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  • NOW club greets residents at women's housing center

    Thursday, January 25, 2007 By: Erica Semel Mangaging Editor

    A rainbow of pastel colors depicts a graffiti-style painting of lotus flowers covering the side of the beige three-story building which faces the street in Overtown, Miami. Overtown, a dilapidated are

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  • "N-word" degrades African Americans

    Thursday, January 25, 2007 By: Michelle Bugess & Rebeka Fleurjuste

    Today the “N-word” is used in various streams of communication, through rap music, movies and everyday conversation.

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  • Our generation is growing up too fast

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Carol Kerpel Feature Editor

    What ever happened to going out for ice cream and innocent nights at the movies? What ever happened to high school freshmen being pure and inexperienced? The answer is simple: parties, drugs and alcoh

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  • Body Beautiful

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Gabriela Gonzalez Spread Editor

    Gesturing at her midsection and what she calls “small breasts,” senior Jessica Rubens sits in a crowded lunch room discussing her wishes for breast augmentation soon after graduation.

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  • The buzz about anime: 'Wait...what powers does he have?'

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Sarah Ashey Entertainment Editor and Michael Vergara

    As I wander the hallways at 2:40 p.m. in search for the Anime Club, a girl runs past me with cartoon books in her hands and a bright colored scarf around her neck. When she opens a nearby door, the so

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  • Get inspi[red] with Product Red!

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Malka Abramoff

    Freshman Megan Sykes style is wearing sweatshirts and fighting AIDS. With over 2,000 of Sub-Saharan African children infected with HIV/AIDS everyday, Sykes feels that her purchase of (PRODUCT) RED at

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  • Frometa's fishtanks succeed despite difficulty in school

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Shani Swantson

    Senior Kristopher Frometa’s GPA is not even at the C-average level but his business is way above average. Frometa began his own business at 14 selling and building custom high-end saltwater tanks w

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  • Lightning capture Arby's Classic Championship

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Jonathan Ramos

    On their way to a slow start, including losses to Pace and Carol City, point guard Eric Rodriguez cited his basketball team’s early struggles as “a learning process.” As it turned out, a refreshing wi

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  • Moreau nominated to coach Dade All-Stars

    Monday, January 29, 2007 By: Ryan Bass Sports Editor and Jonathan Ramos

    Boys’ soccer coach Pierre Moreau was nominated as the coach for the boys’ Dade All-Star team in a coaches meeting held Jan. 15.

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The Lightning Strike Dr. Michael M. Krop High School Miami, FL
Issue Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007 Issue: Issue 4 Volume 9 Last Update: Monday, January 29, 2007
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Gesturing at her midsection and what she calls “small breasts,” senior Jessica Rubens sits in a crowded lunch room discussing her wishes for breast augmentation soon after graduation.
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It’s easy to not connect with what you’re reading. Words are recognized but become senseless shapes of squiggles and angles. You skim over the page and nothing settles.
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Much like a chain smoker fights the temptation to light up, or the alcoholic struggles to pass up a drink, the recovery process for a compulsive gambler is often a complicated and seemingly never-endi
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The addiction began when Joe* was only 17, a student at Dr. Michael Krop. He would play poker with his friends and on internet websites but never for a large amount of money. Joe graduated in 2003, an
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Online gambling is a cyber world where any minor with a parent’s credit card is granted unlimited illegal access to the adult world of gambling.
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According to the 2006 Teen Abuse survey, 26 percent of teenagers in the U.S. report having some kind of addiction during high school. What some people may be unaware of is that four to six percent of
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You owe me a hundred and fifty bucks already!” junior Tom Peters* said, warning his friend of severe debt. Tom was worried now, his friend was on the verge of loosing; another bet, another job, anothe
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Freshman Megan Sykes style is wearing sweatshirts and fighting AIDS. With over 2,000 of Sub-Saharan African children infected with HIV/AIDS everyday, Sykes feels that her purchase of (PRODUCT) RED at
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Frometa's fishtanks succeed despite difficulty in school
Senior Kristopher Frometa’s GPA is not even at the C-average level but his business is way above average. Frometa began his own business at 14 selling and building custom high-end saltwater tanks w
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As Krop seniors are making decisions on which colleges to attend next year, they are faced with an issue beyond their GPAs and SAT scores: their love lives.College is getting closer and many students
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