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0 StudyBreak: December 1 - Claire Jungleib
Thursday nights suck. There's double homework, projects are all due Friday, and you're running out of ways to procrastinate. Below are some videos and tips to keep you entertained before you reach midnight and start to hit the books. Welcome back to school, and happy December! Only 23 days left . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 StudyBreak: November 24 - Claire Jungleib
Normally, Thursday nights suck. But this week, we get the luxury of spending Thursday stuffing our faces with turkey and seeing long-lost relatives. This week's StudyBreak has some adorable videos that will keep you sane when your parents are running around with pies and cranberry sauce. The tips will help . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Anna’s Avenue: How to Make a Hair Wrap - Anna Mayerson
Materials Needed: Friendship bracelet string, scissors, small rubber band 1. Select a segment of hair about this size. 2. Tightly braid the segment of hair. 3. Secure braid with a small rubber band. 4. Select multiple colors of string for your wrap (four strings are usually best). 5. Measure the strings equally. The length . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 The Conscious Columnist - Kendall Songer
So this is the start of my green column! Here I’ll bring you environmental news, cool green trends and tips, do-it-yourself videos, and whatever else you want me to try out! Here a few awesome things going on in the green world: (NY Times) On November 17th four Wave Gliders set sail from . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Athletes of the Week: November 20 - Katie Woods
Cameron Moody, Senior
Varsity Football
The senior running back ran for an impressive 121 yards and scored two touchdowns in the first half of the CCS playoff game against Santa Clara. He later scored another touchdown in the third quarter, bringing the Bears to . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 StudyBreak: November 17 - Claire Jungleib
Thursday nights suck. There's double homework, projects are all due Friday, and you're running out of ways to procrastinate. Below are some videos and tips to keep you entertained before you reach midnight and start to hit the books. Congratulations on surviving your last full week before Thanksgiving break. Come . . . (Continue Reading)
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2 Athletes of the Week: November 13 - Katie Woods
Photo Credit: Laura DuranDanielle Flanagan, Senior
Varsity Waterpolo
Senior Flanagan scored a beautiful goal at the end of the third quarter and another with 2 minutes and 20 seconds left on the clock, bringing the Bears to a 16-11 victory over Archbishop . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 StudyBreak: November 10 - Claire Jungleib
This Thursday, unlike most, calls for celebration. With Veterans’ Day tomorrow, students have the chance to sleep in. However, for the most part, Thursday nights suck. There's double homework, projects are all due Friday, and you're running out of ways to procrastinate. Below are some videos and tips to keep . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Doing Things I Hate: The Jonas Brothers - Kate Reardon
My hatred of noise and humanity in general has kept me from attending most musical events. However, for the sake of a journalistic venture, I was prevailed upon to attend one concert that haunts me to this day. The artist, you may ask? None other than the glitzy . . . (Continue Reading)
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5 Doing Things I Hate: Yoga - Kate Reardon
It was a dreary Wednesday afternoon, and I was perusing the internet for some kind of workout that didn’t involve running (which I hate), or weights (which I hate). During this search I came upon a yoga website, and thought to myself, This is something I might hate less. The . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Über Column: Viktor’s Message - Viktor Kewenig
Now 3 months have passed, and I have gotten some distance from my exchange trip in America. My English has gotten worse; I don’t dream in English anymore, but once in a while I still Skype with some good American friends. Now that I am in Berlin, the city I have . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Über Column: Menlo-Atherton High School - Viktor Kewenig
I came to M-A totally open-minded, without any thought about segregation and separation, or anything about black, Mexican, Pacific islander, and white people. Then, when I had my first lunch I realized that where I sat were only Mexican, black,and Pacific islanders people-I was the only white person. I didn’t . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Über Column: Christmas in America - Viktor Kewenig Christmas is a wonderful time; it doesn’t matter how you celebrate it. But this year, my Christmas was really different. In Germany on Christmas eve, my family used to have a huge feast every . . . (Continue Reading)
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6 Über Column: “Fat Ugly Americans” - Viktor Kewenig
Americans, what are you? You are fat, ugly, your IQ is lower than the average European, you don’t go to the Opera, or the orchestra. You don’t eat food other than burgers and French fries. You don’t have ANY sense of fashion, ANY sense for culture, or ANY sense for ANYTHING. Some . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Über Column: American School System - Viktor Kewenig
Classes, homework and tests, tests every two weeks? More than one-hour of homework a day?????????? What??? In my opinion homework, tests, and grades are highly overvalued in the American school system. Instead of letting students think and ask for oral participation during class, teachers give tons of homework and have developed a . . . (Continue Reading)
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