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Issue Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 Issue: Issue 7, Volume 81 Last Update: Friday, February 20, 2009
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  • Ames High Swimmers take second at state

    Friday, February 20, 2009 By: Cory Baughman

    Dynasties in high school sports are about as rare as the Cardinals going to the Super Bowl. The Ames High boys swim team is the definition of the dynasty. “We have only lost one duel meet in 8 yea

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  • Incredibad = crazy delicious

    Friday, February 20, 2009 By: Kuper Bergman

    The Lonely Island has come out of the realm of late night skits and has exploded into the mainstream with the release of their first album Incredibad. Andy Samberg, Jorma Toccone, and Akiva Schaffer h

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  • Riley Banach: a country music wrestler

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Matt Van Winkle

    The Ames High wrestling team is witnessing its finest season in more than a decade. Senior wrestler Riley Banach has been among the bright spots on the mat this year. Holding a personal record of 29-4

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  • SPAD: outlet for literary, artistic talent at AHS

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Sandy Huang

    By now, clear rectangular plastic tubs with “SPAD” or “Scratch Pad” scrawled on them have appeared in all the English classrooms. Submission season for Scratch Pad has started. Scratch Pad, also known

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  • An Alternative for Scary Movies is Simply Looking at a Newspaper

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Josh Brown

    Films of the horror genre are a dieing breed. Who needs to pay the outrageous ticket price to get scared when viewers need only look at a newspaper. Luckily, the theme of change throughout the United

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  • Upah beats all at being busy

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Emily Boydston

    “People might not know this, but I actually do manage to maintain a social life,” sophomore Kristin Upah laughs. That certainly may be hard to believe, considering she juggles a busy schedule, chock

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  • Rough economy causes Ames schools to face tough budgeting challenges

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Kevin Arritt

    Schools having to pinch every penny is nothing new, but what is the outlook for this year? How will we all be affected?

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  • How to win John Yang’s heart

    Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Tanya Liu

    Known to select friends as Mr. Mysterious, Facebook users as JohnPoophead Yang, and others simply as “the guy who gels his hair every day,” most people have seen John Yang around. His indestructible

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At-a-glance

Incredibad = crazy delicious
The Lonely Island has come out of the realm of late night skits and has exploded into the mainstream with the release of their first album Incredibad. Andy Samberg, Jorma Toccone, and Akiva Schaffer h
full story 
Dynasties in high school sports are about as rare as the Cardinals going to the Super Bowl. The Ames High boys swim team is the definition of the dynasty. “We have only lost one duel meet in 8 yea
full story 
An in-depth analysis of PDA and how the student body reacts to it
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The article discusses the fall of two of sport's greatest icons: Michael Phelps and Alex Rodriguez
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Red roses, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, and love letters seem to be all Valentine’s Day is about. But the true meaning, untainted by marketing and popular culture, is to be with the one person who
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The Ames High wrestling team is witnessing its finest season in more than a decade. Senior wrestler Riley Banach has been among the bright spots on the mat this year. Holding a personal record of 29-4
full story 
The purpose of science class, at least in our secular system, is to provide the best, most established explanation. Evolution is clearly that explanation.
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 This February, love is in the air at Ames High. And with all this romantic atmosphere, disaster is in the air, as well as everything from harmful laminate toxins in the media center to downrig
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MDP: the man behind the myth
A fake profile on a mysterious dealer of illegal Mountain Dew.
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Maybe I’m a hopeless romantic, or possibly just old-fashioned, but what has been bothering me for awhile is the fact that people, in general, do not write letters anymore. One of the greatest moments
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