Sushi, originally a Japanese delicacy, is one of the most widely appreciated foods in America. It has recently become a very popular dinner and lunch option, whether people go to a high-class sushi bar with friends or get sushi takeout for a more reasonable price. If one finds the thought of raw fish unsettling, you can usually find fried shrimp,
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One of the most anticipated parts of the season, at least for my fellow foodies, is enjoying delicious meals that are best eaten in the summertime. June through August gives us some of nature’s best fruits such as peaches, pineapples, and watermelon, and there are so many flavors that we associate with that time of year. While there is nothing
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On Sunday night, after a week of preliminary competitions full of hair dos, interviews, rehearsals, and everything else that pageants entail, Kára McCullough from the District of Columbia was crowned Miss USA. McCullough was more than deserving of the crown, having a fascinating cultural background and earning a Bachelor of Science degree from South Carolina State University. She works as
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If you have kept up with any kind of news lately, you have probably noticed a video of a man being violently dragged off of a United Airlines flight. On Sunday, April 9, a flight boarded for Kentucky was overbooked, and the attendants went through their typical process of finding volunteers to vouch for a later flight. None of the
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All week long, people have been bragging about their Spring Break plans for cruises, cross-country travels, and vacations in various continents; if you’re like me, your plans consist of Netflix, junk food, and homework assignments that you somehow end up saving until Sunday night. While there is nothing wrong with Binge Watching your favorite shows during the time off, here
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With Spring Break right around the corner and summer break soon after, many people want to start working towards a fit summer body after their winter hibernation. Even though some high schoolers work part-time jobs, the cost of a gym membership can still average about fifty dollars a month. Sometimes the thought of this will cause students to forget about
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The proposal of Apex High School moving their start time up fifteen minutes in the coming years at Green Level High School has students in a panic over this change in schedule. Although waking up fifteen minutes earlier will have little to no effect on the student’s learning opportunities, there are other factors that are feeding their frustration. Green Level
Read moreWhen most people hear the word slavery, they think of forced labor for African Americans in the South and the abolition of such practices by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, but what would you think if I told you that there are an estimated twenty-million people in the world right now who are trapped in slavery? Thursday, Feb. 23
Read moreOn Feb. 10 Mrs. Hoskins and three of her Culinary Arts II Honors students traveled to Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte to compete in the annual Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Culinary Competition. They went up against eight other teams to win scholarship money towards Johnson and Wales as well as the opportunity to compete at
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