The iPhone 4S Offers New Features Despite Similar External Design
Rebecca Zilberman, Staff Writer
December 3, 2011
Despite a few bruises, this Apple product is good at its core. With over a year since the last iPhone came out, customers were hopeful of getting a revamped appearance. They expected a sleeker body design, a larger screen, and a flash on the front screen for the phone’s camera. Despite the exciting... Read more »
Album Review: “Dead Throne” by The Devil Wears Prada
Nicole Walters, Web Editor
December 3, 2011
The Devil Wears Prada, a post-hardcore band from Dayton, Ohio, recently released their new album “Dead Throne” in early September. The band takes a more brutal approach with “Dead Throne,” leaving fans both amazed and disappointed in the thirteen-track album. The early-released song “Born To... Read more »
NCAA Refuses to Allow Athletes to Submit Online Core Classes for Credit
Lauren Anderson, Staff Writer
December 3, 2011
Online classes haven’t stepped up to the plate for scholar athletes. Two weeks after school started, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) issued a new ruling that if students plan to play a sport in college, then core online classes will not be accepted for credit by NCAA institutions. Junior... Read more »
Termites Sent Packing
Kiana Jackson, News Editor
December 2, 2011
As of September 28, the school is termite free. Before that, however, the tiny pests were terrorizing students. “Whenever it got really hot in class, they’d come out,” junior Austin Allen said. “Everyone was complaining and swatting around everywhere.” What the students were swatting at so... Read more »
Cost of Applying to College Surprising Applicants
Meg Shepro, Staff Writer
December 2, 2011
It’s no secret that college is expensive, but little do most families recognize how much even the application process will cost. From testing fees to tutors, testing workshops to application consultants, travel costs to college visits, most students try to do everything it takes to be noticed. Soon... Read more »
New Boyz Performs at the School
Nicole Walters, Web Editor
December 2, 2011
New Boyz member, Ben J, performed at the school on November 16, 2011. The artist was brought to the school as a result of the Varsity Cheer Squad’s victory in a competition on the website of radio station Channel 93.3. The Channel 93.3 website hosted a competition between San Diego High School cheer... Read more »
Helpful Websites for the College Bound
Maddy Fitzgerald, Staff Writer
December 1, 2011
Naviance The school offers Naviance, which is a website that is designed for college-bound students to use to communicate their transcripts with counselors and colleges. It can also be used to help students pick colleges that might be of interest, while taking into account GPA, extracurricular activities,... Read more »
Two Students Ace College Entrance Exams
Karlee Fuller and Rebecca Zilberman, Staff Writers
December 1, 2011
For the last three years, LCC has had at least one student get a perfect score on either the SAT or ACT. This year, however, the school got both. Senior Alyssa Chan earned a 2400 on the SAT, and senior Kevin Yei scored a 36 on the ACT, both continuing the tradition of perfection. Their scores exceeded... Read more »
Student Encounters the Paranormal Close to Home
Savannah Dukes-Samala, Staff Writer
December 1, 2011
During this spooky Halloween weekend, some students may feel the paranormal come out to play. A supernatural encounter is any experience, occurrence, manifestation, or object that is beyond the laws of nature and science and whose understanding may be said to lie within religion, magic, or the mystical. Encounters... Read more »
Finances Factor into Student Choices of Colleges
Karlee Fuller, Staff Writer
December 1, 2011
Attending a university or college in the present economy creates a huge financial burden in most families. An education for students is coming at the cost of applying for loans and other forms of financial aid. “The financial aspect of college is turning me away from some schools,” senior Sarah Chamberlain... Read more »