An Ode to Notre Dame
Abby Marks, Features Editor
April 22, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase
With a broken heart, France mourns the architectural beauty that was once the Notre Dame Cathedral, first built in the 11th century. The fire started on April 15 and raged on throughout the day, burning the cathedral’s entire roof and causing its spires to collapse. From overseas, it is hard to im...
A Brief History of the St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun
Cynda Allen, Staff Writer
March 15, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase
When thinking of a leprechaun, most people will picture the tiny, smiling, green man on the front of a Lucky Charms cereal box. Leprechauns are actually not all smiles and rosy cheeks like Lucky Leprechaun, though. Irish fables portray these bite-sized creatures as ugly, mean and mischievous. Leprec...
AP US History Students of NFHS are in the Middle of Their Own Civil War
Sallie Kate Worley, Staff Writer
November 16, 2018
Filed under Local, News, School, Showcase
Since the week of Nov. 5, AP US History (APUSH) students have been involved in a Civil War simulation, pitting Combs’ students against Monte’s. Here is how the game works: The rivals identify each other by their red or black lanyards. A student with a red lanyard may challenge a student with a ...
Why is Every Year Not Leap Year?
Ramya Raja, Staff Writer
May 15, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
Every four years, the calendar has an extra day added to it and the world then has twenty-nine days in February rather than only twenty-eight. But the question is: why does the calendar have just one leap year? The reasoning behind having an extra day every four years begins as far back as the Roman...
Seven Decades
Jack Scott, Staff Writer
March 1, 2017
Filed under Literature, Showcase
On a dreary afternoon in New York City in mid-April 2016, a man’s eyes opened for the first time in 76 years. The light of the hospital room was, while dim to others, nearly blinding to a man who had not seen light in over seven decades. It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust, but when they did,...
Kicking, Clawing, Fighting: A Brief History of the LGBT Community
Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer
November 2, 2016
Filed under Features, Showcase
“In the mid-nineteenth century, heterosexuality and homosexuality are created.” The words, coined by journalist Károly Mária Kertbeny, were written in chicken-scratch writing in a letter mailed to the Prussian legislature to equate same-sex attraction to opposite-sex attraction, to categorize...
Vols Vanquish Dawgs
Kristin Iler, Sports Editor
October 11, 2016
On Oct. 1, 2016, the unbelievable happened at our very own Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia where the Bulldogs played the Tennessee Volunteers. It was a close game, but ultimately ended in defeat for Georgia with a score of 31-34. The game started off strong for Georgia and gave many fans hope of...
The Spirit Behind Japanese Martial Arts
Bim Peacock, Literature Editor
March 8, 2016
A flow of tradition has opened wide across the ocean between Japan and America. Since the time of the Shogunate’s fall in World War II, their foods, their stories, their art, countless things have melted into our culture from our island brothers. Beyond the many superficial ideas, however,...
Exciting Ways to Spend MLK Day
Leilani Gibbons, Staff Writer
January 15, 2016
Filed under Local, News, Showcase
This coming Monday, January 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. day. This is a day to celebrate the life of the famous civil rights activist Martin Luther King, who is known for his moving speeches, his nonviolent protests, and his general mission towards racial equality. For most people, this third Monday...
First American Ninja Warrior Crowned
Julie Day, Staff Writer
November 30, 2015
American ninja warrior is a fitness based obstacle course that originated in Japan. The American adaptation is less rigorous than that of its Japanese brother, but still challenges anyone who can make it past the qualifying round. American Ninja Warrior has several stages: city qualifying, city finals,...
What Once Was a Diamond
Bim Peacock, Staff Writer
May 12, 2015
Filed under Editorial/Opinion, Showcase
Before the days when religion ruled mankind, before the days when it would even bother to kill for such a petty thing, a proud civilization rose from the sands of the east that would witness the world rise and fall. From the Tigris and Euphrates, the city-states of Sumeria were born, farming and fighting...
A First-Hand Account of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Raicheal Havins, News/Advertisement Editor
May 7, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
My great uncle, Harvey Linfille Havins, was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was a Seaman 1st Class on the USS Arizona. His battle station was below where the oil leak is now. There is not much was known about him in my family; no one even knows his birthday. However, my great grandfathe...
Anna Anglin, Web Editor
May 7, 2019
Although Jordan Peele’s newest film, “Us” is not the happy ending and easy to understand plot that his previous film “Get Out” was, it presents its own kind of masterpiece...
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