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A Risk Not Worth Taking: Borland Retires at Age 24
By: Sam Neumann At the age of 24, Chris Borland decided that playing football was no longer worth risking his health for. The now-retired...
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Countries Across the World Vie to Bring Olympics to their Cities
By: Maggie Barclay As the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, draws closer, excitement and anticipation builds for the...
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Say It Ain’t So: 5 Shows Cancelled Far Too Soon
By Katelyn Spicer: Some TV shows are instant fails, not worth the time it took to watch an episode. Others, however, find an interested...
Apr 16, 20153 min read


The Truth About Sadie
By: Morgan Epperly © Capp Enterprises, Inc. Used by permission. The Sadie Hawkins dance at Ardrey Kell is usually held as a Valentine’s...
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Six Things to Do Before You Graduate AK
By: Katelyn Spicer Friday Knight Lights: Football games are a huge deal at Ardrey Kell. Every game has a different theme (white out,...
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Should Homosexuals Really Be Shown On TV?
By: Sandra Wiktor Yes. The answer to the title question is an unapologetic and passionate yes. And not only homosexuals – the entire...
Apr 15, 20155 min read
Girl In Washington Meets Her Parents, Obama and Hillary Clinton: The Oxford Comma
By: Sandra Wiktor An Apology Admittedly, it may not have been ethically sound to use such a manipulative twisting of the truth to prove a...
Apr 15, 20154 min read
Norway’s Bastoy Prison Focuses on Rehabilitation, Not Retribution
By: Ingrid Lone There’s an island outside of Oslo, Norway’s capital, called Bastøy Island. This island is better known by the name Bastøy...
Apr 13, 20153 min read
What Makes Up a Good Concert Experience?
By: Alejandro Lopez Concerts, music festivals and live performances in general are the chief source of income for the majority of music...
Apr 13, 20153 min read


Craziest Requests Don’t Faze These Hotels
By: Ariel Brittain When working in a hotel, one mostly encounters normal requests such as a fork, maybe a box of tissues, but a unicorn?...
Apr 13, 20153 min read
Date Rape Drugs Pose Serious Threat to Young Women
By: Abby Hawkins and Kaylan Cox College is freedom at last. You feel as if you are invincible. Parents can’t watch what you’re doing so...
Apr 13, 20153 min read


Did You Know? 4 Random Facts about the Big Apple
By: Anisha Saddy 1. There is a castle that costs less than an apartment in New York City! That’s right. Gothamist compared a four...
Mar 31, 20152 min read
Restaurant Review: Cookout Gives Best Bang for Buck
By: Raymond Wright Name a place where you can get hamburgers, quesadillas, corn dogs, barbeque sandwiches, hushpuppies and over 45...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Let’s Compromise on Senior Pranks
By: Victoria Smurr At the end of every school year, the senior class likes to plan its last “hoorah” of high school. Year after year,...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Restaurant Review: Sky Asian Bistro Offers Excellent Asian Fusion Experience
By: Anisha Saddy Sky Asian Bistro is a relatively new restaurant located in Pineville that serves sushi along with authentic Asian...
Mar 30, 20152 min read


Social Media Addiction Can Be Helped
By: Holly Mason In today’s world, social media has taken over. As soon as they wake, teens check their phones. Whether in class or even...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Surviving a Suburban Spring Break
By: Sydney Nazloo There is nothing else like the dull ache of a spring break spent at home. While your friends are out in the world,...
Mar 30, 20153 min read
Criminal Ring Targets Dogs in South Charlotte
By: Nicole Pierce We’ve all done it, left our pets outside while running a quick errand, visiting a neighbor or lying down for a nap....
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Deadly Selfies: 5 Tales of #Horror
By: Ariel Brittain Selfies, or photos of oneself, have rapidly increased in numbers and are in basically everyone’s social media. The act...
Mar 30, 20152 min read


Bucket List for the College Student
By: Nicole Pierce When you ask your parents, friends, teachers or even your grandparents about college they all begin to run on about...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Bucket List for the College Student
By: Nicole Pierce When you ask your parents, friends, teachers or even your grandparents about college they all begin to run on about...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Product Review: Lush Cosmetics are Ethical, Natural and Fabulous
By: Sydney Nazloo Buying ethically can be hard when so many companies use exploitative labor and harmful chemicals. Finding cosmetics...
Mar 27, 20152 min read


Teacher’s Daughter
By: Kaylan Cox I attended Albemarle Road Middle School in 7th and 8th grade. Mrs. Kiara Cox was a teacher there, but I always slipped up...
Mar 27, 20152 min read
Let a Robot Park Your Car
By: Jasmine King Recent advancements in technology have allowed a German airport to help travelers save time. This form of machinery is a...
Mar 27, 20151 min read
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