Letter from the editor
January 31, 2011
Hope. The word has become a crucial part of an iconic symbol from the recent election. Every US citizen knows the Warhol-style poster with President Obama’s face looking off into the distance with the word “hope” in all caps below. The poster became a vital force behind Obama’s campaign and original... Read more »
What to do with your unwanted holiday gifts
Amanda Weston
January 27, 2011
When it comes to gift giving it’s been said that “it’s the thought that counts,” however I sometimes find myself wondering what exactly a well-meaning friend or family member was thinking when an awful neon orange and green polka-dot turtleneck, a pair of atrocious shoes better suited and my... Read more »
Re-Writing an American Classic
Alex Mendoza
January 27, 2011
Mark Twain’s masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an enduring American classic and among required reading lists in academic literary canon all across the country. However, a publication company called NewSouth Books has chosen to release a new edition of the novel, removing racially derogatory... Read more »
Letters from the Editors
Mallory Roberston and Beth Rozacky
January 27, 2011
Welcome to the first Wolfpack Weekly! This single-sheet layout will now contain the news stories, feature articles, thought-provoking columns, great pictures and graphics Cedar Park has come to associate with The Wolfpack student newspaper. The move to this new format comes as an answer to some financial... Read more »
How to make the sun shine
Nathan Smith
January 27, 2011
Inside the luminescent nebulae of deep space, molecular clouds bunch together more and more until they become so dense that a gravity well is born, and the mass of dust and elements collapses into a newborn star. This is the beginning of one of the greatest dynamos in the cosmos, a ball of plasma and... Read more »
Cedar Park Rallies Around Mrs. Lowe
Hannah Jane Deciutiis
January 27, 2011
There are millions of people in need around the world. Illness and injury are common facets of daily life but it is still an unexpectedly difficult experience to witness a beloved friend or family member undergo a severe medical hardship. Such an unhappy occasion has arisen in the case of Danielle Lowe,... Read more »