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  • Students lend hand to Haiti

    Tuesday, October 21, 2008 By: EUGENIA NIKITINA

    For some, the needs of daily life are right at their feet: a warm shower, a quick snack to satisfy the hunger, a clean cup of water. But for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, food,

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  • Obama gives speech in Miami

    Tuesday, October 21, 2008 By: CAROLINA NAVARRO

    Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was greeted with loud U2 music and a crowd of almost 8,000 Democrats and undecided voters in our town late last month.

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  • The District Word

    Tuesday, October 21, 2008 By: Sharona Sernik

    The monthly gathering of the District Student Government Association (SGA) meeting took place on Oct. 8 at Miami Lakes Educational Center.

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  • PTSA fundraiser plans to hold car raffle

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: SARA NAPOLITANO

    Here’s an idea: pay $20 to win a $14,000 car.

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  • How “horror” will help Africa

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: MELANIE NEIMAN

    This year, students can not only dress up and get free candy on Halloween, but can help fight against Africa’s ongoing genocide.

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  • Homecoming events

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By:

    Talent Show: The drum line opened up the Homecoming Talent Show. The drummers had the crowd out of their seats before they reached the stage. However, only 26 students paid $5 to view the show on Oct

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  • Orchids & Onions

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: MARIA COTARELO

    Orchids: -Budget cuts are the main concern on everyone’s mind. However, the PTSA has started a donation program to help alleviate the “painful process.” All donations are accepted, and appreciated. Ju

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  • Parents have influence over their children

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: Samantha Mackson

    My mom plays a crucial part in my life. Every morning she wakes me up for school, and every day after school, she is home, ready to ask me about my day. Every time I need help with school work, she is

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  • Take responsibility for global warming

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: TRACY MENDEZ

    The earth has been around for nearly 4.55 billion years and houses over 1.4 billion different species and 6.1 billion people. The planet has faced ice ages, wars, nuclear disasters and every weather c

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  • Parking lot causes problems

    Thursday, October 30, 2008 By: HARRISON BARD

    It is 7:13 a.m. as I near the entrance of the student parking lot. Yet, no one is turning into the lot. The driveway is backed up with almost as many parents as students.

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The Lightning Strike Dr. Michael M. Krop High School Miami, FL
Issue Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Issue: Volume 11, Issue 2 Last Update: Monday, November 03, 2008
Live Conditions from Aventura, FL - USA
Current Conditions Mostly Clear
Temperature: 77.3 °F
Wind Speed: 5 mph ESE
Gusts: 22 mph NE
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At-a-glance
Transportation triggers timely trouble
Monday, November 03, 2008 By William Campbell
A major problem accompanying the new budget cuts involves athletic transportation. According to Athletic Director Lori Nelson, the school will be out of money for sports transportation by the end of o
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Junior varsity football rolling on all cylinders
Monday, November 03, 2008 By Brian Asman
With a 3-0 start to the season, junior varsity football has made a turn around from last year’s 1-4 record.Freshman linebacker Torrin Palmer believes the whole team is “on the same page” as far as kno
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Coaches Veiw on Captains
Monday, November 03, 2008 By Lukas Simmons
Captains are the tape that keeps a team together. They are the coach’s second man, or woman, who leads the team. Nine out of ten fall sports teams have captains, girls’ cross-country is the only excep
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Students practices Capoeira
Monday, November 03, 2008 By STEPHANIE FISCHER
Incorporating loud tribal drums, swift movements and tangible energy, the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira is becoming more popular in Miami-Dade. With over 20 mixed martial art schools dedicat
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New Soccer Coach
Monday, November 03, 2008 By MITCHELL ADAMS
The boys’ varsity soccer team must put behind the fallout from last year and begin conditioning with a new

coach.
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Athletic superstitions
Monday, November 03, 2008 By Brian Asman
From walking under a ladder to “step on a crack, break your mother’s back,” superstitions are factors in our lives. Superstitions are notions, based on neither rational thought nor meticulous proceedi
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The new trend of old threads: Used fashion makes a comebackor our wallets and our planet
Monday, November 03, 2008 By MARGIE SERNIK
On Lincoln Road, stores like American Apparel imitate the retro style from the mid 1900s.Among them, Fly Boutique, a thrift store, doesn’t copy the vintage styles but instead sells clothes that were a
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Restaurant review:: Here comes the sun
Monday, November 03, 2008 By SHARONA SERNIK
On a rainy Miami day, it’s inevitable to hope for sun. Yet, hope doesn’t guarantee sunlight; so, Here Comes the Sun will bring light to your day.

Well, not literally.
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“The pill” puts end to girls’ monthly pain
Monday, November 03, 2008 By Aron Wolfson
Taking a birth control pill is not just for preventing pregnancy. What people may not know is that the pill also benefits women by regulating their menstrual cycle.With a combination of estrogen and p
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Man with the weather plan
Monday, November 03, 2008 By JESSICA GROSS
The Lightning Man may wear a lightning bolt, but Alex Galitz understands them. Galitz became interested in meteorology when he was ten years old. While living with his mother at the time, he constantl
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