New “stadium” houses student art
Kelsey Carroll, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2016
Filed under A&E, Lovejoy Arts
As students turn into E-hall, the new art gallery can be seen on the right-hand side, its stark white walls already covered by works in various media created by a multitude of student artists. One of the newest additions to the campus, the art gallery, is currently showcasing AP Studio Art student...
Review: Civilization series brings many changes to new installment
Cameron Stapleton, A&E Editor
November 10, 2016
Filed under A&E, Reviews
“Sid Meier’s Civilization 6” opens with a wonderful cutscene covering huge historical moments from the beginning of history. Exquisitely animated and voice-acted, the new “Civilization” game hits hard from the very second it starts. With new city building techniques, new civilizations to lead t...
Review: Netflix exclusive ‘Black Mirror’ ‘continues to be source of insight’
Joe Cross, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2016
Filed under A&E, Reviews
Just in time for Halloween, the British dystopian anthology series “Black Mirror’s” third season was released on Netflix. Primarily focusing on life in the near future, each episode focuses on a different story involving technology and how it affects our lives. The choice to make the third season a Netfli...
Six seconds of mourning
Austin Keefer, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2016
Filed under A&E
President Abraham Lincoln once said, “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Never has that statement seemed more relevant than with the passing of a companion that many never thought would truly leave. After years of fame, glory, and struggle, t...
Review: Skyrim Special Edition is a weak follow up
Cameron Stapleton, A&E Editor
November 7, 2016
Filed under A&E, Reviews
The game of the year for 2011 was a dream game, where players could fight hulking dragons with wonderful variety, explore a humongous map filled with hundreds of unique areas to explore, all while customizing their character, combat style, and influencing the world of the game itself by helping the ...
Review: All the Bright Places “attracts young readers”
Madeline Sanders, Staff Reporter
November 3, 2016
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“All the Bright Places,” the first novel by Jennifer Niven, gleams with themes of love, fear, hopelessness, tragedy, and life following two adolescents in a story based on the author’s past. Similar to tragedies such as in “The Fault In Our Stars” by John Green, “All The Bright Places” wil...
Staging a zombie invasion
Alexis Dubree, Staff Reporter
November 2, 2016
Filed under A&E, Lovejoy Arts
Throughout the past month, the theatre program has been working on their upcoming show: Attack of the Pom Pom Zombies by Stephen Murray, which will be performed this Thursday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. The play is about cheerleaders, jocks, poetry, hippies, nerds, and a biker gang in the 50s, l...
Cast set, excitement high for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Lulu Butler, Staff Reporter
October 27, 2016
Filed under A&E, Lovejoy Arts
Students are “raising the roof” after the recent announcement that the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” will be premiering this January as a joint production between the theatre and choir program. “I think that they thought we were originally going to do ‘Shrek,’ and so I thought they were...
Well-rounded musician
Kelsey Carroll, Staff Reporter
October 27, 2016
Filed under A&E, Lovejoy Arts
After hearing the bell ring signaling the end of second period, freshman Renée Dobson hurriedly crams her clarinet back into its case and races across the hall to the orchestra room, where she quickly starts tuning her violin before class begins. Renée Dobson is an active musician in both band and orchestra. ...
