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The Viper Vibe Felix Varela Senior High School Miami, FL
Issue Date: Thursday, February 07, 2008 Issue: Vol. 7, Issue 4 Last Update: Wednesday, February 06, 2008
  • Editorial: Students should have a say in Teacher of the Year

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Editorial Board

    Although the teachers that get voted to be teacher of the year are usually hard working and deserving teachers, we on the newspaper staff feel that this is not a decision that should be restricted to

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  • Letter to the Editor: DFY-IT gives support to smoke free campaign

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Christopher Valdes, 11th/submission

    Why smoke cigarettes knowing that it affects your health every step of the way? Why make it an example that shows no good to anyone? Why do it, knowing that it will only stand as a negative event in

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  • Students take a stroll down the Boardwalk

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Amilynn Soto/Staff Reporter

    Several students in Varela have collected two hundred dollars, gone to jail, and have bought railroad systems all over America. Of course, they haven’t really done all these things; they just particip

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  • Carlos Escobar awarded Teacher of the Year: Varela English teacher is regional winner and first runner up county-wide

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Cinthya Garcia/Staff Reporter

    Teacher of the Year is a way for teachers to recognize a fellow colleague who shows special qualities that set him/her apart from the rest. This year, Varela’s faculty chose Mr. Carlos Escobar. Mr. Es

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  • Healthcare crisis affects Dade County school personnel: Teachers, staff fight for better health insurance package from school board

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Melissa Caceres/co-Editor-in-Chief

    No one ever said that teachers had it good. To spot a high school math teacher driving a Mercedes is a rare sight if not one straight from the Twilight Zone. It seems that it would only be the passion

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  • Audiences get lost in Abrams ‘Cloverfield’

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Tammy Salazar/Staff Reporter

    It's alive and it’s huge. The long awaited ‘Cloverfield’ film finally arrived at theatres with greetings from audiences who have all been waiting to find out what exactly is terrorizing the streets o

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  • ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ comes to the big screen: Freddie Highmore plays twins in this movie adaptation of the popular children’s books

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Joseph Cardenas/Guest Writer

    Coming February 14 is the movie that will lead its watchers into a world of fantasy and magic and bring out the child in anyone.

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  • Award shows face writer’s block, Golden Globes derailed and Oscars still unsure

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Amilynn Soto/Staff Reporter

    If you haven’t really gotten a writer’s strike update or if you don’t even know what the writer’s strike is, listen up! For the last 3 months, the Writer’s Guild Association (WGA) has been striking to

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  • Britain’s Kate Nash is ‘Made of Bricks’

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Alexis Camarena/Section Editor

    Every so often, we come across an artist that is simply magical, whose music perfectly conveys the connection between music and the human soul, and Kate Nash’s “Made of Bricks” is phenomenal. Kate Na

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  • Hyde’s novel ‘Becoming Chloe’ shows what’s beautiful in the world

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008 By: Ms. Mary Joffre/Guest Writer

    Do you ever want to leave who you are and become someone else?

    Maybe.

    Is the world a beautiful place?

    Perhaps.

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At-a-glance

The Wii, some say it’s a gift from the gods, others say that it’s a party starter, and some, like doctors, say it’s a tool to recovery.
Drug dealers are now luring teens towards drugs by making them ice cream flavored. Yep, you read right! From strawberry to peanut butter, crystal meth is now being disguised to look like hard candy.
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Superbowl XLII started with a bang…well, not really. From the start, the game appeared to be slow and not one that featured the supposed best offense to ever take the field. Consider the Giants openin
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Is there any sport more scrutinized than baseball today? A game where the all time hits leader Pete Rose and the all time homerun leader Barry Bonds are likely never to reach the hall of fame? It is c
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The regular season for the girls’ basketball season came to an end on January 17. The team improved from last year both in their record and in their overall play as they finished at 10-8.
Sport Short: Margarita Rosario
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The girl’s basketball team has really scored big with freshman player Margarita Rosario.
The boys soccer team advanced to region finals by defeating Coral Park in their game this season on Tuesday, February 5. That game marks the 13th shutout game for the Vipers this season.
Presidental elections heat up on Super Tuesday: John McCain pulls ahead for the republicans, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are neck and neck for the democratic nomination
The race for presidency has begun and everyone is wondering and holding their breath about who is and isn’t going to be on the ballet come November. Bush is leaving, the war in Iraq is still going on,
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If anyone tuned in to watch the 34th Annual People’s Choice Awards, you might’ve noticed something peculiar about it. Umm… where were all the people? Due to the writer’s strike, actors were refusing t
From the Vault: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
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In a time when the upbeat pop tunes of Cindy Lauper were the songs of choice and side ponytails with brightly colored scrunchies were considered “in,” there was a point when romance movies held an oun
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