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  • Dean Dangleis remembered

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Lindsay Fuller

    “Okay, my name’s Dean. I’m 17. A junior at Minnechaug, I’m about 6 ft., about 150 lbs. I used to be athletic, then I started working and that stopped. So, as of now, I fix cars at me and my dad’s shop

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  • Kelsea Owens remembered

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Katelyn Popp

    A cell phone rang in the auditorium two years ago. It was an assembly for the freshmen and sophomores on the first day of school. The administration was giving a welcome speech, and in the quiet audie

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  • Sex education changes for underclassmen

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Talene Jermakian

    Sex education is an integral part of the physical education curriculum for juniors. However, the content of the course will be different this year.

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  • Students recall and reflect

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Meaghan Quinn

    President Bush issued a moment of silence in schools on the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001. At 8:46 am, M. Martin O’Shea came over the loudspeaker to ask students and faculty to honor the 2,9

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  • 43%

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Zach Dunn

    I was rejected by 85 girls this week, but don’t give me your sympathy yet. I also could have 62 girlfriends although probably not at the same time. Don’t accuse me of being a liar just yet.

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  • Practice drills can prevent disaster

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Lindsay Kazin

    The footage of smoke and debris plowing its way through New York City streets as people fled from the World Trade Center is one that is all too familiar. Such an event was unimaginable, so no escape p

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  • Pageant winners

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Gianna Masi

    Students participate in many activities outside of the high school, during the school year as well as the summer, which can be put on college transcripts or can win them scholarships. One is pageants

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  • Hannum bags eighty punds plus

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Meaghan Quinn

    Randy Hannum is seen in the hallways throughout the school day and in the cafeterias at lunch. For six years, he has worked alongside students while as a part of the janitorial staff. For two years, h

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  • Field Hockey not for the weak

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Sam Dunn

    Ah, croquet, a high class sport, where refined individuals partake in merrymaking and playful banter whilst chipping the ball through wickets. Field hockey, I thought, was like croquet. Both involve a

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  • Determined Junior looks to lift the boys cross country team

    Tuesday, September 26, 2006 By: Dan Vivian

    After a disappointing 3-6 season of ups and downs last year, the high school’s boys’ cross country team is looking to rebound and improve. Under the coaching of Dick Osgood and senior captains Matt Mu

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For about a year, there have been rumors of secret CIA prisons holding al-Qaeda members and other suspected terrorists away from such publicly scrutinized places as Guantanamo Bay. According to an art
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High school students are not getting enough sleep and it’s effecting school work. Every year, studies have shown, teenagers’ grades drop more because of lack of concentration due to an inadequate amou
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As with Pearl Harbor, Americans, once again, five years ago, experienced a horrible tragedy that led us to war. It took an attack on our own soil to let us see that the world is not functioning proper
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In a speech given on September 6, President George W. Bush confirmed that the CIA was detaining suspects in the War on Terror in secret prisons, affirming press reports from almost a year ago. Many ca
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With their high school careers coming to a close, the seniors are stepping into the beginning of the end. The final fall sports season has kicked off for these seniors and it has been a much different
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As the dog days of summer have come to a close, and the girls’ cross country team is back in full swing, a new face has arrived. She is not an incoming freshman phenom, or a transfer from another scho
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