Inauguration: A day of change
January 30, 2009 • written by Halimo Abdulkarim, Feature Editor
Filed under News
The room is dead silent. All eyes are focused on the television. Tears trickle down English teacher Sybil Hopkins’ cheeks. “I was thrilled,” Hopkins said. “The huge significance is that [President Barrack Obama] is an African American, but he is so much more than... Read more »
Student body not getting involved
January 30, 2009 • written by Sam Rusness, Staff Writer
Filed under News
As junior Emira Muminovic works in the Packer Connection, she occasionally looks up and notices the empty Hat and Mitten Tree meant to benefit the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA). The week of Dec. 15-19, the Packer Connection was trying to raise hats and... Read more »
Students become teachers
January 30, 2009 • written by Kathryn Nekola, Staff Writer
Filed under News, Uncategorized
Math teacher Maria Pegg’s College Algebra class recently began an assignment requiring them to teach a sixth grade advanced math class at Cheney Middle School. Her students were expected to take the place of the teacher. Pegg’s students created a lesson plan and taught... Read more »
Fire destroys home, not hope
January 30, 2009 • written by Brittany Davila, Assistant Editor
Filed under News
A fire consumes all that it engulfs in its flames, but out of its ashes can come hope. This is the case for the fire that destroyed the home of sophomore Jordan Soberg and his family, and led to the deaths of their two dogs. “We lost everything;... Read more »
Practice stops at nothing
January 30, 2009 • written by Mary DeJong, staff writer
Filed under Feature
The snow is falling, the wind is blowing and the snowplows are out working. Students sit at home excited to hear that school is cancelled for the day. Most of the students are anyway. School was cancelled Dec. 15 due to a winter storm. However, hockey and basketball... Read more »
Teacher-student relations: How far is too far?
January 30, 2009 • written by Amber Batsch, Co-Editor-in-Chief
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The question of how far is too far in a teacher-student relationship has been an age-old question. Although the law has many obvious boundaries, the question of where the line has been crossed varies from person to person. For social studies teacher Dan Holder, a teacher-student... Read more »
50 below too warm for school
January 30, 2009 • written by Amber Batsch, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Feature
As the temperature plummets into record breaking lows, it falls into superintendents’ and other district officials’ hands to decide whether school should go on as normal or be closed and possibly delayed. When making this decision most superintendents use their school’s... Read more »
Administrative assistants shine
January 30, 2009 • written by Meagan McDougall, Co-Editor-in-Chief
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Nestled behind the doors to the office lies a barrier between outsiders and the administrators. This barrier has a smiling face, a desire to help and an understanding of everything that is happening in the school. The administrative assistants are the heartbeat of the school. Most do not know more about... Read more »
Blizzard of boredom hits Fargo
January 30, 2009 • written by Signe Swanson, staff writer
Filed under Feature
North Dakota, a small rural state with a population under about 650,000, is the third least-populated state. As part of this small state, Fargo does not have much of a variety of stores and businesses like the bigger cities. Sophomore Taylor Dahl thinks there is a lack... Read more »
Young at heart
January 30, 2009 • written by Signe Swanson, staff writer
Filed under Feature
No matter how old we become, we all act childish sometimes, whether we admit it or not. The term childish is sometimes viewed as a negative comment. Throwing food at the person next to you at lunch or texting during class is behavior that isn’t accepted by the school’s code of behavior.... Read more »
