Finals Exemptions Change

April 14, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
Filed under News

At the last school board meeting, board members approved a new finals exemption policy. “The new policy gives some options to 8th graders,” Stephanie Mullens, an Algebra 2 teacher who was on the committee that led the changes in the exemptions policy, said. The policy states: “If the... Read more »

UIL Budget Funding

April 14, 2010 • Jordan Campagna  
Filed under News

In a budget crunch year, the district’s UIL teams were unable to travel to as many practice competitions as in previous years. “We’re taking our first trip soon,” Sandra Scheller, Literary Criticism and Ready Writing coach, said. “We’re taking about half the team and... Read more »

Rider Attached to Health Care Bill Changes Student Loan Business

April 14, 2010 • Shelby Ross  
Filed under News

Many college students depend on student loans and grants, but a rider bill attached to the health care bill passed by congress last month no longer permits banks to be in the student loan business. The bill is said to make things easier for students and family. “I think it is going to cause a mess... Read more »

The Bounty Hunter Delivers

April 14, 2010 • Shelby Ross  
Filed under A&E, Opinion

Gerard Butler? Um, hot Scottish actor? I’d watch any movie with him in it. From The Phantom of the Opera to The Ugly Truth. And Jennifer Aniston? She is sassy and sexy and determined in all her movies. What a genius idea to put these two hot people together in a movie. The Bounty Hunter is an action-romantic... Read more »

Dragons Rock

April 14, 2010 • Branden Robinson  
Filed under A&E, Opinion

How to Train Your Dragon is a classic story of a coming of age boy vying for the acceptance of his peers and father; Hiccup is a teenager growing up in a colony of Vikings, but unlike all of the other teens in this colony, Hiccup is skinny, weak, and amazingly clumsy. The Vikings see him as a burden... Read more »

Field Hockey Fever

April 8, 2010 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Opinion, Sports

WFISD is home to award-winning bands, stellar soccer teams and a plethora of UIL teams. It is a thriving environment for the academically strong as well as one for traditional sports such as soccer, volleyball and football. However, to put itself over the top and prove to the state that WFISD is truly... Read more »

“One Day Without Shoes” Not Possible for Rider Students

April 7, 2010 • Logan Nevonen  
Filed under News, Top Stories

On April 8, TOMS Shoes is asking everyone to participate in the annual “One Day Without Shoes” event to raise awareness for the foot disease, Podoconosis, which effects 10 countries in tropical Africa, Central America and Northern India. Although TOMS shoes is hosting the event in order to... Read more »

Spanish Club On To San Antonio

April 5, 2010 • Porshala Strawn  
Filed under News

Senior Luciana Villacorta will interview for a scholarship given at the PASF conference this weekend. Villacorta will be joined by other members of the Spanish Club at the conference which features competitions, workshops, a dance, and the scholarship interviews. “This is my first year going to... Read more »

New “Alice in Wonderland” film is audience pleaser

April 5, 2010 • Sean Underwood  
Filed under A&E, Opinion

Disney has for a second time re-done Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” but rather than paying attention to the book’s whimsical attributes like the studio’s original film in the 50′s, the Disney team let Tim Burton bring out the book’s... Read more »