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The Lone Star Dispatch James A. Bowie High School Austin, TX
Issue Date: Friday, April 05, 2013 Issue: 2012-13 Last Update: Friday, April 26, 2013
  • 'Senioritis' sweeps campus

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: Nancy

    After receiving an acceptance letter from Dallas Baptist University last semester, senior Amanda V. began to study less, put off homework and turn assignments in late.

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  • Spring Show theater troupe showers audience with zing

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: Kamryn

    Freshman Tanner B. received word that he made the cast of the UIL one-act show, Front, less than 24 hours after the Starlight Theatre Company closed their performance of the Broadway musical, Hairspra

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  • Male contestants impress at annual pageant/fundraiser

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: MackenzieandLauren

    Armed with a machete, Adam H. stood on stage Feb.16 while another senior Josh E. threw apples, oranges, watermelons, and pineapple at him. Then Adam sliced his way to victory and won the title of “Mr.

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  • iTunes alternatives gain popularity

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: MadelynC

    In order to avoid paying the $1.29 per song downloaded from iTunes, sophomore Shyam S. said he uses services such as Dropbox and YouTube converter to obtain songs freely -- without paying any supporti

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  • April Fools' Day includes fake notes, toothpaste Oreos

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: Meagan,DerekandMari

    Junior Anna O. made her eighth grade April Fool’s Day one to remember.

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  • New video games, Bioshock,Tombraider, Mario release March 26

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: NikkoH

    The walls of his game room chronicle countless journeys; they are adorned with posters of Halo’s Master Chief, creatures from Spore and a map of the world from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The only se

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  • Student's artwork put on city's billboards

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: MaddisonF

    Sophomore artist Eric M. thought he might be in trouble when he saw Principal Stephen Kane and assistant principal Larry Britton show up in his art class.

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  • Choir performs Cabaret

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: JordanH

    Senior Caitlyn D. is the only member of the Class of 2013 who has participated in the choir department’s annual Cabaret performance for all four years of her high school experience.

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  • Absent father affects childhood

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: BlaineM

    Junior Eric R. overcame his parent’s divorce by focusing on school and his love of guitar. He now maintains a 3.4 GPA and hopes to make a 3.6 by next school year.

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  • Bones moves his show to Tennessee -- 100.7 KASE

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By: RachaelC

    Junior Rebecca D.'s mouth dropped when she found out that The Bobby Bones Show left Austin to move to Nashville Feb. 8.

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Issue #5 published April 5 (to be uploaded soon!) Issue #6 publishes May 15!

News

BSAP celebrates Black History Month
At the beginning of the year when junior Bryana M. moved to Austin from Maryland, she said she felt something missing on campus -- a program that supported Black student achievement.
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Sandy slams East Coast, storm affects Austinites
Freshman Charlotte S. nearly took a plane to the East Coast to help her friends recover from Hurricane Sandy until she found out that they were alright.
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Theories predict Earth's demise Dec. 21, 2012
Junior Mohamed D. does not give credence to the concept of the world coming to an end Dec. 21; in fact he does not think that it is plausible because of the lack of evidence provided by the New Age co
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Election nears Nov. 6
Excitement is building for senior Caleb G., who will vote for the first time Nov.
6 in this year’s Presidential Election.
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Presidential candidate threatens PBS funding
Van-Anh V. spent hours sitting in front of her television in the mornings 14 years ago, laughing along with Cookie Monster, Elmo and Big Bird on Public Broadcast System (PBS,) an educational televisi
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Shootings cause fear
A 24-year-old man who is 6 feet 3 inches tall with short, brown hair is waiting to be tried for the murder of 12 people and the injury of 58 while watching The Dark Night Rises in Aurora, Colorado, ac
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Counselor to spread suicide awareness
On an eerily quiet school day April 4, 2011 at Leander high school a gunshot sounded from the bathroom stall where 15-year-old Meagan A. had pulled the trigger, killing herself.
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Armstrong leaves legacy Aug. 25
Neil Armstrong, the acclaimed space legend who was the first man to walk on the Moon, now walks on the clouds. He died in Cincinnati on Aug. 25 at age 82 due to complications from cardiovascular proce
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Administration cracks down on dress code violators
On a sweltering September day, sophomore Madeline R. sat in a campus hallway during lunch dressed in long pants and a jacket, though the temperature outside hovered near 100 degrees.
Instead of wearin
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Same-sex schools to be debated Same-sex schools to be debated
After growing up at co-ed campuses in elementary and middle school, senior Andrea L. now said she feels surprisingly at home in Ann Richard’s School for Young Women Leaders.
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