1. Go to Newell’s restaurant
2. Show up at a pep assembly and participate
3. Eat at Druber’s Donut Shop
4. Get freaky on dress up days
5. Dance the night away at homecoming
6. Attend a math class with Barbara Umscheid
7. Strut an expensive outfit at prom and build a masterpiece at prom building
8. Get daily updates and...
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Slash! Bam! Oww! Sophomore Rachel Abbas takes a hit in the right arm while sword fighting with her friends.
Hitching a ride to stores with Abbas’ friends to play with toys is an after-school activity that Abbas secretly loves to do.
“I usually go with anyone who will give me a ride, which is generally at...
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“I’ve been doing nerdy things since I was knee-high to a jackrabbit,” freshman James Dacy said.
Among the list of activities that Dacy does in his spare time after school, he always does his best to make sure that he has time to play his favorite video games with his friends.
“My favorites are role playing...
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Senior Mariah Agoita describes herself as someone who “likes to go out and have fun.” In contrast to this, one of her favorite activities is reading.
“I’ve always enjoyed reading,” Agoita said. “I’ve been reading at or above college level since sixth grade.”
This hobby contradicts her personality, Agoita said, because most people who know her...
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Although to her peers at school she may not seem like the type to walk around town shoeless, freshman Karmarisha Dickson enjoys taking barefoot walks.
“I don’t like wearing shoes, and I like the outside, so I take walks to the park without my shoes,” Dickson said. “The sand feels good between my toes.”
Dickson usually...
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Armed with a glass of ice cold water, he silently enters the bathroom and prepares to execute what he calls a classic prank. His unsuspecting roommate is suddenly hit with a blast of cold water.
Although he probably doesn’t like being the recipient of this tomfoolery, history teacher Greg Lehr enjoys inflicting this...
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What you didn’t find in the paper: laughter science
While Norman Cousins (as mentioned in “Science of Laughter” feature article) used laughter as a source of healing, laughter therapy continues today. The laughter therapy, which coach and trainer Judy Young teaches, was founded by Dr. Madan Kataria, a cardiologist in India.
“The therapy is...
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PE teacher Heath Elliot has played many pranks, but his favorites are ones he has played on business teacher Justin Helmer. One he recalled was the time he got Helmer back for always using his office bathroom.
“Helmer seems to think my office bathroom is his own personal bathroom,” Elliot said.
One day Helmer told Elliot...
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*Disclaimer: Pranks are not intended to be taken seriously.*
1. Take a baby bear, drop it down the sink drain, then wait five to six years. Now smear some honey on the inside of the toilet, and when someone goes to use the bathroom a bear will come out and grab them from behind (get...
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Monday, March 15
Start spring break off with a little spring cleaning. Get rid of last year’s summer clothes that don’t fit to make room for any shopping over break!
Tuesday, March 16
10:30 am – The Newton Public Library is hosting a free puppet show. Channel your inner child and go solo or bring the neighborhood...
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