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  • GM hires photo and cinema students

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: Naris Barseghian

    Students examine cars and take photos and videos at the LA Auto Show.

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  • Troupe teaches tolerance

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: KamrynB

    Freshman Tanner B. played the lead actor portraying a true life victim of a hate crime, Matthew Wayne Shepard, in the play The Laramie Project, a story with deep impact.

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  • Christmas spirit losing nostalgic magic

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: Chloe Salazar

    When the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, employees fill department stores with plastic trees, singing ornaments and glowing lights in preparation for Christmas season. When people transition from

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  • UT threat shared nationwide

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: AliD

    Marissa L. recalls texting her parents Sept. 14 after she was evacuated from the University of Texas campus due to bomb threats.

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  • Cromaine hosts local author

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: Annette Johnson

    Cromaine Library will be hosting author Teresa Irish who compiled a book with her father's letters home during World War II.

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  • Sleeping With Sirens Strikes Again

    Friday, December 14, 2012 By: Sam Kischuk

    Sleeping With Sirens's acoustic album "If You Were a Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack - EP" includes five incredible songs with powerful, relatable lyrics.

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  • Transportation system is more efficient than meets the eye

    Thursday, December 13, 2012 By: Anastasia Small & Emily Hirtle

    A big shiny school bus rolls into Triton, the doors fling open wide and a handful of students jump off and walk through the school doors. This may seem to show that many students opt to get a ride to

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  • Pinterest Helps Create Global Classroom

    Thursday, December 13, 2012 By: Erin O'Leary

    World History teacher Erin Towns has been utilizing the website Pinterest in her classroom as part of the Teachers For Global Classrooms Project.

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  • Convention brings fantasy to Memphis

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By: Katyana Dandridge

    Katyana Dandridge attended the three-day Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention.

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  • Stand Up to Bullying Conference 2012

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By: Jessica Freeman

    Local students gather to take a stand agianst bullying.

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Issue Date: Monday, December 17, 2012 Issue: Week of Dec. 17, 2012
 
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News
When GM showed off its newest cars at the L.A. Auto Show, media students from Clark Magnet High were invited to offer suggestions about design and take photos and videos to showcase the event.
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Troupe teaches tolerance
The Starlight Theatre Company sought out plays that would speak on social justice issues. 'The Laramie Project' did just that, leaving cast and audience members greatly moved by the performance.
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UT threat shared nationwide
Earlier this fall, a handful of universities evacuated after receiving bomb threats. The threats turned out to be hoaxes, but parents and students still remember what it was like to believe they were
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Recruitment for the military occurs during high school, when students are also looking at jobs and colleges. Some students appreciate the information about the armed forces, but others think a combat
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Boarding the bus isn't the most favorable way to get to school for Triton Regional High School students, but it is a cost-effective way for the school to ensure its car-less students have a ride.
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New England students left Tsongas Arena with plenty to ponder following a regional anti-bullying conference bursting with speeches and music aiming to end a hateful epidemic.
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Hurricane Sandy blew Bard High students and staff to the Queens campus at Long Island City, but a chilliness stymied unity between the two school populations. Overcoming that remains the challenge..
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Features
Teresa Irish's father sent letters to his family while stationed abroad during World War II. Half a century later, his daughter has compiled these letters into a book and travels to talk about his wor
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Students who have been learning Mandarin will be switching places with two students from China who have been learning English. The Chinese Exchange Program participants will delve into a new culture f
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What began as an assignment for their teacher from the Teachers for Global Classrooms Project ended with students creating online pin-boards and asking for the opportunity to do extra assignments.
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