Looking for Alaska, by new young adult writer, John Green, is a work of realistic fiction that has already earned the Printz Award, and is currently on the Abraham Lincoln Book List.
Archive for September, 2008
Jack’s Mannequin Plays a Heartfelt New Tune
September 15, 2008
The sophomore album is an ominous phrase that causes even the most self-assured of musicians to break out into a sweat. Perhaps an artist’s breakout album had only been a success because it simply was exactly what its audience wanted to hear at the right time. Maybe had considered this to be the case for [...]
Instant Replay Makes Baseball Like TiVo for Umps
September 15, 2008
The National Football League started using it in 1986, the National Hockey League in 1991, and the National Basketball Association in 2002. Now in 2008, Major League Baseball has instituted the use of instant replay. With about eighteen disputed home run calls this season, instant replay for home runs debuted on August 28th when the [...]
Harry Potter Delayed, End of World is Near
September 15, 2008
All witches and wizards of Hogwarts, school is officially not in session this fall! Warner Bros’ Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, based on the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series, was originally scheduled to release on November 21st of this year, but is being pushed back to July 17th of 2009. While [...]
Gold Rush of ’09 Hurries to Help
September 15, 2008
“Be loud, your voice will come back in a few days,” Tim Brackett, Gold Rush Captain ’08. This year’s Gold Rush is bolder, louder, and more influential than ever before. With captains Tim Brackett, Dave Iacaponi, Zach Dressander, and Matt Reed, the Neuqua’s sports season progresses. This year the Gold Rush is looking forward to [...]
Saggy Style Situation
September 15, 2008
Fashion trends are always changing with the seasons, but there is one trend that is changing because of a new law. Young gentleman, especially, should be aware of the new law. Now it is illegal for men and women to show more than three inches of their underwear. Although this law is not in place [...]
Living With Limits
September 15, 2008
For living in a free society, today’s culture seems to center itself around limits, living within boundaries that say who can do what and when they can do it. Recently, the focus seems to revolve around age limits, deciding when a teen can buy tobacco, when they can drive a car, consume alcohol, be relieved [...]
Boys Soccer Ready to Live Up to Last Year
September 15, 2008
For the past couple of years, Neuqua Valley’s Varsity Men’s Soccer Team has done all but disappoint fans with their performance on the field.
Dirty Teen Television
September 15, 2008
Tuesdays at seven o’clock central on ABC Family, 6.5 million viewers sit down to watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager. A part of that sum comes from Neuqua teens. While the acting is less than spectacular, the content of a fifteen year-old pregnant girl is alluring to teens these days. Television has come [...]
Frontier’s Fate Might be Final
September 14, 2008
Rumors on the ultimate fate of the Frontier Campus have been circulating the halls recently. The common story theorizes that the Frontier Campus was put into place only to ease the effects of overcrowding at Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley. Therefore, when Metea Valley eventually opens its doors to students, the Frontier Campus will close.
