Mock Trial is a sport, where’s the PE exemption? Wednesday, January 30, 2008 By Ames High Mock Trial Team [ArticleImageHyperLink] It’s 1:30 in the afternoon. Our hearts are racing. Our faces are flushed. Sweat beads up on our foreheads, and our breath comes only in short gasps. Blood pounds in our ears as the excitement of compe full story

Brawlabout to smash onto the scene Wednesday, January 30, 2008 By JESS NELSON [ArticleImageHyperLink] “I don’t even care that I don’t have a Wii, I am still really excited for Brawl to come out, because I can at least use my friends who have Wiis to play the game.” junior Ben Jones said. full story

Fantastic films from 2007: The five movies that made the year Wednesday, January 30, 2008 By ROSS HACKERSON 2007 was not a year for big stars on the silver screen, but instead a time for great movies with some lesser-known actors. The year gave plenty of cinematic muck to be filtered though, for example t full story

Commongettin’ down in Chitown Wednesday, January 30, 2008 By SOFIYA HUPALO [ArticleImageHyperLink] Chicago is the birthplace of many legendary icons, and it sure breeds talented rappers: Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Twista, and the most important of all – Common. Not many have the honor of seeing one o full story

Bobby’s best beats 2K7 recap Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By BOBBY HUNTER I’ll probably look back at 2007 as the year of the Surge (not to be confused with Surge the soft drink; that was 1997) and ridiculous caucus buildup. Fortunately not everything about this past year wa full story

Spirit of the Marathon Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By DANIEL PARK 26.2. To runners, 26.2 is more than just a number. It is not simply the number of miles they train in a week, but the enumeration of the trials they struggle with and endure for the joy of crossing th full story

The dating game Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By ROSS HACKERSON While football, basketball, wrestling and track get all the attention in sports sections, there’s one sport that most don’t even recognize as a sport—dating. full story

Injuries happen, even to the girls basketball team Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By JAMISON DISALVO Injuries happen. This fact is a given in all sports, but the 2007-08 girls basketball team has suffered from them more than most. The team’s record, currently 10-5, reflects its members’ skill and wi full story

DON’T CALL ME LITTLE!!! Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By SAMUEL SOPHUS BIRD The setting for this brief but important story is an early season game between the boys basketball teams from Ames and Des Moines East. A few minutes into the first quarter, the chant of “Little Cycl full story

Americans get a taste of Germany Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By SEAN MCCLAIN [ArticleImageHyperLink] When most students were trying to get used to being back at school in August, seniors Helene Schuck, Laurel Scott, and Nina Carlson were trying to get used to a new culture. On August 1st the three s full story

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