Apple says goodbye to Jobs
Nathan Smith
October 14, 2011
Steve Jobs, a titan of the computer industry and one of the most creative inventors to ever hit the industrialized world, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56 – Apple announced its patron’s death on the same day. The next day, a Thursday, much of the world came together to mourn... Read more »
Duct tape prom ensembles
James Kracht
May 19, 2011
Every year a company called “ShurTech” holds a scholarship competition, though this competition doesn’t involve essays or resumes like you would usually expect. It involves using duct tape, lots of duct tape. The official competition is essentially a fashion show. You and your prom date... Read more »
Creative and cute ways to get a date for prom
Tiffani Randolph
May 19, 2011
How Matt Wofford asked Beth Rozacky: “Matt invited me over under the pretense of playing video games. After kicking my butt at Mario Kart for fifty rounds I gave up and wanted to leave but he stopped me and handed me a huge box. It was really heavy and inside was a huge chocolate... Read more »
Hubble Spots Oldest Galaxy To Date
Nathan Smith
February 14, 2011
Contemporary science tells us that our universe is approximately 13.7 billion years old, and over these eons great changes have occurred in the cosmos. It was recently that NASA received a more in-depth look at just what our infant universe looked like; the 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, thanks... Read more »
New classes available at Cedar Park
Leah Mulaly and Paige Cleven
October 21, 2010
Many new classes were added to the course catalogue this year in order to accommodate the four-by-four plan, as well as to give students more options for either fulfilling credits or for fun. Among these classes are Music Theory (both AP and regular), AP Art History, Environmental Systems, Scientific... Read more »
Cedar Park High School athletes prepare for collegiate football
Kristen Smith
October 21, 2010
When the final ball is snapped at the end of the 2010 season and the Friday Night Lights are turned off, Cedar Park will say goodbye to a pack of seniors who will be graduating in June. However, there are a few 2011 graduates whose careers aren’t ending just then. Having athletes... Read more »
Blanton Museum
Paige Cleven
October 21, 2010
When October brings a change in season, it also brings a change of culture to Austin. The Blanton Museum of Art is playing host to 40 works of art from 19th century artists during these next few months. The exhibit will feature Impressionist painters Camille Pissarro, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas,... Read more »
Summer Recap 2010: Military Wikileaks
Beth Rozacky
October 21, 2010
The military was under severe scrutiny this summer from an unexpected source. Wikileaks, an online forum that publishes military leaks and other unavailable documents, made a lot of noise over summer break by publishing “The Afghan War Diary” July 25. This series of almost 92,000 postings... Read more »
Band faces the long road to Grand Nationals
Leah Mulaly
October 21, 2010
The Cedar Park High School Band is loved for Metal Shop and various other stand tunes that energize the crowd at Varsity football games, but the band does much more than support the football team. Hours of rehearsal are put into a marching show to be performed at various competitions throughout... Read more »
Summer 2010 Recap: Gulf Oil Spill
Beth Rozacky
October 21, 2010
This summer a massive oil spill covered the Gulf of Mexico, killing marine animals and destroying ecosystems, wildlife habitats and local economies. The largest marine oil spill in history started with an explosion on the deepwater drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon. The oil rig, owned... Read more »