Tag Archives: college

Oct 2011

College Football Report

The 2011 college football campaign is well underway and already scandals, upsets, and strong player performances have highlighted the season. The season kicked off with many top team matchups which made for a memorable opening weekend. A battle of two top five teams, Oregon vs. Louisiana State University (LSU), made for quite a nail bitter [...]

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Mar 2011

Stroll down memory lane

As their high school careers draw to a close, CHS seniors pause to reflect upon their favorite experiences during their four-year tenures at #1 Mark Twain Circle. Senior year. It’s the final step one takes before entering adulthood. However, what is more important than what one does with their last 365 days before crossing the [...]

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Mar 2011

Graduates seek greater competition in college athletics

Each year a select group of CHS athletes step up their game and seek greater competition in college athletics. Just as the academic standards are raised so are the expectations for student-athletes.

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Aug 2010

College Counselor departs, letters remain unwritten

It was, as PTO Co-President Christy Breckenridge put it, “jaw-dropping”. At the Aug. 9 PTO meeting, Principal Louise Losos announced, to the surprise of the parents and students in attendance, that Chat Leonard would not be returning for the 2010-2011 school year after 13 years as a CHS college counselor. “[Losos] said that we would be [...]

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Dec 2009

Media’s representation of “Road to College” embellishes real truth

For eighteen years, I have never once questioned why I go to school. It has always been clearly understood that I need to succeed in order to get into the college that I want to. As a sixth grader, when my mom suggested that I take Latin because it would help me score well on [...]

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Nov 2009

Early applications

For everyone, college just can’t come quickly enough. Living and growing with friends sounds like the best possible four years of one’s life. However, getting in has been rumored to be the hardest part about the whole experience. With more and more pressure being applied to current seniors, many want to get the application process [...]

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Oct 2009

Student reflects over changing space of beloved siblings gone to college

The new school year has brought many changes to my life. I got my license, much to my parents’ horror, and the freedom that comes with it. I’ve begun the long struggle of trying to understand periodic trends and the shielding effect in chemistry, and crew has become my newest hobby, as I continue the [...]

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