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The Lamplighter Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington, KY
Issue Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008 Issue: December 2008 Last Update: Thursday, March 12, 2009
  • Swing your way into a hip new hobby

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Amanda Hancock

    Sometime between the waltz and the electric slide, a new, energetic type of dance evolved right as the first jazz musicians were taking stage. Swing Dancing has gradually crawled towards extinction ac

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  • Lexington: Teen Friendly?

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Nicole Schladt

    The city of Lexington falls halfway between two extremes—it is not quite metropolitan, but options definitely do exist for the city’s teenagers.

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  • AP: Advanced Placement or Added Pressure?

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Sarah Cornett

    Every May thousands of determined high school students, across the country, crowd into their local facilities clutching some #2 pencils and a piece of scrap paper.

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  • Getting Our Hands Dirty

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Vicky Vasquez

    Giving thanks, giving presents, giving Uncle Jeff a Pepto after one too many spiced eggnogs-the holidays conntinually seem to be a time when the sense of giving is heightened. At Dunbar, however, stud

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  • Academic Team Conquers the Competition

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Nicole Schladt

    Unfortunately, here at Dunbar the Academic Team is perhaps one of the school’s least recognized organizations. This is surprising, especially since the Academic Team is one of the school’s most succes

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  • Dreidels and Santas and Presents, Oh My!

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Leslie Davis

    ‘Tis the season, and as you drive through the neighborhood, sparkling lights dangle from rooftops; trees topped with stars and angels brighten snow-dusted windows. Then, as you round the bend, someth

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  • Dunbar Senior Cheerleader Go To Macy's.... And Not Just To Shop

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Annalise Michael

    Most Americans spend their Thanksgiving holiday eating food, sleeping in, and staying around the house with family. For the Dunbar senior cheerleaders they spent their Thanksgiving break the exact opp

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  • Homeless for the Holidays

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Tessa Cavagnero

    Did you know that more than 1,200 people are currently experiencing homelessness in Lexington? With the economy tanking and the unemployment rate rising, homelessness is a growing problem in America.

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  • We've Got Spirit Yes We Do! How About You?

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Andrew Sevigny

    School spirit can be measured in the roar of the student section at a football game, in the various articles of clothing proudly displaying the school’s colors, and in the attendees to a theatrical pr

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  • Besides Webster, Who Defines a Sport?

    Friday, December 12, 2008 By: Melissa Simon

    As I walk up to the lunch table, the usual argument of what defines a sport surrounds me. People are fighting over how only sports played at school, or in the Olympics are sports. I keep my side of th

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Illuminating the News for the Students By the Students

At-a-glance

The rapper known as Lil Wayne has gained enormous popularity among young adults. He was one of the top-selling artists of 2008 with Tha Carter III selling 2.8 million copies, and he has been nominated
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Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you’ll have good luck. Find a coin, pick it up, and all day you’ll do good deeds.
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There was an AVOL (AIDS Volunteers) candlelight vigil remembrance ceremony, held on World AIDS December 1 downtown Lexington, to honor thse who have died of HIV and AIDS.
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Who let the dogs out? The Lady Bulldogs are ready to take this season by storm, having already won their season opener against Scott County.
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Sometime between the waltz and the electric slide, a new, energetic type of dance evolved right as the first jazz musicians were taking stage. Swing Dancing has gradually crawled towards extinction ac
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The Final Countdown
Shrieks are heard from every hallway as someone dares to utter the dismal word-FINALS.
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The city of Lexington falls halfway between two extremes—it is not quite metropolitan, but options definitely do exist for the city’s teenagers.
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Every May thousands of determined high school students, across the country, crowd into their local facilities clutching some #2 pencils and a piece of scrap paper.
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Although supporting our classmates is a good thing, the idea of having “school spirit” has become elitist and, at some points, can be downright rude.
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After a recent poll, Dunbar's best dressed teachers were Mr. Adams and Mrs. Mattingly.
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