Renovations begin along with inconveniences
January 26, 2012 • BROOKE BAUER
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Lexington-Richland School District 5 went to South Carolina’s Supreme Court on the issue of the delayed renovations on Wednesday, January 11 with high hopes that a decision would be reached. Their hopes came true when the court ruled that renovations would start. Currently, renovations have begun... Read more »
District musical planned: Footloose provides chance for all schools to shine
January 26, 2012 • ERIKA MCVEY
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Footloose the musical is coming to Chapin High School—and Dutch Fork and Irmo, too. The three high schools are preparing to put on the first district musical ever. The musical will be directed by DFHS drama teacher Lyle Browne and choreographed by DFHS dance teacher Ginny Haynes. It will be funded... Read more »
Ticket for texting?
January 26, 2012 • Kendra Hall
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It is well known that in today’s world, many teens that drive have sent and received a text while behind the wheel. For some, they are lucky and have not faced the reality of how dangerous texting and driving is. South Carolinahas been trying to pass a law that focuses on this issue by making... Read more »
AP Biology and Anatomy students visit Body Worlds VITAL exhibit
December 13, 2011 • Mallory Knowles
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AP Biology and Anatomy classes of Chapin High visited the Body Worlds VITAL exhibit at the state museum on November 14 as part of a field trip organized by science teacher Lori Latham. This exhibit was designed to show visitors the contrasts of how a healthy lifestyle and a non- healthy lifestyle can... Read more »
Free Thinkers leave convention behind
December 7, 2011 • Olivia Fitts
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A question is asked. There is tentative silence. The students in this room exercise thought. It is an apparent passion in all of the students; but perhaps it is the only commonality. I see Christians and Atheists, introverts and extroverts, the most vocal and the quietest of the student body. When asked... Read more »
Minimum wage leads to maximum stress
December 7, 2011 • Amanda Dobson
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For most students, the day does not end at the sound of the 3:10 bell. After a long day of school many students continue to work hard at their other jobs. The life of a teenage worker is stressful. Junior Carli Sims admits that working a job has affected her grades, and she struggles to find an even... Read more »
Older-younger relationships, timeless
December 7, 2011 • Kendra Hall
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Imagine walking into high school as a freshman of fourteen. New students feel intimidated by the upperclassmen with their constant taunting and harassment. Now add dating into the equation, which for most freshmen is another big first they are trying to figure out. Add one more little twist- that... Read more »
College level stress for some freshmen
October 26, 2011 • Mandy Bidinger
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Some freshmen getting iPads is not news anymore, but the price of the iPads may be news to some. Students signed up for the iPads as part of the Academic Leadership Academy, a new school-within-a-school idea designed to accelerate a standard high school education. The program starts in middle school... Read more »
Halloween Turning Too Sexy?
October 26, 2011 • Kendra Hall
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A guy is going to pay more attention to a girl in booty shorts and high heel boots compared to a big bumble bee. Halloween is many students’ favorite night in October. As a child, the purpose of Halloween is to dress as a popular character and go trick-or-treating. However as children get older,... Read more »
College application day
October 16, 2011 • Thames Jamison
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On September 22 and 23, senior english classes had the opportunity to complete college applications. “The South Carolina Commission for Higher Education along with the State Department of Education named October as South Carolina college application month.” Said guidance counselor Mrs.... Read more »
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