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Published on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by The Norseman Staff
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Ever since May 2009, people across America have gotten to know the members of the show-choir “New Directions”. With star bound Rachel Berry, mean-spirited cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, handicapped Artie Abrams, and many others, the award-winning television show Glee, is full of surprises.
Categories: Entertainment | Tags: main, Television, Volume 40 Number 1
Pretty Little Liars, a best selling book by Sara Shepards, jumped to the small screen this year when it turned into a popular television series on ABC Family.
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After a Georgian assembly passed a law that regards the wearing of baggy pants as indecent exposure, the debate as been set afire as to whether or not the use of saggy britches is appropriate.
Categories: Opinions | Tags: main, Staff Ed, Volume 40 Number 1
Most teenagers both need and want clothes. People like to look nice, stylish, and up to date with the current ins and outs of fashion.
Maintaining your wardrobe can be expensive, especially if you enjoy particular (and pricey) brands. Back to school shopping can cost the typical high school students anywhere from $100 to $500.
Categories: Opinions | Tags: main, On a Budget, Volume 40 Number 1
The sound of the crowd is deafening as the Friday night lights shine down on the field. Along the sideline, the players wait their turn to enter the game and prove themselves among their peers.
High school football is not just a past time or a sport; it’s a way of life. It is through this way of life that a young man will sometimes rise to the occasion and really excel as a leader.
Categories: Sports | Tags: Football, main, Volume 40 Number 1
For many Viking athletes, golf is a fun and engaging activity that also serves as a stress reliever.
Senior Matthew Wilkinson has been involved with the golf program since his freshman year.
“I have fun doing it,” Wilkinson said. “It’s something I enjoy.”
Categories: Sports | Tags: Golf, main, Volume 40 Number 1
Whether it is for exercise or for other self-motivated reasons, many students are active members of the cross-country team, even if that means having to deal with the difficulty of being at school to run at 7:30 each morning.
Cross-country is a one-event sport in which the girls run 2 miles and the boys run 3.1 miles. Practices frequently push further, going up to 4.5 miles.
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Even though Bryan High has been a closed campus for over fifteen years, many students don’t know why they are not allowed to leave campus for lunch.
For the administration, safety is one of the main priorities in maintaining a closed campus.
Categories: Features | Tags: main, Nutrition, Volume 40 Number 1
When asked what their favorite class of the day is, plenty of students would undoubtedly answer, “Lunch!”. Yet, how many students know what goes into making a daily meal in the school cafeteria?
Starting at 6:30 in the morning, cafeteria workers begin arriving to start preparing for the day’s meals.
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After December 2007, when a national recession was declared by the National Bureau of Economic Research, state and federal budgets have been under intense scrutiny.
A central aspect of the state’s budget that is being considered for budgetary cuts is the education system.
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Ready Set Teach is a program that allows students with a goal of one day becoming a teacher to jump start that dream and help it become a reality. Members of Ready Set Teach go on field trips to schools around the district to get a general overview of the teaching career.
“Ready Set Teach is a capstone course, meaning that it’s at the end of the education and training pathway,” teacher Nina Wright said.
Categories: Features | Tags: Classroom Spotlight, Clubs and Organizations, main, Volume 40 Number 1
As the weekend nears, the theater department is preparing for its first show of the year. Dearly Departed will debut this Friday, Oct. 15 in the Black Box Theater.
David Bottrell and Jesse Jones’ Dearly Departed is set somewhere south of the Mason Dixon Line. It tells the story of Bud Turpin’s funeral and its aftermath.
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Thirty years ago, people affected by breast cancer had a less than twenty-five percent chance of surviving. Those chances have now increased to over seventy-five percent, but researchers are still striving to push the survival rate even higher.
Student council is trying to aid in that process by selling pink t-shirts in support of breast cancer research. The “Pink Out” game will be held on October 22 when the Vikings play Harker Heights.
Categories: News | Tags: main, Student Council, Volume 40 Number 1
From finding your classes and meeting new people, to fitting in and getting used to more homework, the transition from middle school to high school is a big change.
This year, student council worked to make that transition a little easier for incoming freshmen by hosting the first Viking Fish Camp.
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Most teenagers both need and want clothes. People like to look nice, stylish, and up to date with the current ins and outs of fashion. Maintaining your wardrobe can be expensive, especially if you enjoy particular (and pricey) brands, for back to school shopping can cost the typical high school students anywhere from $100 to $500. This is a pretty ridiculous amount of money to spend on clothes. With stores prices seeming to only increase, what can you do though to save money, yet still get your shopping fix?
Categories: Opinions | Tags: main, On a Budget, Volume 40 Number 1
Ready Set Teach is a program at Bryan High that allows students with a goal of one day becoming a teacher to jump start that dream and help it become a reality. Members of Ready Set Teach go on field trips to schools around the district to get a general overview of the teaching career.
Categories: Features | Tags: Classroom Spotlight, Clubs and Organizations, main, Volume 40 Number 1
If you’re a big gamer, or just a nerd like me, chances are you’ve heard about “that one zombie movie” that came out in September. Yes, Resident Evil, the infamous video game turned movie hit the big screen with Resident Evil: Afterlife.
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Teenagers face pressures to fit in, and whether they like it or not, they are labeled by the way they dress, the way they act and who they hang out with.
MTVs hit new show, If you Really Knew Me, focuses on bringing different people from diverse cliques together through a program known as “Challenge Day”.
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