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Maria Carrasco, Social Media Editor • August 24, 2013

Los Angeles made, indie rock duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno, performs at the Lawrence Granada on Sept 18, 2013. Touring with famed bands such as the Decemberists and Greenday,and with hits such...

Vampire Weekend

Maria Carrasco, Social Media Editor • August 24, 2013

New York City’s own indie rock band takes the stage on Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Midland Theater with opening act, Sky Ferreira. Made up of lead singer Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and...

Ellie Houston

hannah moran, reporter • May 14, 2013

One evening every month, freshman Ellie Houston heads to the fire station with her father to contra dance. One evening every week, Houston heads to the school to practice and perform with jazz band. Another...

What Light

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief • February 27, 2013

I partially owe my sanity to sitcoms. To sappy music, to pop art, to New York Times columns, to romantic comedies. Each of these artistic forms act as alternative universes, as life consultants, as stress...

Future of Music

ryan liston, reporter • January 24, 2013

Music is an art that is as old as anyone can remember, yet it never stays the same. Along with the sound, the business also has changed in the music world. Junior Evan Barnes attributes some of the...

Creative Works That Change Lives

maria mckee, reporter • December 14, 2012

Tegan and Sara "So Jealous Tegan and Sara’s “So Jealous” is the album that I can come closest to labeling as life-changing. The Canadian folk-rock sisters are able to embrace new-wave fusions...

The Sounds of Autumn

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief • October 1, 2012

It’s amazing how much we, as students, cling onto the fanciful idea of an endless summer at the end of May. However, by the time school begrudgingly rolls around in mid-August, we long for sleepytime...

Newest iPhone Apps

amani safadi/emma machell, managing editor/social media editor • April 4, 2012

Games Draw Something: Remember that childhood game Pictogram? A player draws a picture on a piece of paper and their opponent tries to guess what the drawing is. Imagine that game on the screen of an...

Eastside Story

allison harwood and sam boatright • April 2, 2012

Allison's Take: “All Western Kansas is, is a whole bunch of old war veterans sitting on their porches being racist and yelling about how things were ‘back in their day.’ And,...

Encore Profiles

kimberly messineo, reporter • February 14, 2012

“I haven’t had any type of social life for about two weeks, and that’s not a joke,” junior Addison McCauley said. With Encore coming up in March, this singer has devoted himself to getting everything...

File Sharing Needs to Exist

ryan loecker, co-editor in chief • February 9, 2012

Let’s get this straight: this is not an article about SOPA. Within the past two months, three major file sharing websites (Megaupload, BTJunkie and FileSonic) either have been shut down or have ceased...

Tunes and Trends- Sam

sam boatright, reporter • January 20, 2012

2011: Top 10 Albums: 1. Father, Son, Holy Ghost- Girls '60s rock'n'roll, San Franciscan style; earnest, melodic and beautiful. Girls brings the sun and the shade on their amazing second full-length...

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