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  • Riverwalk Landing Brings Revenue to Yorktown

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Hailey Shupe and Jill Wiedemann

    York County officials have invested a lot of time and money into the new Riverwalk Landing. The new landing is located at Yorktown beach and has been under construction since February of 2004. The p

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  • Emotions About Emo

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Nickie Cross

    You see them in the hallways, in your classes, you may even have a loved one scarred by the mark of emo. The whiny lyrics, the tall skinny men, the eye shadow, the size 0 girl pants. What has driven h

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  • The Untold Story of America

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Michael Gwinn

    America. Many people hate it, while many others adore it. My whole life has been in Virginia, yet I have visited Europe on several occasions. I found it to be decayed, and not somewhere I would lik

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  • Hart Receives Superintendent’s Award

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Elizabeth Lowry

    At the recent Employee Recognition Banquet for York County, Principal Royce Hart was awarded the prestigious Superintendent’s Award. According to the mission of the award, the Superintendent’s Award r

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  • Unstandardized Standarized Tests

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Donnie Jameson

    The new SAT for students in 2005 has the same math and English portions, but there is also an essay/writing addition. The new SAT is scored out of 2400, whereas the old one was scored out of 1600.I fo

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  • Religion in Competition

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Ben Abel

    The playing field is a sanctuary for the true athlete. Every waking second is spent working, praying, hoping for greatness. However, some argue the real sanctuary belongs nowhere near the playing fiel

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  • Dunk-Ball Scores a Slam-Dunk with Fans

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Kevin Johnson

    Imagine a sport in which anyone can dunk. Yes, even those who are vertically challenged are able to slam down the rim to make a point. Well, that day has finally come. Dunk- ball, invented by three Y

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  • Made Pole Vaulting

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Drew Price and Ian Monroe

    When students think about track, common images are running, record breaking, and the Olympics. Pole vaulting, however, is an event that is not commonly associated with track, but a few athletes dedica

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  • Bowling Strikes Back

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Kate Queen

    After being run as an informal club, bowling has formally resurfaced at York High School as a competitive team activity. This year the club increased from one to six teams. Next year they expect to be

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  • Girls Season Ends in Semi-Finals

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By: Penn Stephenson

    York High’s girls soccer season ended with a loss to the first seeded Lafayette Rams in the District semi-finals. After putting up a valiant effort in the first half to keep the score 0-0, the Rams pe

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Student Life
Eating Disorders Affect Student Body
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By Brittany Collins
Eating disorders are common in America: between 5 and 10 million people have them. Experts estimate that 1% of American teenagers have an eating disorder. This means that in a class of 400 students, a
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Students Anticipate the Upcoming Summer
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By Kerrie Havard
As the school year comes to an end and summer quickly approaches, many York High students are trying to figure out what to do with the warm days and sunny weather that lie ahead. No matter what plans
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Yay or Nay for the New SAT
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By Ashley Ahrens
portant test that any high school student will ever face. This one test is weighted as highly as a student’s entire high school GPA and hours of extra curricular activities, which have been accumulati
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Seatbelts Save Lives
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By Brittany Collins
The seatbelt is a device that restrains the body when a vehicle comes to a sudden stop. Wearing a seatbelt has proven to be effective in the prevention of deaths. In 2003, forty drivers and passengers
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Turn the Beat Around
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 By Kate Queen
Starting next year, two new choirs will be added to the classes at York: a show choir and a chamber choir. Tiffany Temple, York High School’s choir director, wanted to bring something different to th
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