By Kennedy Werner It’s quick, light, and not permanent like Instagram; it’s Snapchat. Started by two fraternity brothers at Stanford University (Evan Spiegel, CEO and Bobby Murphy, CTO) in July of 2011, the app handles about 350 million messages per day and turned down a $3 billion dollar offer from Facebook and a $4 billion…
By Emily Money Auditions for this year’s production of Fiddler on the Roof have been postponed! They will now take place during the last week of January. Dance auditions will be on January 27, and actor auditions will be January 28 and 29. Call back auditions will be Thursday, January 30. “Actor and dancer auditions…
By Jill Ciampa Published in March of 2006, Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief has been stealing hearts since the first copy was published. Now, seven years later, readers came to see their novel brought to life when The Book Thief was released into theaters on November 8, 2013. Brian Percival, the director of Downton Abbey,…
By Jill Ciampa Paramore returned to the Palace of Auburn Hills on Thursday, November 21 after having not been in Michigan since Grand Rapids in 2010. They rocked the Palace with a 21 song set list with opening acts Hellogoodbye and Metric. The light show captured the crowd from the first few seconds. “It blew…
By Lauren Gapp The Hunger Games, the first book of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy, was a huge success across the nation. Both the book and the movie intrigued audiences and made The Hunger Games series one of the hottest hits of 2012. Of course, The Hunger Games is a trilogy, and the second film version of…
By Emily Money That stack of homework on your floor is starting to collect dust. Daily chores are waiting. Your friends are bugging you to go to the gym with them. You have endless things to do, but you just can’t find the motivation to get out of bed. So you tell yourself “I’ll do…
By Kennedy Werner As midterms storm into your agenda, what’s your strategy? I hope it’s not cramming information desperately at the last minute. Exams are important! They can make or break your semester grade, which colleges do see! Come on people, it’s time to stop waiting for that study guide and ACT NOW! Here at…
By Simone Stephens AMC’s hit series Walking Dead is back and better than ever. Its gripping storyline and gory context makes the story breathe life into TVs nationwide. After all, who doesn’t find entertainment in zombies roaming around an apocalyptic world eating away at the few remaining humans? “That show makes me cringe sometimes,” said…
By Rithu Uppalapati Five minutes to get around a humongous, 350, 995 square foot school? With six periods and six different halls, it is like racing against time. Nor is the task made any easier by the 50 pound backpacks students lug around a while running from A pod to D pod. The first days…
By Lauren Gapp Walled Lake Western presented Shrek: The Broadway Musical from November 14 through November 24. The musicality, dancing, singing, and acting was phenomenal while crowd shared a good laugh from the characters and scenes. The make-up and costumes were unbelievable, designed by parents and student/teacher volunteers. Covered in green foundation, the ogres, Shrek…
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