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Monthly Archives: January 2013

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Academy Swimming

As most students lay sound asleep in their beds, this past Saturday, January 12, members of the Academy girls’ swim team shined when up against the state’s best at the 7th annual Northeast Classic Invitational in Canton. With close to 80 teams racing in the meet, the Vikes put up a valiant effort, showing many…

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Ruzzle: The Next Big Game

Ruzzle is the next big app to sweep across our student body, following the popular Snapchat. Ruzzle’s format is much like “Scramble with Friends.” Players make usernames and can set up their accounts with Facebook or Twitter, linking them to a wider variety of potential opponents. Each player must request to challenge a friend, and…

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January

It’s the middle of January, and third quarter has just begun. Third quarter is often said to be the most miserable time of the year, with summer still months away and seemingly never-ending stacks of homework. What should be warmly welcomed by students, however, is that only 6 out of the remaining 9 weeks before…

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21st Century Consumer Electronics

I admit I don’t know much about technology. Letter and number combinations that name items make little sense to me, and the speculation of future inventions has never been my interest. That said, I still found myself intrigued by the products showcased at the CES (International Consumer Electronics Show) that took place in Las Vegas…

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Book Review: “Open Heart” by Elie Wiesel

Open Heart, Elie Wiesel’s account of his 2011 bypass surgery, should be the next book you read. While it is light in physical weight (fewer than 100 pages), this work packs a massive emotional punch. Wiesel, who wrote Night, about his time in the hell of Nazi concentration camps, again reflects on facing the abyss-this…

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Born to Die

On General Tso’s day, our dining hall becomes chaotic. Eager to receive our share of this highly-demanded dish, not many of us think about the horrors these animals suffered for us to get their meat. Paul McCartney, an animal rights activist, urges people to consider the meat they are eating: “If slaughterhouses had glass walls,…

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Karaoke Night

After the boys varsity basketball team’s 54-38 win over Bexley, many students made their way to the dining hall for karaoke night, which the Service Board sponsored to raise money for Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day. Although in the beginning it seemed anticlimactic in comparison to the exciting basketball game, as the event continued, students…

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Hobbit Review

Released on December 14 to much media hype, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has skyrocketed in the box office to over $886 million in its first month. Directed by Peter Jackson and based off the book The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, it has a larger budget (around $250 million) than any of the…