A Decade of Song: a full analysis of music of the "noughties" Friday, December 18, 2009 By Scott MacDonald [ArticleImageHyperLink] One decade. Ten years. A speck in the timeline of the planet, but an eternity in the constantly evolving world of popular music. From the beginning of 2000 through the end of 2009, the decade that is full story

Editorial: 4-to-a-table is baaaad Friday, December 18, 2009 By Chris Xin [ArticleImageHyperLink] The media center‘s quest for silence has produced an atrocity: the notorious four-to-a-table rule. And it makes me really perturbed a little bit a lot a bit. full story

Kwanzaa Friday, December 18, 2009 By Chris Xin [ArticleImageHyperLink] Matunda ya Kwanza! This Swahili phrase, meaning "first fruits," is the origin of the name of the widely-celebrated, secular holiday known as Kwanzaa. A relatively young holiday, Kwanzaa is observed full story

Santa: large, in charge... and real! Friday, December 18, 2009 By Michelle Kim [ArticleImageHyperLink] Possibly one of the worst days of my life was when I was told that Santa Claus doesn't exist. It was the end of the school day, and my friends and I were grabbing our backpacks from our coat hooks, ch full story

SHEPH book drive results Friday, December 18, 2009 By Rory Jones [ArticleImageHyperLink] America enjoys a literacy rate of nearly 99%, but some third world countries are not so fortunate. Uganda has a literacy rate of only 67%, according to the UN human development report, and Ames High full story

Iowa and Iowa State earn Bowl Appearances Friday, December 18, 2009 By Kavin Kanthasamy [ArticleImageHyperLink] For the past five years, college football in mid-December for football fans in Iowa has been a relatively uneventful, one horse show. The norm as been the Hawkeyes making their way to some warm locati full story

NASCAR: a sport or just a faster version of a traffic jam? Friday, December 18, 2009 By Cory Baughman [ArticleImageHyperLink] 747 miles southeast of Ames is a city called Nashville, Tennessee. Most would consider this a distance not suitable for a car ride., but rather a plane trip. Who wouldn’t prefer a three hour plane rid full story

McGrory to leave Ames High Friday, December 18, 2009 By Ben King [ArticleImageHyperLink] After 10 years as the principal of Ames High School, Michael McGrory will be leaving Ames to become the next principal of Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. He ann full story

Standardized testing reform needed Friday, December 18, 2009 By Ben King [ArticleImageHyperLink] As college application deadlines draw near (or in some cases, escape us), high school seniors and juniors across the country have become all too familiar with the arduous process of standardized testi full story

Dear Paul Thursday, December 17, 2009 By Paul Hibbing [ArticleImageHyperLink] Congratulations, Ames High! The first "Dear Paul" entry not fabricated by Web-staffers is here; keep them coming! (Great work Kaitlin and Sarah) Dear Paul,     So I'm taking the AC full story

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