New Years resolutions soon dwindle into illusions
Corbin Buff, Staff Writer
March 11, 2015
If you are like over 40% of Americans, you would like to lose weight, have more family time, or achieve any number of other resolutions. If so, you likely resolved to do so over two months ago. So, dear reader, be honest: how has your resolution been holding up? If you've already managed to cop out...
You are what you eat… But what are you eating?
Olivia Cashman, Staff Writer
March 8, 2015
Walk down any aisle in the grocery store and you will see colorful products scrawled with feel-good phrases such as ai???no trans fat,ai??? ai???natural,ai??? and ai???supports the immune system.ai??? Turn the product over to find a long list of complex ingredients written in a font that is tough to...
Noses out of Books
Brianna Cummings, Staff Writer
February 27, 2015
It improves vocabularies, broadens imaginations, and increases standardized test scores. Ai??Ai??How can this magic formula be attained? Crack open a novel and find out. Over the years, many studies haveAi??revealed that reading helpsAi??people in Ai??differentAi??areas, from improving standardized...
Oh Excuses Excuses!
Jacob Grieco, Reporter
February 23, 2015
"Homework check!" shouts the teacher, as she begins pacing the isles of desks. As she closes in, you start to concoct anAi??excuse to use for not having it done. Ai??When she arrives, Ai??you avoid eye contact and shamefully say,Ai??"I forgot my homework at home,"Ai??or "I didn't do it because I didn't...
Birds, bees, and bats face population blight
Corbin Buff, Staff Writer
January 29, 2015
In the years to come, the time-honored colloquialism of the birds and the bees might have to be reworked for the world's youth. This is because there has been an unprecedented decline in the population of these pollinators in the past couple of years. Beekeepers are currently losing bees at a rate...
Board Games
Ryan Serbin
January 29, 2015
Board Games: they can either entertain during a fun night with friends and family, or they can cause the destruction of relationships. But new or old, all board games have something in common. te Monopoly still reigns supreme.New games such as the incredibly rude and fun Cards Against Humanity and...
Street artists and students paint murals around the Stroudsburgs
Evalena Labayen, Staff Writer
January 29, 2015
Ten murals, ten artists, and dozens of volunteers came out on September 27 for the all-day celebration of the artistic revival in Stroudsburg called "Project Street Art". This large scale event was first inspired by the chain-link fence blocking off an empty lot of a building that burned down several...
