Brown hair, green eyes, and she breathes sharp cries of laughter. She is a little annoying, but alluring because she smiles a lot. Her foot bounces up and down when she’s mad and she has a scar above her left eye, but I’ve never asked why. When she walks, her shoulders are always pushed back… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Katniss Everdeen started off as a poor girl in district twelve but is now known as The Girl on Fire. She stays busy captivating the soul of the audience as she pierces arrows through our heart while Peeta, her partner in crime, motivates and persuades with his alluring words. The Hunger Games trilogy is more… [Read more…]
December 5, 2011
Out of all of the people roaming the Earth, only two percent are considered the “red-headed step-child.” “Supposedly,” stated sophomore Molly Ellmo, “when we [gingers] were born, the devil took our souls and left us with a fire head, translating into red hair.” Being a ginger is a rarity- and not far behind an oddity… [Read more…]
November 21, 2011
Anticipation built as everyone awaited the decorated names to be hung on the cafeteria wall. The day came and whining arose from the cafeteria crowd like a group of moaning, unhappy animals. The senior superlatives had been posted and before you could… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
Once upon a time, in a world so small and unique, romance thrived and love was an enchanted fairytale. Now, as Oscar Wilde would say, “Deceiving others-that is what the world calls a romance.” Currently, still in a world so small and unique,… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011
West Carteret High School-our biggest rival since the opening of Croatan in 1998. The two football teams are well known for fighting for superiority on the field while the volleyball team fights for the rule of the court. Rivalries are fun, but do some people take them too far? Just recently, Croatan students got framed… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
The ongoing war that has been drug out for nearly nine years has touched and deeply affected America’s heart; but some of the hearts we interact with everyday are broken in a way that cannot be understood. When certain loved ones are away, it leaves a pain that is easily misplaced and misunderstood- a… [Read more…]
October 23, 2011
“I believe that each and every student can make a difference in the world. The first step in that happening is knowledge. Most of that structured knowledge will take place in school,” said English teacher, Mrs. Gainey. High school: challenging and somewhat too familiar. Some of us suck it up and push ourselves to the… [Read more…]
October 19, 2011
“Labels of any sort are frustrating, but I guess I just want to be seen as an actress who can hopefully do many things…Musical theatre is acting with signing it, but it’s all acting,” stated Sutton Foster, who would better be recognized as the Broadway lead of Princess Fiona in Shrek, the musical. Aside from… [Read more…]
October 11, 2011
High school stereotypes are something we hear about and witness everyday yet no one seems to enjoy being classified. Aside from the association by the cliché group, have you ever stopped to think about how geeky band students live their everyday life? Turns out not all band students are super geeky but even Drum Major,… [Read more…]
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