Great Herring Surge on Coast of Norway
January 9, 2012
Filed under World News
Approximated twenty tons of fish washed up and then vanished. Jan-Petter Jorgensen's dog, Molly, and the mass of dead herring. On New Year’s Eve, the fish remnants emerged on the northern coast of Norway. Officials are still searching for an explanation of why they surfaced and how. Jan-Petter... Read more »
Son Of Neptune
January 9, 2012
Filed under Book Reviews
Written by Rick Riordan The Son of Neptune is a great sequel to The Lost Hero. Rick Riordan has yet again made a great new book for this already exciting series. Son of Neptune engrosses you into the book immediately with an action packed beginning. It even brings back one of Rick’s most popular characters,... Read more »
Playoff Picture
January 9, 2012
Filed under National Sports
This year there are 12 great teams competing for this year’s Super bowl XLVI. The teams from the AFC this year include Patriots, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, Texans, and Broncos. The teams from the NFC this year include Packers, 49ers, Lion, Falcons, Saints, and Giants. This year’s playoff contenders... Read more »
Robocode
January 9, 2012
Filed under Reviews, Video Game Reviews
Robocode is a game where you write a script in java for a tank that makes it destroy other tanks. The game’s scored based on a point system that gives you extra points for doing damage, ramming, and living to be the last robot. You have two different energy levels. You have a bar for bullets left,... Read more »
Classical music
January 9, 2012
Filed under Music Reviews, Reviews
Classical music is very nice due to the wide variety of classical music. You can almost always find something that suits you because there is so much classical. When people hear the words classical music, some people think of the soft preludes of Bach, while others may think of the dramatic symphonies... Read more »
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
January 9, 2012
Filed under Movie Reviews
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in England, until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large, Professor Moriarty, and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his size for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the... Read more »
Spirit Week
January 9, 2012
Filed under School News
Attention students: the week of January 16th we will be having another spirit week. The days for the spirit week are Tuesday through Thursday. On Tuesday it is favorite sports team, on Wednesday it is camo day, and Thursday it is color wars. The different colors for the grade on color wars day are 8th... Read more »
Snowflake man
January 9, 2012
Filed under Featured Articles, Snow
We have probably all have heard the saying no two snowflakes are alike. However before the late 1800’s we didn’t know what snowflakes looked like, let alone whether any were alike. This all changed with Wilson A. Bentley. Wilson “snowflake” Bentley was the first person to capture the beauty of... Read more »
The Biography of Bruno Mars
January 9, 2012
Filed under Music Reviews
Bruno Mars is a well-known singer, songwriter, producer and musician who is known for many popular singles including Just the Way You Are, Grenade, and most recently, It Will Rain from the Breaking Dawn, Part 1. Mars was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 8, 1985 as Peter Gene Hernandez. His father... Read more »
Children Rescued From Freezing River by Heroic Bystanders
January 9, 2012
Filed under National News
Logan Canyon car accident – New Year’s Eve. In Logan Canyon, Utah, on U.S. 89, Rodger Andersen had lost control of his Honda Accord when he tried to brake on a slick road while heading northbound. The car plunged into the icy Logan River; the driver had been able to free himself, but he had been... Read more »