New Boys Soccer Coach
September 7, 2010
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Changes are the new trend hitting Ottawa High School this year and they are taking place outside of the classroom walls. OHS welcomes Daniel Nathan, the new head coach for the boy’s soccer team. With a new coach and a new season, expectations are higher as a new team is formed through diligent practices... Read more »
Rushing Through Classes
September 6, 2010
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
The school has used block scheduling for quite a while, but decided to try something this year. Soon we realized the possibility was going to turn into reality. “I didn’t know what the reasoning for changing the schedule was, until they told us that it would save money by cutting classes and a... Read more »
Tight Tanks, Short Shorts, and Other Clothes that Make Me Scream…
September 6, 2010
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Imagine this: you walk into school, prance down the hallway and stop at your locker. As you scan the perimeter to casually take a peep at your schoolmates, you see an unnerving sight—your buddy Jane, bent over, digging around in her locker…butt crack hanging out! Even though she is your friend,... Read more »
Too Much Technology?
May 25, 2010
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Often, I hear the elderly saying, “You young people these days, with all of your rap music and body gyrations, and those cell phones!” Well, I do not actually hear that too often, but I imagine that if I talked with a lot of elderly people they would say something similar to that. Even my dad frowns... Read more »
Where is my Flash Drive?
May 25, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
There you are, sitting in CAT. You are looking everywhere for the jump drive that holds the paper you still need to finish for the next hour. You are scrambling around, digging to China in your bag, only to find that it is not there. And, gasp! Thinking back to the night before, there you see your tiny... Read more »
Dangerous Oil Spill Harms Gulf
May 5, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
On April 20, a major oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. An explosion happened on a BP oil rig sending 5,000 barrels of oil a day into the ocean. Ever since the day of the spill the government, the military and BP, an oil and natural gas company, have been trying to get the oil cleaned up before... Read more »
Alice in Wonderland
April 23, 2010
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
I did not like the flow of things in Tim Burton’s, Alice in Wonderland because I was lost most of the movie. I had no idea what was going on a parts of the movie when she had to fight dragons, and the floating cat had no point in being in the movie. I do have to say that Johnny Depp did amazing in... Read more »
Vote for 2010 Senior Bests
April 19, 2010
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
Seniors: the nominations are in! Using the password that your CAT teachers have, you may vote at the following link. Please vote for one male and one female for each category! Voting must be done by Friday, April 23 at 3 p.m. This link will take you to the survey. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Vote for... Read more »
Sexting: “Immature” & Illegal
March 29, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
“Sexting” is the practice of taking a sexually revealing picture of yourself or sending dirty text messages, typically from a cell phone, and sending it to someone. Legal consequences aside, it is an irresponsible thing to do, especially for younger age groups in which it has become somewhat... Read more »
American Eagle Grant
February 15, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
The American Eagle Distribution Center in town has been generous and given the renaissance program a grant. The reason for the grant is for students who cannot afford to take dual credit classes. Whatever the reason may be the scholarship helps pay for the classes so they are not deprived of learning... Read more »
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