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  • Speak Up: Announcers share experiences from behind the microphone

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Whitney Walker

    Cheering crowds, loud buzzers. The microphone turned on. Teams lining up to be announced, then, BOOM, the announcer begins.

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  • Owl City's Ocean Eyes Will Give You Fireflies: Minnesota native Adam Young soars to top

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Erika Blickenderfer

    Just 31 miles from Albert Lea the small town of Owatonna, Minn. there is a modest house on a quiet road. In that house there is a basement where 23 year old Adam Young creates his entrancing, electron

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  • Team Edward Vs. Team Jacob: New Moon is set to be released Nov. 20

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Nya Lony

    Vampires, werewolves, humans, oh my! The second installment of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, is set to be released on Nov. 20. With the release of Twilight, fans invaded their local theaters enmasse. W

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  • Whoa! Take It Easy Ladies: Girls' bathrooms are gross

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Maddy Ruble

    Bathrooms have the stereotype of being disgusting; and with good reason. However it’s always been the guy’s bathroom which gave them the bad name, or so I thought.

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  • Special Education ≠ Custodians: Pizza parties aren't sufficient bribing materials for students

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Jill Jensen

    Toilet paper? Check. Pizza? Check. Special education students whom we can bribe into cleaning up the triangle of the high school? Check.

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  • Peace Through Pain: The emotional journey through self-laceration

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Janet Lawler

    It started in the seventh grade, at the age of 12. Up to sixth grade everything had been happy and carefree. Then suddenly there was a new school with new people. There was no longer a comfort zone; t

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  • The Urge To Purge: Bulimia emotionally shreds the daily life of student

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Jill Jensen

    It wasn’t the stereotypical stick-your-finger down your throat eating disorder; the 13-year-old boy was so disgusted with himself for eating that he threw up. He didn’t have many friends; he thought t

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  • A Not So Simple Escape: Student dives into dark world of drugs

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Noah Christopherson

    One student wasn’t looking for attention when he started to abuse drugs; he was just looking for an easy way to escape depression and a way to bring some light back into life.

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  • Drowning In Tequila: A teen drinker's trials and tribulations

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Chloe Johnson

    A drink was first raised at the tender age of 13. Throughout the last half of junior high and the entirety of high school, alcohol was consumed regularly and without a concern for the legality or mora

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  • Like Father, Like Son: Student reaches out to others through faith

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By: Lana Howe

    He has a strong Christian belief and is not afraid to express it.

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Lucas Kreuscher is the new boys' basketball head coach. This isn't his first time coaching varsity basketball.
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When it comes to dedication to sports no one has to look any further than our school’s new weightlifting team.
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Cheering crowds, loud buzzers. The microphone turned on. Teams lining up to be announced, then, BOOM, the announcer begins.
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Finally a site for the average, the site http://mylifeisaverage.com is where people from all over the world can post average or not so average things that happen in their day. The people who post subm
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Just 31 miles from Albert Lea the small town of Owatonna, Minn. there is a modest house on a quiet road. In that house there is a basement where 23 year old Adam Young creates his entrancing, electron
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Vampires, werewolves, humans, oh my! The second installment of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, is set to be released on Nov. 20. With the release of Twilight, fans invaded their local theaters enmasse. W
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The lights go out, cameras flash, the crowd roars, excitement boils over into euphoria as the star takes the stage. Seductively growling the first measures in a way that reflects a finesse that is far
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Bathrooms have the stereotype of being disgusting; and with good reason. However it’s always been the guy’s bathroom which gave them the bad name, or so I thought.
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Toilet paper? Check. Pizza? Check. Special education students whom we can bribe into cleaning up the triangle of the high school? Check.
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Walk through the starkly carpeted hallways of ALHS and try to tell me you didn’t happen upon at least one couple pressed up against the wall together in embrace. Hands intertwined with hands. Limbs wr
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