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W.W.J.D.?:When trouble comes knocking, punishment quickly follows…

December 3, 2010 • Jen Davis, Entertainment Editor  

 Something happened to me recently- something scary, enraging and all around not fun to experience; something I never thought I would have to go through: detention.  It happened one day about a month ago when I was in class with one of the nicest teachers in the world, and my phone kept buzzing.... 

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Livin’ Good With Livingston: Sports will always be competitive

December 3, 2010 • Matthew Livingston, Sports Editor  

   A lot of people complain that a sport loses its fun when it becomes competitive. Some people just want to play sports for the love of the game and sometimes just to stay in shape. And nothing is wrong with that, but competition is never lost in sport. The truth is it’s the fundamental point of... 

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Story Time with Mother Goose: Trying new sports, getting back into shape

December 3, 2010 • Kaylie Eichholt, Editor-in-chief  

   Getting back into shape can be difficult especially when you want to find something new to do.    Over the summer, I decided to try out different sports to vary my workouts so they would not get too boring.  I was in search of the perfect sporting activity that would be not too challenging and... 

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Sarah’s Soap Box: Break the habit, fight procrastination

December 3, 2010 • Sarah Milne, News/Opinion Editor  

   Just as the due date of a particularly important project, paper or test approaches, the monster that is procrastination strikes upon innocent students.    Try as we might, this monster magically manages to make mundane tasks, like walking the dog you barely spend time with, eating without actually... 

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Point-Counterpoint: Classics contain lessons and style important to our literary education

December 1, 2010 • Michael Purcell, Online Editor  

   Year after year, students leave the bookstore low on cash and newly armed with an arsenal of literature classics and their handy Spark Notes.  From A Tale of Two Cities to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the question is being raised: are these so-called “classics” worth reading in the classroom? ... 

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Point-Counterpoint: “Classic” books, though honorable, should not be forced upon unenthused audiences

December 1, 2010 • Sarah Milne, News/Opinion Editor  

   In English classes throughout the world, students are forced to become acquainted with literary classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Tale of Two Cities and Romeo and Juliet. I applaud these novels for lasting centuries and remaining popular, yet I can’t help questioning their purpose... 

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Story Time with Mother Goose: Learn from my mistakes

October 17, 2010 • Kaylie Eichholt, Editor-in-Chief  

   Let me begin by explaining that although this is my third year of journalism, I have never written a column before.  I decided that my column should be uplifting and hopefully you will learn something from it.     Recently my boss asked me to dog sit her Chinese cresentshitzudoodle and her poodle. ... 

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Point-Counterpoint: Halloween is a timeless holiday for all ages

October 17, 2010 • Jenifer Davis, Entertainment Editor  

 On Halloween, thousands of kids, teens and adults put on their most creative costumes in preparation of holiday festivities.  Kids, along with some sort of guardian, typically go from house to house in search of special Halloween goodies.    Teens and adults often go to parties, trick or treat with... 

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Point-Counterpoint: Teenagers have grown too old to enjoy the naive joy associated with Halloween

October 17, 2010 • Alex Grunbeck, Business Editor  

   Every Halloween is the same. Around 5:30 pm children rally around their neighborhood to visit strangers for candy. Assorted fairy and Marvel comic book characters clog the streets as kids run amuck with pillowcases full of candy. However, this does not last for long, their sugar high mellows out... 

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Editorial: Teens showing off inappropriate outfits should consider their own image

October 17, 2010  

   We here at the Central Voice like to use a phrase; check yourself before you wreck yourself, meaning showing a little self awareness in all situations can benefit not only you but the people around you.    So Halloween is around the bend and that means an assortment of things. For one it means... 

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