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Senior Projects...their significance and how students feel about them today
Written by: Len Rivas The Senior project, on paper, seems like a great idea. A way for students to pursue a passion, utilize essential skills and to touch the community in a helpful way. However, many seniors agree that, in practice, senior projects are quite faulty, overdependent on the student’s personal time and the rules and guidelines are too rigid. Having students work on their senior project on their own time is difficult for many kids, especially those participating
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Nov 18
MHS Creative Writing Club's Recently Moving Works
Written by Fiona Lee The Creative Writing Club of Middletown High has been off to an exciting start in the first two and a half months of the 2025-2026 school year. With senior Alivia Stark as the president and Mr. Hoage as the supervisor, we have already established creative introductions as well as set days in order to write independently. Some students, including myself, are planning to create longer stories and productions of their own on these days. Senior Thomas Crago
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Nov 18
Chow Down on Ciao Bella: Middletown’s New Pizzeria
Written by Nala Montgomery For years whether you lived in Hidden Valley or Middletown, if you were feeling peckish for pizza then Stone Fire was your best bet because, well, it was your only bet. So imagine the hype that accumulated around the news of Ciao Bella , a new pizzeria in Middletown Plaza. Business was booming on opening day, with orders piling up and selling out 4 hours before closing. Ciao Bella Pizzeria Logo; Printed on to-go Box Though its not a dine in exper
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Nov 4
International & National News
Priceless Gems Stolen from the Louvre Art Museum
Written by Barron Bryant On October 19th, 2 individuals entered the world-famous Louvre art museum from the second floor in Paris, France, stealing several high-value pieces of jewelry. They then exited the same way they entered and sped away on high-powered scooters with two other accomplices. This is the first art theft from the Louvre since the painting “Le chemin de Sèvres” was stolen in 1998. So how does this happen? How do 2 people just waltz into the most famous art mu
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Nov 18
Popular ‘Twitch’ Streamer Emiru accuses Mizkif (popular YouTuber) of Sexually Assaulting, Stalking, Abusing and Harassing her.
Written by Cade Fergusson Emiru live streamed on Twitch, releasing information on YouTuber Mizkif showing screenshots of messages he sent to her. Emiru, a popular livestreamer on the streaming platform Twitch accused a YouTube/Twitch creator named Mizkif of sexually harassing/assaulting, stalking and abusing her over a span of 3 years. In a live stream, Emiru spoke about her experience dating Mizkif and said that Mizkif would, “throw bottles, like plastic bottles of liquid in
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Nov 18
BBC explains why Hozier's impassioned speech was cut from Reading And Leeds
Written by Thomas Crago BBC News addresses why Hozier’s speech involving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, free speech, and equality was suspiciously censored from their Reading and Leeds 2025 broadcast. Hozier live 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME After direct criticism from fans regarding the topic, The broadcasting corporation addressed that Hozier’s set was cut due to a mutual agreement with the artist. The corporation has a history of criticism with streaming perform
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Nov 4
Ryder Cup 2025: What Went Wrong?
Written by David Sisson This years Ryder Cup was an embarrassment for the American side and could honestly be considered one of the worst shows of disrespect and abuse from spectators to players in a Ryder Cup. (Team Europe Poses With The Ryder Cup After A 15-13 Victory Over The United States) The American team came into the Ryder Cup looking practically unbeatable with a roster stacked full of winning and experienced players such as Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, and Xa
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Nov 18
Who would win NFL's MVP if the season ended right now?
By Sean Torres There have been so many MVP, like josh Allen in 2024 and Lamar Jackson 2023. However, I feel like it's not right that most of the time quarterbacks (QB) win the award. Out of 50~ winners, there have only been 22 non-QB that have won. The most recent non QB was Adrian Peterson back in 2012. Most of the time it's a quarterback that wins the MVP but I feel like this year there are so many good running backs that one of them should win the MVP, like Jonathan Taylo
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Nov 18
SF Giants Fire GM Bob Melvin After 2025 Season: Why They Did & What To Expect
By: David Sisson The San Francisco Giants clubhouse has been in disarray since the Rafael Devers trade, and (now former) Manager Bob Melvin has only made it worse. He takes pitchers out too late, makes disorienting changes to batting order almost every game, advises awful defensive and offensive approaches, and wont fight for the team when they need it. (Graphic announcing Bob Melvins firing, courtesy of NBC Sports Bay Area) The team has had such immense talent over the last
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Nov 4
Sports News
Entertainment News
Halloween H20: Revenge 20 Years Later
Written by Gia Braden 20 years later, Michael Myers returns for payback on Laurie Strode. Steve Miner, American director and film producer, carries the storyline. Steve Miner has made other popular, halloween movies like Friday the 13th: Part 2 and Part 3 (1981, 1982). Box offices rose to $50 million domestically and $75 million globally. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), but presumably Keri Tate, to hide her identity, moves to Northern California with her son, John Tate (Jos
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Nov 18
Hozier - Unreal Unearth Album Analysis
Written by Thomas Crago Hozier’s third album: Unreal Unearth – A mythological long play inspired by Dante’s “The Divine Comedy.” Specifically drawing from the first part: “Inferno.” If you’re unfamiliar, in great simplicity it is a symbolistic poem written by Dante, following his journey through Hell. Guided by the great Roman poet Virgil, Dante journeys in Hell through nine consecutive circles, each embodying a different aspect of torment. A preliminary comic depiction of th
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Nov 18
“I am fearless, and therefore powerful,” a Tron Ares review
By T Canchola Tron: a beloved neo-punk franchise, and a nostalgia packed arcade game from the 80’s. It’s characterized by 3 movies ( Tron (1982), Tron: Legacy & Tron: Ares ), a short lived animated series ( Tron: Uprising ), and a handful of niche games. Most recently, Tron: Ares entered the scene as the start of a new era in the franchise. Tron: Ares , which changes the standard storyline of the previous two films, follows the AI program named Ares (Jared Leto), A.K.A “Mas
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Nov 18
Dragons: Reflections of Human Nature
Written by Damien Rudy An illustration of the dragon from The Hobbit trilogy: Conversation with Smaug, by J.R.R. Tolkien Dragons. We all know them. Massive creatures found in movies, mythologies, shows, books, legends, and more. Whether they are guarding a treasure hoard, ravaging a countryside, or nibbling at the roots of an interdimensional tree, they are always relatively important in their stories. But what exactly does a dragon personify in myth beyond their physical app
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Nov 18
History of photography and its importance in media
Written by Jack Crago Oldest surviving photo, view from the window at Le Gras Photography has been around for nearly 200 years, it was and still is such an innovative thing. It's used to convey emotion, set a scene, what paintings were for but in the moment. The oldest surviving photo View from the Window at Le Gras, taken in 1826-1827 seems to be nothing special, but it kick -started photography as a whole by proving a permanent capture of nature was possible. It used a spec
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Nov 18
PUMPKINs Significance to Halloween
Written by Lupita Cabrera A pumpkin is a large type of round fruit and is botanically classified as a berry. The reasoning for why they are considered a fruit is because it develops from the flower of a plant and contains seeds. They are actually a type of berry called “pepo” because of how they develop from a flower. Pumpkins belong to the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) which also includes cucumbers, melons, and zucchini. They have been cultivated for thousands of years and Na
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Nov 18
Miscellaneous
Editorials & Satire
Analyzing Evil: The Mad Dog
Written by Damien Rudy October has arrived, and with spooky season’s coming and going I tend to think about stories. Not necessarily creepy stories, but stories nonetheless. Many stories are vastly different from one another, but one thing they all seem to have in common is an antagonist; a villain. Every great story has a villain. Villains have the songs, quotes, and devious actions that draw audiences into the story. Most villains tend to follow tropes and there are near in
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Nov 4
Should Older Kids Be Allowed To Trick or Treat on Halloween?
Written by Travis Neasham Should older kids be allowed to trick or treat? I would say that it depends because if you're 16 and trick or treating with your friends then I think it's fine because you are just having fun with friends, but if you are 16 and trick or treating by yourself then I think not because you are just stealing candy from the younger kids. But there is an age where you shouldn't at all, even with your friends, and that is around 19-20 years old. By then, you
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Oct 31
Best Xbox games in 2025, A Personal Exploration
By Adrian Wilson Do you really wanna find interesting games that aren’t like all the rest? Well, so do I! For some backstory, I haven’t...
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Jun 6
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