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  • The Crazies, Thinking Outside the Box

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Jake Turner, Staff Writer

    Imagine you’re at a little league baseball game having a good time when a man you’ve known for years walks on to the field with a shotgun, his next actions unpredictable. For the fictional citizens of

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  • Fall Down the Rabbit Hole With Tim Burton

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Connor Burton, Print Editor

    Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland is not a remake of the Disney classic. It is based off of the books by Lewis Carroll, more so the second book, Through the Looking Glass. In Tim Burton’s lates

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  • Shutter Island: Daring, Deceiving, and Deranged

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Caitlin Hicks, Staff Writer

    Shutter Island, starring the famous Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams, is number one in the box office making $22.7 Million. This success is not surprising for the D

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  • Mass Effect 2 is Out of This World

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Ian Burch, Staff Writer

    The brilliant minds of BioWare Studios have recently released the second chapter in the epic Mass Effect Trilogy. Mass Effect 2 effectively improves and builds off the first game’s story and gameplay

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  • The Boondock Saints II: “Let’s Do Some Gratuitous Violence”

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Connor Burton, Print Editor

    The MacManus brothers are back in the sequel to the cult hit from 1999, The Boondock Saints. Director Troy Duffy brings back the same great over the top violence, humor and most of the beloved charact

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  • Basketball Program from a Parent’s Perspective

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: An Anonymous Whitman Parent

    We all know that basketball is an intense and highly competitive game. Players are working for their chance to dominate the court, with the goal being a victory for their team. Basketball players are

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  • Stop and Smell the Roses at this Year's Plant Sale

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Ian Burch, Staff Writer

    Starting May 7, the Horticulture Science class taught by Mr. Smith will be co hosting a plant sale with the Marketing class taught by Mrs. Alvord. The Marketing class is in charge of advertising and p

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  • Rushville Fire Department Serves Pancakes

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Christian Singleton, Staff Writer

    The Rushville Fire department hosted a pancake breakfast for the Maple Sugar weekend on March 20-2. Loomis Barn made the maple syrup they served with the pancakes because they are the ones who host th

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  • A Day in the Life of Sheila Brown

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Caitlin HIcks, Staff Writer

    Shelia Brown is in her 11th year as a School Board member. She helps set the policies for the school and makes sure the tax payers are taken care of. She is there for the children and does what is in

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  • Loomis Barn Hosts Maple Weekend

    Monday, March 22, 2010 By: Ramsey Wermuth, Layout Editor

    Every year, on the weekend after St. Patrick’s Day, the Jim Loomis and Ginny Curtis host a maple syrup extravaganza they like to call the "Maple Weekend" at the Loomis Barn in Rushville. This year, l

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Early in the morning on March 12, 2010, The Marcus Whitman Leadership in Action Class boarded a coach bus and headed out for Washington D.C. Along the long bus ride the class stopped for lunch and the
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From Friday, March 5th to Sunday the 7th, The Marcus Whitman Ski Club took a very memorable trip to Killington Vermont, the "Beast of the East." Mr. Law led the 11 students and 5 chaperones through
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In physics we have been talking about static electricity. It is very different than the electricity that we are used to coming from an outlet. Static electricity is common this time of year when we co
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This spring’s musical Crazy For You was directed by Mr. Damian Grzeskowiak as the musical director was Ms. Holly Blueye as the choreographer was Susan Damick. With rehearsing nearly every day after
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Ok seniors, so here it is. The time of the year when senior speeches are in bloom and just around the corner. Some of you may be worrying about the speeches and may be bombarded with essays, research,
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Our school, known as the cornfield school, gets a little taste of Hollywood with the visit of Justin Beiber. He is a 16 year old phenomenon that was discovered on YouTube, and has many popular hits. W
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On March 9, 2010, a meeting for the parents of sophomores and juniors was held to share an evening with abundance of relative information regarding their future with high school and college. Mr. Sulli
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