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Alysse Eberhand, Cover Story Editor
December 13, 2011
The roar of cheering fans was not loud enough to drown out the sirens of police cars and an ambulance. And the explanations of administrators after the fact have done little to quiet students who are protesting arrests for underage drinking. Those who attended the Dec. 2 varsity hockey game against... Read more »
Allie Harris, Campus and City Editor
December 13, 2011
After the Dec. 2 incidents, the administration made changes to decrease the probability of reoccurrences. The administration hopes that changing the time of the hockey game from 9 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. will be another way to control the situation. According to Griffith, scheduling games for 9 p.m. “invites... Read more »
Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editor
December 13, 2011
The basketball home opener – a one-point win for Shaker — culminated in a parking-lot fight and two arrests. To top it off, LeBron James was not in attendance, despite rumors that he would be. Assistant Principal Eric Hutchinson, the administrator assigned to the basketball game, said that... Read more »
Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editor
December 13, 2011
After the Dec. 2 basketball and hockey games went haywire with fan misbehaviors, Facebook and Twitter exploded with commentary about student, administrator and police behavior, as well as with rumors and predictions regarding rules governing student behaviors and administrative procedure at future games. Social... Read more »
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller and Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
November 21, 2011
THE POSTERS READ “Juniority,” and with them, the latest battle in Shaker’s class war began. When students arrived at school Oct.14, they found the school decorated in green. It was a color war spirit day, and students had been encouraged to wear the colors of their respective grades’ homecoming... Read more »
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller, Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
October 17, 2011
Your GPA. Your SAT score. Your AP or IB exam scores. Your volunteer hours. Your parents’ five-digit paycheck. These are the numbers that define you on a college application. Admissions has never been an even playing field, and a little common sense suggests that this will always be the case – having... Read more »
Alysse Eberhard, Marissa Miller, Rachel Shaw, Cover Story Editors
September 27, 2011
“Facebook is dead.” So says junior Sophie Borione, who turned to Twitter as a comparable method of communication after her parents took away her texting privileges. However, she went on to say, “Twitter [exposes] people’s personal lives too much.” Twitter is a popular social... Read more »