October 18-20, the Apex High Peak Players are taking on a wacky early 2000s re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night directed by Laura Levine. Shakespeare’s work was meant to be performed, so Levine’s adaptation of the comedy revolving around twins Viola and Sebastian, separated by a shipwreck, as they get into twisted–and completely absurd–love triangles, is perfect. As everyone who has
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Apex continued its conference domination, adding two more South Wake Athletic Conference titles to those already won by the women’s tennis and volleyball teams this past week. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams won the SWAC Conference Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park on Tuesday. This was the first time since 1995 that both teams brought home two conference
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From speaking to the United Nations and visiting the White House to talk about Down syndrome, to cheerleading and soccer, Devon Adelman has always risen to the occasion. Her next big goal: A stand-up paddle board gold medal at the Special Olympics USA When Seattle’s Devon Adelman gets on her paddle board during the Special Olympics USA Games on Monday,
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Whether it be textbooks or computers, many schools in North Carolina seem to have problems with funding. Although schools still have enough money to teach students the curriculum they need, many schools have complained about either a lack of textbooks, lack of computers, or even lack of computer software. The taxes the people of the state pay helps go to
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Janelle Serfontein, a junior at Apex High School, just recently celebrated her one year in America on Oct. 1, 2018. I wanted to find out how different South Africa is from North Carolina and which place she prefers to live, if she has a preference. She and I got to speak about her experiences. Serfontein was born in Pretoria, South
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Identity is a fickle thing for those who grow up in suburbs such as Apex. The past is maintained by the chipping paint of the downtown district, yet infused with the new of coffee shops and boutiques, still rattling in tune with the trains which gave Apex its prosperity. Right now, Apex feels like a placeless place, existing in a
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Politics—the topic that no one wants to talk about during Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone holds their own beliefs on how the world should function, varying from autocracy to complete anarchy. However, within in the United States, there are two political parties that wield enormous amounts of power: the Democrats and Republicans. While there are other parties, such as the Libertarian and
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