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What is considered cheating?
February 16, 2012 • Yasamin Rahmanparast, Business Manager
Filed under Issues & Ideas
*Turn on computer.* 1 new message. I hope it’s from him. Is this OK? I mean, I’m never going to meet him, right? Cheating. Almost everybody does it. Copying a friend’s homework or asking someone which questions are on a test just don’t seem as blatantly wrong as gliding a pair of eyes over... Read more »
Samantha Trebbi honored with a street of her own
February 5, 2012 • Asmae Fahmy, Focus Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas, Top Stories
Life is all about change. Sauntering through unusual roads, breaking new boundaries, learning from our yesterdays in order to survive our tomorrows—change is what rotates the earth and keeps humanity flourishing. But the problem with change is that, sometimes, we’re not ready to face it. Sometimes,... Read more »
The Rude View: Siblings
January 27, 2012 • Lauren Bunce, Co-Features Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas
When the first words of greeting you receive from someone as you step into a room are “You’re an old hag lady”, the expected feelings of hurt or hatred would be apparent, right? You would wonder why they would say such a thing, be so incredibly rude, but it is just part of the routine when it comes... Read more »
The Rude View: Money
November 23, 2011 • Lauren Bunce, Co-Features Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas
The Occupy Wall Street movement, quickly gaining prevalence throughout the United States, has only reinforced what is commonly known as fact: it’s all about the money. Money is a powerful force, much more so than some people are willing to accept. For greed to consume someone so fiercely, so completely,... Read more »
The Rude View: Cell Phones
October 19, 2011 • Lauren Bunce, Co-Features Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas
A group of people huddle together in the corner of the school breezeway, and immediately you think about how nice they have it: a group of close friends, mingling and laughing together before hitting the books all day. As you walk closer, you notice they are all looking down- at their cell phones. Cell... Read more »
The implied, the expected, and the pressured: Homecoming expectations from both sides of the spectrum
October 10, 2011 • Yasamin Rahmanparast, Business Manager
Filed under Issues & Ideas
It’s building up inside: that awkward, jittery sensation that makes him feel like a pre-pubescent seventh grader again. “I hope she’s not allergic to these flowers. Is she digging my faux-hawk? Will she say ‘yes’ ?!?” After he cheats defeat from the bubbly “yes, of course!” chimed... Read more »
Reality Check: Palin-watching
September 27, 2011 • Alyssa Rosenfeld, Online Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Issues & Ideas
Reality television has been a staple of American entertainment since Survivor and Big Brother hit the small screen. The shows give viewers a glimpse into the lives of celebrities and lifestyles that most people can only imagine. Recently, though, the realm of reality TV has expanded to include such an... Read more »
The Rude View: Driving
September 20, 2011 • Lauren Bunce, Co-Features Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas
The human race is an interconnected web through which we are all a part, viewed as equals. *Take off rose-colored glasses* Now let’s get back to reality. I’m not trying to be pessimistic, but things just don’t go that way. Without even realizing it, we are constantly putting our interests before... Read more »
High school teaches students impact of decisions: Senior explains significance of learning in and out of classroom
June 9, 2011 • Carley Schleien, Co-Editor in Chief
Filed under Issues & Ideas
A phone call is all it takes to change a life. Almost five years ago, I was whiling away my summer vacation at home. About a week before I started high school, I was sitting in my parents’ room when the phone rang. My mother answered it. Coral Reef Senior High School was calling. I had applied to Coral... Read more »
Illiterazzi: The Final Chapter
June 9, 2011 • Rebecca Kobert, Copy Editor
Filed under Issues & Ideas
Friends, Romans, countrymen, you have lent me your ears for the duration of the 2010-2011 school year. Rather, you lent me your eyes, for you have not heard the majesty of my vocal range, but I digress. As in life, all good things must come to an end, and Illiterazzi is no exception. By employing my... Read more »