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Easy Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

Rain Wiggins, News Editor October 29, 2019

It’s that time of year again… the leaves are changing colors, people are drinking pumpkin spice lattes, you just decorated your house with spooky skeletons and fun spider-webs but you forgot to get...

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Dead Roses and Empty Pages

Jaycob Davis, Writer October 29, 2019

Our stories are built on these empty pages.  Meaningless rages over the ending.  We grew gardens upon gardens, rows upon rows of roses that only kept growing after the story ended. Leaving beautiful...

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The First All-Female Spacewalk

Joselyn Gonzalez, Writer October 29, 2019

  For about half a century, women have completed spacewalks before, but every time they have been accompanied by men. Earlier this year, on March 29, an all-female spacewalk was going to take place....

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The Fall of Our Kingdom

Micaela Gaither, Series Editor October 29, 2019

8 minutes 20 seconds  Life is an abstract concept.  The world isn’t our forever kingdom. A final breath taken, a final word, a final press of a button could be the end of it all. No more second chances....

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Choosing a Dirt Bike

Nathan Beck, Writer October 29, 2019

The internal combustion engine revolutionized the way humans travel. Along with the invention of cars came the single-cylinder engine, and with that came dirt bikes and 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines. Before...

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Why Zodiac Signs Are Accurate

Gwendolyn Woods, Writer October 29, 2019

Astrology existed for hundreds and thousands of years. Only about 33% of people believe in horoscopes or astrology. Most people think that astrology isn’t accurate but if you have an open mind then you...

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Gun Violence in Puerto Rico

Jelani Dupon, Writer October 29, 2019

On Monday, October 14th in a San Juan housing project in the neighborhood of Rio Piedra, there was a mass shooting that left six people dead and followed a shooting a day earlier in Guaynabo that killed...

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What Ballet Is Really Like

Morgan Cottrill, Writer October 29, 2019

Based on your proper knowledge you might think that ballet is an art of just dancing and spinning with pink and tutus, but that could not be farther from the truth. It is an art that requires a lot of...

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Fears and Phobias

Jess Winkler, Writer October 29, 2019

Since the dawn of time, the human race has had fears. Fears that kept them safe, and fears that plagued them and future generations. Fears that in today's date have no rhyme or reason. Phobias have been...

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South Pacific: A Joyful Musical With a Meaningful Message

Amelie Verlinden, Writer October 29, 2019

South Pacific, a musical set in 1943 during World War 2, has come to Theatre in the Grove for the second time in fifty years. South Pacific was the first musical ever to grace the stage of the theatre,...

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Halloween Haunted Attractions

Savanah Amaya, Writer October 29, 2019

Now that October is here, Halloween is rolling around the corner. For the people who celebrate Halloween, that means costumes, candy, and scares. One of the best ways to get a scare during Halloween time...

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Why Friendship is the Most Important Relationship

Gwendolyn Woods, Writer October 29, 2019

Friends, as we know, are the family you choose. Friends can be closer or just as close to you as your family. And usually, teens and adults trust their chosen friends more than family that they have. Everyone...

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