Ballet makes a comeback
September 28, 2012
by JASMINE ELSHAMY Staff Writer The season nine winners of the hit reality dance competition, “So You Think You Can Dance” were announced on Tuesday, September 18. The female winner, Eliana Girard, and the male winner, Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, are both ballet dancers, the first ballet... Read more »
“Gangnam Style” hits the U.S.
September 20, 2012
by MATT GORDON Editor-in-chief Korean pop star PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has grown in popularity throughout America, gaining over 150 million views on YouTube, and even reaching number 64 on the Billboard charts. The song is most popular for its outrageous dance music video that... Read more »
Apple introduces the new iPhone 5
September 20, 2012
by CHRISTINE ABRAHAM Photographer The new iPhone 5 is thinner, lighter, and faster than any other iPhone made. It is also the thinniest smartphone on the market. It is 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter thanks to the elimination of the seperate touch-sensing layer in the screen. It has... Read more »
Royal mistake
September 20, 2012
by ALISON LEVIER Section Editor Naked photos of England’s Prince Harry were leaked after a wild night in Vegas with some friends on August 21. Staying at the Encore in a VIP suite, Harry and two of his friends decided to bring some girls back to their room and have a wild party. Upon... Read more »
“X-Factor” is back
September 20, 2012
by EMILY BEZERRA Staff Writer “X-Factor” USA season two premiered this week on September 12. The hit Britain-imported show has two new judges, new talent, and new drama. “X-Factor” is a television music competition franchise in which aspiring pop-singers are drawn from... Read more »
Wisconsin temple tragedy
September 20, 2012
by CHRISTINE ABRAHAM Photographer Before service at an Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple, Wade Michael Page opened fire, killing six people and wounding four. Reports say that he shot them out of hate and spite. Page then engaged in a shoot-out with police after they arrived. Soon after, Page... Read more »
Douglas treated like slave
September 20, 2012
by ALISON LEVIER Section Editor Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around champion in gymnastics, is reported to have been racially bullied by former coaches. Douglas told Oprah that she was the victim of racial bullying at Excalibur, the gymnast’s former gym in Virginia Beach. In response to... Read more »
Fab 5
September 12, 2012
by ANDREA FRENCH Section Editor Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross made up the 2012 Women’s American Gymnastics team, referred to as the ‘Fab 5′. The Fab 5 were the second in U.S. history to win the team gold medal since 1996. The last team to... Read more »
Hantavirus warning
September 12, 2012
by CHRISTINE ABRAHAM Photographer Twenty-two thousand visitors have potentially been exposed to the hantavirus in Yosemite National Park. U.S officials estimate that upwards of 10,000 people may have this deadly disease. The hantavirus is spread through droppings of urine or saliva from infected... Read more »
The presidential election will be here before we know it
September 12, 2012
by JASMINE ELSHAMY Photo/Video Editor The two presidential nominees for this year’s campaign, Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, have two different plans for our country in the upcoming four years. Governor Romney may have an 89-page PDF describing his economic plan, but his plan... Read more »