And the award goes to…

It’s that time of year again. It’s time to reflect on the year’s brightest stars and the hottest films. It’s the time to root on a favorite actress or the newest favorite director. This year especially, the 84th annual Academy Awards have students talking. Popular nominees for Best Picture include: “The Artist”, “The Descendants”, “The Help”, “Midnight in Paris”, and “Moneyball.” “I don’t know a lot about who is nominated but I am really excited to see everyone there and I definitely want ‘The Help’ to win,” freshman Christa Karns said. While some students... Read more

Social networking turns anonymous

Imagine logging on to Twitter and seeing a new notification in the mentions. After clicking on it, a new tweet appears, saying some not-so-nice things. On top of that, the person that said it is using a fake name, has no picture, and is completely anonymous. Believe it or not, this has been an on-going occurrence for students during the past couple of months. It all started over the summer, when a person on Twitter that called herself “Gertrude Small” began harassing students. The comments made by Small were rather unpleasant and stirred up some controversy among students. But it didn’t... Read more

The Circle City Curling club comes to Noblesville

Every year, the unheard-of sport Curling enjoys a spike of popularity during the Olympics.  Anyone who may have a new-found interest in this out-of-the-ordinary sport should be excited, for the Circle City Curling club is looking to recruit new members from Noblesville. On February 26th,  the Circle City Curling club will be hosting a “clinic”, where they will teach people who are interested in Curling all of the ins and outs of the game.  These will take place at the Forum at Fishers, located at 9022 East 126th Street Fishers, Indiana 46038.  Their website, circlecitycurling.com, boasts... Read more

A Day in the Life of: Stephen Head

Sophomore Stephen Head is easily spotted in the hallways due to his brightly colored scrubs and his new mohawk. Head enjoys greeting people in the hallways, as well as in the mornings at the pool doors before the warning bell rings. With over 1,500 students in the main campus, it’s hard to remember every face seen in the hallways. However, many people remember the sophomore who regularly greets people at the pool doors in the morning and always wears scrubs to school: Stephen Head. When it comes to fashion choices, Head thinks that scrubs are better than people think. “Scrubs are colorful,... Read more

27 million rake in 14 billion

Over 27 million people are currently victims of human trafficking. Women, children, even men, are being used as sex slaves and labor slaves all over the world, including Indiana. If a viewer tuned into the morning news sometime during the week of the Super Bowl, they might have heard the words “Indiana” and “human trafficking” used together in the same sentence. For those who understand the reality of that, I hope they stopped to think far past the walls of what is commonly know. Human trafficking is a booming “career” all around the world and predominately... Read more

What’s the deal with discrimination?

Discrimination. Racism. People tend to see these two terms as synonymous. It is often overlooked that discrimination comes in a much wider variety of forms. Not only are people discriminated for their skin color or ethnic background, but they can also be discriminated for their age, religion, political beliefs, gender, disabilities, medical reasons, and social/working status. As provided by dosomething.org, here are 10 facts about this unfair treatment: 1. The most recent FBI Hate Crimes report reveals that in 2009, there were 3,816 victims of racially motivated hate crimes. Of that, 71.4% were... Read more

Giving gifts to all this Valentine’s Day

White Chocolate Fudge Recipe Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups white chocolate chips, 1 cup condensed, sweetened milk, dash of salt Line a square eight-inch pan with foil and set it aside. Combine ingredients in a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave, stirring every thirty seconds, until mixture is smooth. Pour into pan.   Cupcake Recipe Ingredients for cake: 3/4 cup softened unsalted butte, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1 1/3 cups buttermilk, 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Ingredients for frosting: 1 cup softened unsalted... Read more

The pirates who couldn’t do anything

The House Judiciary Committee has stated that it will continue its markup of SOPA in February and PIPA has been indefinitely shelved until further notice. Illustration by A. Echarry and A. Jeong On Jan. 18, was Wikipedia a little dark? Google a little “blacked-out?” “SOPA” and “PIPA” all over the internet? What exactly do those stand for anyway? The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) were two bills intended to help in Congress’ anti-piracy campaign, SOPA being the House of Representatives’ version and PIPA being the Senate’s. The controversy that came... Read more