Tag Archives: March

Apr 2010

‘We Are the World’ remake disappoints

“We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving. There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives. It’s true, we’ll make a better day, just you and me.” The chorus of the song “We Are the World” is powerful and perhaps [...]

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Mar 2010

Boys’ basketball suffers heartbreaking end to season, looks ahead to future

The boys’ basketball team’s season came to a disappointing end on Feb. 28 as they lost 62-58 to MICDS in the district final. The Hounds beat Westminster in the semifinal game on a baseline jump shot by senior guard Devonte Bell with three seconds left in the game.  The Hounds clinched their 50-48 win once [...]

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Mar 2010

Senior guard Bell hits game-winner

On Feb. 26, Devonte Bell’s four-year career came to an abrupt end.  The Hounds had lost to MICDS 62-58 in a fast, non-stop action game.  It was the type of game that Bell has always excelled in. In the game, Bell finished with 22 points, tied for a team-high in the loss.  In the semifinals, [...]

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Mar 2010

Little-known past of Bob Bone

Students pass by his office every day.  His sits in the stands at every basketball game.  He is also one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history.  His name is Bob Bone, Athletic Director at CHS. Only one in seven CHS students that were surveyed were aware of his basketball career.  After asking [...]

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Mar 2010

Watching winter Olympics incites awe, motivation

The Olympics, an event that was the zenith of conversation a couple weeks ago, has been pushed into the distant past. No one really cares that Lysacek made history by winning men’s skating gold, or that Kemkers’ coaching mistake cost Switzerland a gold. In fact, I don’t even care. No, when I think about the [...]

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Mar 2010

Google threatens to leave after censorship battle

In a dispute earlier this year, Google threatened to leave China unless Chinese regulators stopped censoring its search results. This clash between the world’s largest search engine and the world’s fastest-growing market once again brought the issue of Internet censorship into broad daylight. Internet censorship in China can be traced back to 1998, when the [...]

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Mar 2010

In Focus-Basketball

The boys’ varsity basketball team beat the Westminster Wildcats in the district semifinal game on Feb. 24 in Stuber Gym.  Senior guard Devonte Bell hit a game winning jumper with two seconds left in the game to break a 48-48 tie and give the Hounds the eventual win.  In that game, the team battled back [...]

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Mar 2010

Fast food choices in downtown Clayton

The city of Clayton has many restaurants and eateries for its local businesses, residential communities and schools that it supports.  There is everything from breakfast joints to expensive steakhouses.  However, when a CHS student departs from campus to go out for lunch, fast food is really the best option. There are a limited variety of [...]

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