Audio: Article: One of Snapchat’s iconic features are the wide variety of filters available to users to enhance their photos. These filters allow for voice changes, virtual reality characters to appear in photos, background changes, and music. Recently however, other features of these filters, like skin smoothing, lip enhancing, and eye enlargement, are being used for a completely different purpose
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For the first time ever, the Apex High School theater, Peak Players, is performing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, a musical retelling of the timeless masterpiece, Cinderella. This production is lead by Mrs. Levine, lover of cats and graduate of Appalachian State University. Levine has been hard at work for the past two months, often staying after-school five to six days
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It is no secret that there have been some recent issues involving high-school senior yearbook quotes in not just Wake County but all over the United States. With inappropriate and offensive quotes – ranging from racist, sexist, or sexual remarks – parents and schools are obviously not thrilled by these insensitive quotes and the apparent lack of a yearbook-quote review
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Lawmakers in North Carolina are considering separating the Wake County public school systems. Wake County is the fifteenth largest school system in the U.S. and holds roughly one-hundred and sixty-thousand students, as of 2017. For an official documentation and history of this bill, click here. The separation could have many adverse effects for schools in Wake County including loss of
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Homework. It is a subject most students try to avoid thinking about. Whether it is because of the time consumption or the overall stress, many students around the United States dread homework. So, why do we even bother with it? Teachers and other authorities say in the long run it will better the students on academic levels but to what
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This has been the first year I have really sat down and have gotten to watch The Winter Olympics. So far, my only feeling towards it is absolute amazement. There are a few Olympians who have really stood out during this olympic rotation, and this article will take a look these jaw- dropping athletes. Let’s start with medal count. Norway
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On Feb. 9, Mrs. Hoskins and three of her culinary arts students, Katelyn Holmes, Margaux Whitley, and Amanda Marrott traveled to Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte to compete in the annual Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Culinary Competition. The girls were able to win first place among seven other teams in North Carolina! I got the
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With the new campus for Apex High School underway and Apex having explosive growth, changes to accommodate the people and places we go are needed. NCDOT have made plans to change Ten-Ten road as well as minor changes to the Apex Peakway. It is not a secret that after Money Magazines 2015 “#1 Small town to live in” rating, Apex
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Season thirty-six of Survivor is set to premiere on Feb. 28 and will be a special two-hour episode. The season is called Survivor: Ghost Island, and the spooky theme speaks for the danger and mystery the twenty new contestants will face. Mistakes made in previous years of the show will come back to haunt the castaways, and the show is
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I will start off by saying this: yes, you should go watch the movie this weekend! With Black Panther being one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, if not the most anticipated movie of the year, I was not disappointed, even with the ticket being more than ten dollars and the fact that I spent even more
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