Author Archives: Peter Baugh

May 2012

WOW: Sam Harned

Sam Harned delighted a full crowd in the CHS auditorium with humor, smiles, and advice. Harned admitted that he had been dreading the event for weeks, but was honored for being chosen. Harned’s speech was the final in a series of talks to give students advice in their future ambitions. Students noted his humor, cleverness, [...]

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May 2012

Clayton Baseball Season Ends

The Clayton Baseball season ended on Monday night with a 10-0 loss against John Burroughs. A win would have put Clayton in the district finals. The Greyhounds allowed six runs in the first inning. After the rough start, coach Craig Sucher called on his bullpen early, entering freshman John Howard into the game. Howard slowed [...]

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May 2012

Obama Announces Support for Same-Sex Marriage

President Barack Obama has announced that he openly supports same-sex marriage, the first U.S. President to do so. In ‘The Daily Rundown’ editor Gabe Fleisher said, “This isn’t just big political news. It’s historic.” Obama felt it was necessary to announce his beliefs. “I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples [...]

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May 2012

CHS Math Team is Going to Nationals

The Clayton High School math team is going to Nationals in Kansas city, after a dominating victory at the state competition. Award winners: Chris Cormier Adam Rangwala Chris Cho Jack Wei John Kwon Tyler Ponder (Pictured below) Shuyang Li Paul Lisker Apoorva Sharma Marguerite Daw

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Apr 2012

So Far, So Good

Fourteen games into the 2012 season, the St. Louis Cardinals have 10 wins, and have yet to lose a series. Though there have mostly been positive moments in the season, there are concerns mixed in. Lets look at what is going well, and what will have to change if the Cardinals plan to repeat as World Champions in 2012. Whats [...]

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Apr 2012

Lets Go Exploring

The teachers made a grave mistake when they told me to explore the school. Coming into freshman year, the staff probably doubted I would dig myself into much of a mess, but then again, they didn’t know me very well – yet. The first day of school I noticed a small door at the base [...]

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Apr 2012

WYSE Team Continues Success

The CHS WYSE team finished their successful season today, waltzing into Illinois for their state competition. The CHS team finished first overall in the competition. Freshman Jeffrey Cheng received first place honors in math. The team was permitted to compete in the competition, but was not announced in the awards ceremony because the dominating performance [...]

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Apr 2012

The Lorax Review

Three Stars I went into “The Lorax” afraid that one of my favorite childhood books would be ruined by a bad move. Luckily, I was wrong. The film has a star studded cast. Danny DeVito plays The Lorax and Taylor Swift plays Audrey, a young girl who longs to see a tree in a world [...]

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Mar 2012

Manning to Denver

Lifelong Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning is going to play for the Denver Broncos in the upcoming NFL season. Manning has won four league MVP awards, and is a past Superbowl champion. The specifics of the contract have not been reported, but the deal will most likely result in Tim Tebow, an unorthodox quarterback, being traded. [...]

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Mar 2012

SLU Falls in NCAA Tournament

A memorable season for the St. Louis University Billikens came to an end today. The team, who clinched a nine seed in the tournament, fell to the Michigan State Spartans, a one seed. The Billikens came into the tournament with a 26-8 record. The Spartans outlasted the Billikens to win 65-61. St. Louis still hung [...]

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