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Perfect365: For the selfie-enthusiast in you

Perfect365: For the selfie-enthusiast in you

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor April 6, 2015

There’s a ton of photo-editing apps for selfies, including Afterlight and Facetune, but for those apps you’ll have to hand over a couple of dollars. There is, however, a free app that was rumored to...

The Key Club has been selling t-shirts to both raise awareness and money.

Stratford leads Rescue Our Children in hopes to save children from sex trafficking

Victoria Giron, Online Editor March 27, 2015

The Key Club and broadcasting teacher Seth Stratford have partnered up to support the non-profit that Stratford helped start up, Rescue Our Children. The Key Club is selling shirts and wristbands to raise...

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian “Breaks The Internet” and causes quite a stir

Victoria Giron, Online Editor/ Feature Editor November 20, 2014

Unless you don’t affiliate with the internet and have no understanding of anything pop culture, you probably already know that on November 11, 2014 Kim Kardashian “broke the internet”. We have since...

Senior Stuart Baker leads the boy cross country team cheer.

Rituals bond cross country teams throughout season

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor November 18, 2014

A team is bonded by its traditions and rituals, and the cross country team is no exception. The boys and the girls cross country teams are two separate entities, and therefore each have their own traditions. Cross...

Rogen and Efron make an unlikely comedic team.

Review: “Neighbors” is funnier than it seems

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor June 2, 2014

At first glance, “Neighbors” seems like a movie you might rent from a redbox one night. Honestly, unless you’re attracted to Dave Franco and Zac Efron, you probably weren’t super thrilled to see...

The Winter Soldier is definitely an important movie in the Avengers storyline.

Review: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is filled with beautiful action and beautiful people

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor April 18, 2014

Action. Superheroes. Attractive people. Captain America: The Winter Soldier offers all of this, and honestly, what more could anybody ask for in a movie? The sequel to 2011’s Captain America: The First...

Some displays even ask for student contribution.

Walton packs library display with HHS’s most hated books and more

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor March 11, 2014

When people walk by the HHS library the first thing that draws their attention is the large, glass book display that showcases a theme that corresponds with the time of the year. Librarian Bradley Walton...

Students may be tested regularly to ensure that they understand the weekly words.

HHS reinforces essential word definitions with Word of the Week

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor March 11, 2014

In an effort to encourage school wide vocabulary skills, HHS has implemented a new system of learning called the Schoolwide Academic Vocabulary Initiative (SAVI). Each week since Feb. 24, a word has been...

Spring play gives theatrical opportunity for drama kids after musical

Spring play gives theatrical opportunity for drama kids after musical

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor February 25, 2014

After musical wraps up, theater geeks can still participate in drama by auditioning for the spring play. The spring play is unique in many ways because it is the only regular play that gets performed during...

Flappy Bird is both surprisingly simple and addictive.

App of the Week: Flappy Bird

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor January 29, 2014

Flappy Bird is one of the most frustrating games ever to become popular. It requires supreme finger tapping skill. Even though I pull my hair out trying to beat my record of four, I can’t stop playing...

Review: Beyoncé's "Beyoncé" shows her creative vision

Review: Beyoncé’s “Beyoncé” shows her creative vision

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor December 19, 2013

I don’t normally buy a full album unless I really like all the songs or I want to support a struggling artist. Beyoncé definitely doesn’t fall under the category of struggling artist, and Beyoncé's...

Gallery: HHS participates in door decorating contest for College Application Week

Gallery: HHS participates in door decorating contest for College Application Week

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor December 3, 2013

Teachers at Harrisonburg High School decorated their doors to raise awareness for each school during Virginia College Week.

Fifty year anniversary of the JFK assassination prompts a history lesson

Fifty year anniversary of the JFK assassination prompts a history lesson

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor November 22, 2013

Fifty years ago today, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a parade in Dallas, Texas. In remembrance of the fateful day, history teacher Mark Healy took time out of his classes to discuss...

Review: Bangerz has great vocals but fair share of lows

Review: Bangerz has great vocals but fair share of lows

Victoria Giron, Page Editor October 22, 2013

Miley Cyrus has recently been in the news for her eccentric and questionable behavior, but between the skimpy outfits and twerking Cyrus has found time to release a fourth album. Bangerz is okay . It’s...

App of the Week special: iOS 7

App of the Week special: iOS 7

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor October 11, 2013

Apple released a new update to their mobile operating system called iOS7 on Wednesday at 1 p.m.. Students at HHS waited patiently for the arrival of the exciting new update. Once iOS7 was released,...

Stoner gets close to the orphans she meets on her trip. Photo courtesy of Miranda Stoner.

Stoner visits orphanage in Guatemala

Victoria Giron, Feature Editor September 13, 2013

Miranda Stoner, accompanied by twenty members of the Harrisonburg Church of the Nazarene, went to Zacapa, Guatemala on July 28th for a one week mission trip. Stoner was first approached to join the...

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