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Jan
19
2011
The daily battle with procrastination
It’s an addiction from which many teenagers suffer. And, rather than growing out of it, the problem tends to snowball as time goes on. Compounded with senioritis, the problem becomes nearly uncontrollable. What is the problem, you ask? Procrastination. Distractions seem to bombard me each night as I attempt to complete my homework assignments. It [...]
72 colors. The square tin of colored pencils, shed of its holiday wrappings, sat heavily in my hands. I peered at it reverently, but I wasn’t really seeing the tin. The countless combinations and possibilities were already parading in my vision. I was whole again. But let’s backtrack for a moment, because any logical person [...]
Jan
17
2011
Oklahoma! preview
Oh, what a beautiful morning…. Oh, what a beautiful play…. There is a beautiful feeling everything’s going okay. “Oklahoma!” is this year’s upcoming musical, and students are already hard at work perfecting their performances. Practices have begun for both the actors and pit orchestra, and the tech crew is hard at work as well. Rehearsals [...]
The film “Invictus,” set in South Africa in the 1990s, is about newly elected president Nelson Mandela and his efforts to unite his country through a rugby team. It might be mistakenly put into two categories: the underdog-sports-team-fights-to-the-top category or the political-leader-unites-his-country category. Of course, both of those storylines exist in the film, but that’s [...]
A new frozen yogurt shop is scheduled to open later this year at 7610 Wydown Blvd. next to Protzels Delicatessen. The restaurant, named Chill, will have self-serve yogurt machines in a similar style to University City store, Fro-Yo. The shop’s name, Chill, and the store’s architectural plans were approved by the Clayton Planning and Zoning [...]
Jan
31
2010
Warm weather didn’t stop fun at Hidden Valley
Although the weather’s been getting much warmer than the previous two weekends, the above-freezing temperatures still made for a great time at Hidden Valley Ski Resort. On Monday, Jan. 18, the temperatures reached above 50 degrees Fahrenheit but that didn’t stop devoted ski and snowboard fans from making the long trek out to the slopes. [...]
“Whoa, Ijeoma, are you okay?” As I lay face first in the snow I wondered how all this began: “Hey, Ijeoma, it’s Grace. Do you want to go sledding tomorrow?” Sledding, I thought, excitement! I’ve never been sledding before in my life. In fact, I have been sheltered for the majority of my life, not [...]
The North Face has sued the South Butt. On Dec. 10, 2009, the North Face Inc. filed a complaint against the South Butt, in Federal Court in St. Louis. Almost three years ago, Jimmy Winkelmann, who was at the time a high school student at Chaminade College Preparatory School, came up with the idea of [...]
This year, varsity basketball had coach Ryan Luhning and assistant coach Mike Nelke came up with an idea to get more fans to come to home games. That idea was to create a fan club now known as the Clayton Crazies. This is possibly one of the best ideas I have ever heard presented during [...]
On Jan. 15, the boys’ basketball team finally got a signature victory, defeating the Whitfield Warriors 66-60 in overtime. While the team almost choked away the game at the free throw line, watching a 57-51 lead with a minute to play evaporate before their eyes, the team pulled together and gutted out the win in [...]
