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Author Archives: Jack Holds
For car and motor sport enthusiasts, Formula 1, or F1 for short, is the pinnacle of mankind’s land racing achievements, the bridging of man and machine in perfect harmony. Streamlined super-machines designed to pump out a mandated 750 brake horsepower at 18,000 rpm whip around a track, pushing the drivers’ limits with g-forces fit for [...]
Mar
17
2011
Lupe Fiasco’s new album frustrates fans
For a man who once believed that “hip-hop saved his life,” Lupe Fiasco is now realizing that hip-hop might also be the end to his life as he knows it. After great struggle with Atlantic Records, as well as an internal struggle, Lupe Fiasco has finally managed to produce a haphazardly assembled and more-or-less inconsistent [...]
The Australian Open obediently takes place every year. It’s predictable; during the later weeks of January, the greatest tennis players worldwide assemble in this Pacific stage to play some mean ball.
Feb
23
2011
Out with the old, in with the new
While tennis players of recent generations marveled at previous tennis greats such as Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Rod Laver, and more, tennis students of the present continue to debate the greatest player of the new generation; Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?
Jan
24
2011
US Senate Bill seeks to censor web
The end of file sharing and digital piracy could be near. In November, the Senate Judiciary Committee chaperoned a bill through committee phase which would permit the Attorney General to shut down entire Web sites if copyright infringement is determined to be “central to the activity” of the site. This bill, US Senate bill 3804, [...]
Nov
23
2010
Staff Ed: The price of free elections
Imagine a nation where a just and equal government is promised. Power is arranged to be held in the hands of elected representatives who take non-biased actions with the best interests of their constituents in mind. The United States by no means meets this farfetched ideal. Instead, the political playing field is largely manipulated by [...]
Dreams of the much anticipated Federer-Nadal championship match at the 2010 US Open were crushed on Saturday, September 11 when Novak Djokovic endured a grueling five sets to upset the no. 2 seed, Roger Federer, in the mens semifinals. This, admittedly, is not breaking news or the highlight of the tournament; Nadal’s win over Djokovic [...]
May
27
2010
Summer Unraveling
It is the end of the school year, meaning students are scrambling to find old assignments to turn in, digging up old tests and quizzes, and most importantly, cramming night after night in preparation for finals. However, despite this frantic worrying sweeping the school, finals has actually become a peaceful time of the year for [...]
Between blistering winds, torrential thunderstorms, and tornado warnings throughout the St. Louis region, the weather was beautiful the first weekend of May, which meant Ultimate Frisbee was on. The 2010 Missouri State High School Championships were held in Cottleville at the “Soccer Pitch” sport complex, west of Clayton, on May 1 and 2. For Ultimate [...]
On a weekend day with a beautiful break in the dreary weather, the St. Louis Tea Party celebrated its one-year anniversary.
