Horoscopes May 13th-17th
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
Aries: Aries are known as the leaders of the pack. They prefer to initiate rather than complete. They are independent, have an upbeat personality, and bring excitement into other people’s lives. You and a current or potential romantic partner may be in a strange space this week. Intellectual awarene...
Here Comes the Cowboy Review
May 10, 2019
Indie Rock icon Mac DeMarco returns with a relaxing yet anti-climatic 13 track LP Here Comes the Cowboy. Here Comes the Cowboy is 2019 follow up to 2017’s This Old Dog. As is commonplace with most of DeMarco’s works, the same core sound remains but is elaborated upon to keep things interesting. T...
Horoscopes May 6th-10th
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 6, 2019
Aries: Aries are known as the leaders of the pack. They prefer to initiate rather than complete. They are independent, have an upbeat personality, and bring excitement into other people’s lives. Take your focus off you and concentrate on someone else for the week. This doesn't mean focusing so the p...
Titles coming to Netflix this May
Kenzie Poynter, Staff
May 2, 2019
Every month all Netflix subscribers get excited to see what's being added. This month is like the any other, with more of your favorite titles coming to Netflix. Here are the titles coming to Netflix this may: May 1st Angels & Demons Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery...
April Showers Bring May Flowers: Is it accurate?
Kaitlyn Kittle, Staff
April 23, 2019
As April shifts slowly into May, “April showers bring May flowers” is something that is going to be said by a lot of people. However, where does the idiom come from, and is it really accurate? The rhyme doesn’t have a clear-cut origin. Popular use reaches back to the mid-1500’s, though earli...
Horoscopes April 22nd-26th
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
April 22, 2019
Aries: Aries are known as the leaders of the pack. They prefer to initiate rather than complete. They are independent, have an upbeat personality, and bring excitement into other people’s lives. Romance is in the air this week. Alas, it seems to rain down on everyone but you. Don't fret. Your time w...
The History of Earth Day
Tessa Killen, Staff
April 19, 2019
Many things happened in April of 1970 in the United States: President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, The Beatles broke up, the Apollo 13 mission was launched but had to be aborted days later, and the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22nd, 1970. April 22nd marks th...
Jump into Easter
Tristin Brubaker, Staff
April 19, 2019
There are many different traditions and many different ways to celebrate Easter. Even though some states usually celebrate holidays the same, with food and spending time with the family, other states have different traditions. For example, in New Orleans, it is popular to attend or watch the annual E...
The Pagan Roots of Easter
Kaitlyn Kittle, Staff
April 17, 2019
You can see it in stores and on television. Bunny rabbits, eggs, flowers, and all things pastel are once again in bloom. Easter is coming. Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death. In western Chri...
Senior Maggie Seibert, who plays Rona Lisa Peretti, performs during “Prayer of the Comfort Counselor” while surrounded by spellers Leaf Coneybear (senior Grant Sower), Logainne Schwartz (senior Izzy Moses), Marcy Park (junior Lizzy Roeding), lunch ladies (junior Mehryn Toole and freshman Madeline Dadosky), and the reporter (junior Molly Bucher).
Senior Grant Sower, who plays speller Leaf Coneybear, stands in triumph after spelling a word correctly in “I’m Not That Smart.”
Sophomore Zoe Zoller, who plays speller Olive Ostrovsky, dances around the stage singing “My Friend, the Dictionary.”
Sophomore Zoe Zoller, who plays speller Olive Ostrovsky, belts out notes with senior Kenzie Gabbard and sophomore Peter Laskey, who play her parents, during “The I Love You Song.”
Senior Lillian Reynolds, who plays comfort counselor Mitch Mahoney, sends a guest speller of the stage during “Prayer of the Comfort Counselor.”
Sophomore Hank Slaby, who plays speller William Barfee, lets his “magic foot” take the lead while dancing and singing with junior Cassidy Perme, freshman Ashley Kelly, and senior Kenzie Gabbard, who play cheerleaders.
The spellers in the Bee complain about the easy words other competitors are getting during “Pandemonium.”
Senior Maggie Seibert, who plays Rona Lisa Peretti, introduces the spellers of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Junior Lizzy Roeding, who plays speller Marcy Parks, shows off her many talents during “I Speak Six Languages.”
Senior Izzy Moses, who plays speller Logainne Schwartz, sings “Woe Is Me” with fellow seniors Alex Harrison and Carter Bechtol, who play her fathers.
Sophomore Justin Gabbard, who plays speller Chip Tolentino, belts about his distraction during “My Unfortunate Erection (Chip’s Lament).”
The spellers, cheerleaders, boy scouts, and janitors gather around sophomore Hank Slaby, who plays speller William Barfee, during “Magic Foot.”
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 20, 2019
"When Fox News first launched in 1996, their slogan was “Fair and Balanced.” Seeing this now would probably make a lot of people snicker given the...
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus,” inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty, reads “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me,” representing...
Emeline Kuether, Managing Editor - Hilltopper
May 6, 2019
For 141 years this building has represented the traditions of Highlands. From the thousands of students who have walked across the stage to receive their...
