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SpringArts is a senior-initiated, senior-organized and senior-run production that was started in the spring of 2012. Its intent is to showcase as many facets of the arts as possible as well as provide...
Ariel Vogel (A) sat down with several of the nominees for prom court.
I: Senior Isabelle Burden
E: Senior Evan Dotas
Av: Junior Ava Reynolds
P: Junior Paul Weiss
J: Junior Joshua Byrd
A:...
Middle schoolers. Just the words can strike fear into the hearts of the hardiest souls. No one was happy at that stage of their life. No one wants to return to that time. And no one--no one--would voluntarily...
Winter weather can bring many scenes to mind: cuddling under a blanket, drinking hot chocolate (with marshmallows), sledding down hills, building snowmen.
Except for the fact that only three of that...
The annual Spring Arts Festival, started by seniors during the 2011-2012 school year, is a compilation of acts showcasing a variety of performance arts: dance, singing, music performance, comedy and theater....
The (forty) teachers have spoken; with a 30-to-10 majority, the vote has been made and Friday, Feb. 20 will be a B day.
This morning, principal Cynthia Prieto sent an email to all the staff and faculty...
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and the likelihood that you will be single on this day of love is increasing every minute. Worry not, my fellow singletons, because here is a list of fun activities...
The last first home meet for gymnastics seniors Krishna Goradia and Meagan Roberts took place on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
“I did better in some events than I thought I would, and then I did worse in the...
[Spoiler alerts follow. If you are under the age of ten or have lived a very sheltered life do not, I repeat DO NOT read on.]
‘Twas the weeks before Christmas, and all throughout my school, students...
Starting off Thanksgiving break with a bang, theater instructor Stan Swartz posted the winter musical cast list on Nov. 26 promptly at noon. The cast then convened Dec. 2 for an informational meeting to...
Announced slightly more than six weeks after the scheduled announcement, the news has finally broken: HHS’s winter musical will be Seussical. Based appropriately on Dr. Seuss's classic children’s books,...
The first-ever Harrisonburg High School Club Fair took place on Thursday, September 4. One of the most highly attended club meetings was the Key Club in the auditorium, led by Fashion Marketing teacher...
No one likes it. No one follows it. And no one enforces it.
It’s the dress code.
Every year, new rules are added. And every year, they are ignored just as steadfastingly as dress code classics...
Every five days or so, I set aside twenty minutes to shave my legs. It could be bright and early (if I’m feeling enthusiastic about life), right before bed or in the middle of a lazy Saturday. Regardless...
Everyone knows prom is really for the ladies. The guys have to come up with a cute and unique promposal, buy the tickets, stuff themselves into a tux and pose for endless photo ops surrounded by giggling...
Virginia requires a schoolwide fire drill once a month every month during the school year. There are, including August but not June, approximately ten months in the school year. By the first day of our...
We’ve all been there.
You’re racing to class. There are mere seconds before the bell is going to ring. Teachers in front of their own classrooms are looking at you condescendingly, pitying the poor...
They over-greased their hair and over-colored their lips for the scandalous How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
They belted out their souls and upped the dramatics for the heart wrenching...
The discussion about the actual necessity of homework is a tale as old as time. Year after year brings new slacking students, testy teachers and exhausted overachievers.
The concept of homework is something...
February means a lot of things; 28 days, Black History Month, Valentine’s Day and, at HHS, the production of the winter musical all are key elements of the month. However, it means one very crucial thing...
Ah, high school hallways. They are filled with the soothing sound of shouted curses and squealing chatter. Walking to your next class, you shove through bodies and try to ignore the elbows and glares shot...
I like to think of Valentine’s Day as the holiday that people love to hate.
Back in elementary school, Valentine's Day was simple. Everyone would make valentines for every student in the class, so no...
Sex. Guns. Toupees. Wit. A whole lot of cleavage. Criminal activity. Perms.
American Hustle had it all. This two hour film with stellar cast Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley...
As the daughter of parents who grew up in Minnesota and Washington state, I often get mocked for complaining about the cold in the winter.
“Thirty degrees?” they say. “That’s April temperatures!”
However,...
There are two major breaks in a year from school: summer break and winter break. Summer break lasts two months and involves (usually) no homework, as it is a relaxing period marking the transition from...
I have been waiting for the highly acclaimed sequel to Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games to come out in theaters for a year and a half. The first movie was fabulous; maybe not the best movie I've ever...
This past week, Harrisonburg High School participated in the state-wide Virginia College Application Week (VACAW) program. Our school was selected as one of 32 schools taking part in this nationally organized...
Across the nation, teenage girls are in a frenzy over the release of One Direction’s music video for their song, “Story of My Life”. Sophomore Jaymie Inouye, one of such girls, first saw the video...
The one act cast’s homegrown play Whirled Piece continued its streak of success when it placed second at the VHSL conference-23 theater competition on Saturday. Being a runner up allows the team to advance...
I am about to make a confession that may cause me to be banished from the race of white girls. I may be shunned, mocked mercilessly, and scorned for the rest of my days at Harrisonburg High school, but...
Camped out on Trinity Presbyterian Church’s lawn this September 14 through the 22 was an organization known as the Carnival de Resistance. This traveling demonstration group bikes across the United...
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