off: The Hunger Games Titanic The... Read more »
Love for the Weeping Angels!
February 22, 2012 • Whitney Finch, Editor
Filed under Creative Writing, Diversions, Just for Guys, Opinions, Reviews, Television
Weeping Angels “Spoilers!” as my hero, River Song, would say. So if you are behind on your Doctor Who and/or don’t watch it, you might not want to read this. Now every Whovian has their favorite villains/monsters — it may be The Silence, The Dalek’s, The Master, The Cybermen.... Read more »
Tobii Eyetracking Computer
February 6, 2012 • Sarra Merritt
Filed under technology, Top Stories
We all think about the future, and all of the mind-blowing technology that comes with it. Well, aren’t we all wondering when exactly the “future” is going to arrive? The world can’t turn all futuristic at once, so of course the small steps come first. A pretty amazing step, I believe,... Read more »


