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Teens fear police more than damage from drug use

Teens fear police more than damage from drug use

By Lori Koenick and Allison Srour, Features Editors March 27, 2012

  Pregaming ─ a typical teenager ritual to get loosened up before a big event such as a party or a concert. Pregaming usually entails taking a few shots or having a couple beers, but now popping...

Smells like purple?

By Catherine Goohs, Staff Writer March 27, 2012

  stes like raspberries, the smell of vanilla is soft like leather and the alphabet is its own unique rainbow.   People living with synesthesia, a perceptual condition that involuntarily takes...

The ‘Observer’ reviews Google’s new applications

The ‘Observer’ reviews Google’s new applications

By Yash Nigam and Daniel Gordon March 27, 2012

  According to Google’s website, Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google in 1996 in their friend’s garage. In less than a decade, this two-man enterprise evolved into a multimedia giant with...

New glasses will have smart-phone technology

By Julia Reagan, Staff Writer March 26, 2012

Students will soon be able to leave their cell phones and glasses at home and replace them with a pair of fresh and functional shades by Google. These Smartphone glasses, set to release at the end of 2012,...

My First Car

My First Car

By By Luke Frentsos and John Ishikawa February 24, 2012

Your first car. A big milestone in your life. Your first taste of freedom and adulthood. The first time you can go places without parents playing chauffeur. However, getting that first car can be a...

Pinterest site lets students organize online interests

Pinterest site lets students organize online interests

By By Lizz Chen, Circulation Manager February 24, 2012

The wealth of information that the Internet provides often goes unappreciated without the means to properly organize it all. Luckily, the website Pinterest.com provides a fun and new way to organize members’...

iBooks take weight off students shoulders, literally

iBooks take weight off students’ shoulders, literally

By By Nicole Weltmann, Staff Writer February 24, 2012

Four binders, four journals and two textbooks are what sophomore Erik Roberts carries each day in his backpack, each adding up to a large amount of weight being carried each day back and forth from class...

Cyberbullies use Internet to ‘subtweet’ their victims

By By Kara Phillips, Staff Writer February 24, 2012

The current generation is known for using various social networks to connect with one another. Although being able to communicate all the time may seem like a benefit, it has also led to an increase in...

The ‘G-word’ sparks a flame, splits gingers

By Tyler Mead, Observations Production Editor February 24, 2012

The G-word, or “ginger,” was popularized in a 2005 episode of South Park in which Eric Cartman, a character on the show, reported that “gingers” have no souls and were basically vampires. Since...

Getting an allowance isnt all about the money

Getting an allowance isn’t all about the money

By Lori Koenick, Features Editor February 24, 2012

Food, movies, clothes, gas—a small sampling of a teenager’s budget. Every teen has needs and wants, but deciding who pays for what—the options being the child or parent of course—is frequently...

Senior keeps decade-long McDonald’s fries habit

Senior keeps decade-long McDonald’s fries habit

By By Ben Hollander, Staff Writer February 22, 2012

In Morgan Spurlock’s film Supersize Me, Spurlock eats McDonald’s food every day for an entire month before having to stop when his health becomes endangered. Clearly, Mr. Spurlock and his digestive...

Happy 4th birthday to CHS’ leap day babies

Happy 4th birthday to CHS’ leap day babies

By Katie Gauch, Staff Writer February 22, 2012

Out of nearly seven billion people in this world, only around five million have the privilege to say it is their birthday once every four years, according to Google. Freshmen Mir Hwang and Zhen Huang...

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