Shopping mania: Holiday shoppers stand in line for hours, [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Jordan Yulich While most of us where sleeping off the triptophan from Thanksgiving turkey, a select few “special shoppers” jumped out of bed at before 3:00 a.m. to participate in Black Friday, the day after Thanks full story

The war on drugs: The time is now to legalize drugs and start the revolution [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Aqmar Rahman Since the late ‘50s the war on drugs has raged. The government has been attempting to sniff out drugs in America and ultimately stop the use of drugs it has deemed illegal. Drugs are a part of society full story

Wrestlers look to bounce back: Team wants to put first loss behind them with a solid finish of the season [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Ben Lauridsen Wrestling is a sport that dates as far back as saber tooth tigers and loinclothes. Wrestlers started practicing after school Nov 13 to prepare themselves for the season. This preparation includes lear full story

Bowlers: Attempt to make third season their best yet, Friday, January 19, 2007 By Mitch Colahan After a third place regional performance and a state tournament appearance on the boys side and two state bowlers on the girls side the Firebird bowlers are looking to make their third year their best full story

2006 In Review: Ode to '06 [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Sam Olker An overview of the years worst and best. full story

Top 10: Worst Holiday Ideas [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Ben Lauridsen and Quinn Brabender 10. Sweaters: Especially the ones made out of insulation9. Anything from the Wal-Mart checkout lane.8. Anything you made at summer camp.7. A pet. At least put some holes in the box!6. Foot lotion? No full story

Wii waited...: Sleep deprived, but totally worth it [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, January 19, 2007 By Tom V. It’s 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning, I’m sitting in a lawn chair covered in a sleeping bag outside of Best Buy, and I’m freezing my Wii off. Now, when most people wait outside an electronics store at ridi full story

Microsoft Zune: A true iPod competitor? [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Quinn Brabender The iPod has never had a true competitor, until now. There have been tons of offbrand mp3 players that try and compare to an iPod but simply can’t. Last month, Microsoft released its brand new mp3 pla full story

Showing their stuff: Math team wins math league contests, looks to the future Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Ben Lauridsen There is an elite group of students who sign up to compete for glory using their brain power instead of strength (though I don’t doubt they’re all really buff); this group is known as the Math Team. full story

Expanding brain power: Knowledge Master participants strategize to victory [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Katrina Jongman-Sereno If you know that a scallop is not a cephalopod andthat one of Rembrandt’s paintings is called The NightWatch, then you would probably be a good candidate toparticipate in the Knowledge Master Open. full story