It All Comes Down to This…
Ali Halford, Senior Reporter
April 25, 2012
For the class of 2012, the countdown to the last day of high school is dwindling down to zero. The days left in the “torture chamber” called high school are almost gone. The past four years have been some of the best times and some of the worst times, but no matter how good or bad those times were,... Read more »
Brad and Angelina: The Hollywood Royal Engagement
Aaliyah Hankins, Senior Reporter
April 19, 2012
The time has finally come. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally getting married after seven years of dating. Secretly, Brad went to a small time jeweler, Robert Procup, who took a year to make Brad’s vision of the perfect engagement ring for Angelina that was made exactly for her. It is a 16-carat,... Read more »
The Taste of Success
Aaliyah Hankins, Senior Reporter
April 4, 2012
Yes! Senior year is so close to the end that I can “taste” it. I’ve looked forward to this day from the beginning of my freshman year. If one could read my mind, one would see what I have been thinking about mostly 92 percent of the time in class. Since this semester has begun, my daydreams have... Read more »
What a Surprise
Kyara Wortham, Junior Reporter
April 4, 2012
Next Door Competition Surprisingly on March 18, 2012, CVS Pharmacy was opened directly across the street from Walgreens on the corner of North Highland and Campbell. In my opinion, I believe CVS was placed there for competition, but based on speculation, someone mentioned they are owned by the same... Read more »
When will Justice be served?
Niree French
April 2, 2012
February 26, 2012 is the day Trayvon Martin was killed. Was he armed? No. He was just a typical 17-year-old child going to the store to get a snack. He did not for a second know of the rude awakening he was going to face as he returned to his father’s neighborhood, Twin Lakes. Upon Trayvon’s return... Read more »
The Brush That Paints Life
Aaliyah Hankins, Senior Reporter
March 29, 2012
What would the world be like if no one tried to be different? If there were no bright-colored shoes and no screen tee shirts that voiced one’s opinion, how would you determine someone’s character or thoughts; the world would be absolutely dull and blank, because it would be missing the brush... Read more »
The Talk of the Lunch Table
Kyara Wortham, Junior Reporter
March 23, 2012
Frozen yogurt, Gelato, cookies, candy, pretzels, and more shocked the taste buds of a certain group of individuals. Yolo, a self-serve yogurt shop, based out of Memphis, Tennessee, expanded to Jackson on May 25, 2011. The location of Yolo is in the columns next door to Books-a- Million. It has... Read more »
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Niree French
March 23, 2012
It is almost time for seniors everywhere to end their journey of high school. Of course with one ending, a new beginning is coming, that new beginning for most students is college. Of course, everyone knows college is not cheap. Students are faced with the question, do I go in-state or out-of-state?... Read more »
Massacre in Afghanistan
Seeley Jones, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2012
Sunday, March 10th in Balandi, Afghanistan, tragedy struck several Afghan homes. An American Soldier open fired on innocent civilians in a village near a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan. The soldier killed 16 villagers. President Hamid Karzai referred to the killing as an “assassination”... Read more »
Memphis Tigers… A Higher Ranking?
Aaliyah Hankins, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2012
When I woke up Monday morning and found out that the Memphis Tigers would be traveling to Columbus, Ohio to play Saint Louis on Friday in the NCAA tournament I was so excited. But to find out that some of the players and coaches were not as eager and excited as I was about it, was shocking. Why they... Read more »
