New student reaches for Olympic dream

May 17, 2010 • Lauren Hahn and Rachel Smith, J1 Contributors  
Filed under Student Life

Heart racing, eyes wide open to a blurry setting, a sea of people cheering…and then she landed. Her feet pounded against the hard floor. A burst of cheers arose from the crowd. “Wow…I can’t believe I just did that,” 16-year-old freshman Angel McKay thought after her perfect finish. McKay competes... Read more »

Iron Man 2 Review

May 14, 2010  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Movies

Iron Man 2, the sequel to the 2008 smash hit, hit theatres last Friday. The film makes a satisfying sequel but still leaves much to be desired. The movie starts with Tony (played quite well by Robert Downey Jr.) after he’s revealed that he is Iron Man, being watched on Russian TV by Ivan Vanko (played... Read more »

Say no to graphic novel adaptations

May 13, 2010 • Krista Faucette, Staff Writer  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Movies

“The Losers.” “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.” “Captain America.” “Thor.” “Iron Man 2.” Look closely at upcoming movies or ones to be released soon and you’ll find that the vast majority are adaptations of comic books or graphic novels. Hollywood has had a long history of making movies... Read more »

Romance novels for summer

May 12, 2010 • Iliahna Saldana, Staff Writer  
Filed under Books

Read away a lazy summer afternoon with romance novels suggested by Barnes and Noble. Once Upon a Merrigold—Jean Ferris Dear John–Nicholas Sparks Shiver—Maggie Stiefvater Mistress of Mellyn—Victoria Holt Sundays at Tiffany’s—James Patterson My Zombie Valentine—Kate MacAlister, Angie Fox Every... Read more »

Baseball advances to Area series

May 12, 2010 • Shelbie Belott, Associate Editor, Sports  
Filed under Baseball

The baseball team soared past Big Spring in the bi-district round with a sweep of the best-of-three series. Winning 27-3, and 21-10 the team advanced to the area round.   The team began the second game of the series with 11 unanswered runs in the first inning.   Leading 11-0 after four innings, the... Read more »

Runners race to state

May 10, 2010 • Hope McGee, Staff Writer  
Filed under Track & Field

Three athletes are advancing to the State UIL Track and Field Meet in Austin after placing in the regional track meet Monday and Tuesday.  Blake Boyer qualified for state in pole vault, Jared Wesley qualified in shot put and Micheal Stigler qualified in the 110 and 300 m hurdles. None of the girls advanced... Read more »

Xbox 360 now supports USB storage

May 10, 2010 • Austin Gibson, Associate Editor, Online  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Games

A recent update to the Xbox 360 firmware now enables the console to use USB flash drives as a method of storage. A minimum of 1GB of storage must be available on the USB flash drive for it to function properly. A flash drive with a capacity of up to 16GB will be supported; however two may be used simultaneously... Read more »