Author Archives: Eudora Olsen

May 2012

Review of Nicki Minaj’s New Album

“She said her name was Nicky,” and everybody listened. With the great success of her debut album “Pink Friday” released in 2010, Nicki Minaj brings her signature bubble-gum, hip-hop sound to her new album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.” Although the majority of Minaj’s songs are solo tracks, those that are collaborations with other artists such [...]

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Mar 2012

“American Idiot the Musical” Rocks Peabody Opera House

In the pitch dark the cracklings of a radio are the only sounds. Then the familiar voice of former president George W. Bush announcing war followed by the laughter of Beavis and Butthead. The audience members at Green Day’s musical “American Idiot” are in silence as they sit in the dark theater listening to the [...]

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Mar 2012

Tri-M Benefit Concert Success

“Enriching lives with the gift of music.” This is the motto of Making Music Matters (Tri-M), a teen driven after school music enrichment program at Preclarus Mastery Academy and Yeatman Middle School. Through this program, CHS students and college students from the St. Louis area volunteer to teach hour-long sessions to inner-city schools. The Tri-M [...]

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Mar 2012

CHS Drama Department Revamped

The CHS drama department is getting a makeover—and it’s not just a little backstage touch-up. With a newly renovated theater and the season of shows coming to an end this spring with the Student-Run Musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Kelley Ryan, head of the theater department, is looking to the 2012-2013 school year with [...]

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Mar 2011

CHS lacks displays of student artwork

With the new building construction in full swing, students at CHS are buzzing with anticipation. But along with the excitement, some students are looking to other areas in need of improvement, particularly the lack of art on display around CHS. “There could be more art in the halls and the commons,” sophomore Adam Luxon said. [...]

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