By Taylor Scofield, Reporter College is a world of its own. With the help of thatwasfunny.com, here is a compiled a list of things one will learn in college. Hopefully this will benefit some of the FMHS seniors who are preparing for campus life. Quarters are like gold. Showers become less important. Don’t eat […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Berlusconi Leaving Italy Without A Paddle
Dec 20
By Tucker Blake, News Editor Europe has been ravaged in the past few months by their own crippled economy, and Italy has taken a few huge hits. Now it is facing another punch that could deliver the final K.O. The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that he is planning to resign from […]
Maury: “Justin, you are not the father!”
Dec 20
By Erika Gardner, Reporter It was only a matter of time until a desperate girl claimed to have carried Justin Bieber’s baby. And it seems as if California resident Mariah Yeater, 20, has stepped up to fill that missing void in Bieber’s life. Suing Bieber for child support, Yeater claims that on October 25, […]
Progression of Powderhorn
Dec 20
By Charity Spall, Reporter With a single rope tow, skiing first began in 1930 on the Grand Mesa, the largest flat mountaintop in the world, located in an area named Land’s End. Shortly after, skiing also was taking place at Mesa Creek. From a small club called the Grand Mesa Ski Club, Rimrock opened a […]
The Fasting and the Furious
Dec 20
By Courtney Kreidler The squish of the mats, the roar of the fans, the pressure of the two minute match, the deprivation of food, its wrestling. And for the Fruita Wildcats, it’s already that time of year again. Last season, Fruita’s wrestling team took 5th in the SWL and 41stat State. However, the Wildcats […]
Origin of Morality
Dec 20
By Matt Scofield, Managing Editor The year: 1947. The place: Nuremberg, Germany. The event: Nazi leaders on trial for countless war crimes which they committed throughout their heinous reign of power, including the destruction of various European cities and the annihilation of millions of Jews, cripples and homosexuals. As we read accounts of […]
A Life in Film
Dec 20
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By Taylor Scofield, Reporter Vinny Castellini is anything but routine. He is a stellar student maintaining a spectacular G.P.A. He was also the #1 singles player and captain of the tennis team. However, possibly the most unique aspect of Castellini’s life is not so easily seen. He doesn’t flaunt it around and not many people know […]
CSAP to TCAP
Dec 20
By Alyssa Urban, Reporter The Colorado Department of Education has created a new standardized test for students across the state in place of the previous Colorado Student Assessment Program, otherwise known as CSAP. This new test is called TCAP, or Transitional Colorado Assessment Program. The Department of Education has revised the previous Colorado […]
Graffiti This
Dec 20
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Photo essay and story by Cicely Kohler, Photo Editor. Graffiti: By definition, this means to scrape, spray, draw, carve or engrave a word, sentence, pictures etc. onto a public surface. This would be a form of defacing public property and is considered vandalism, which is a punishable crime indeed. Graffiti can be found on […]
Close Quarters Classrooms
Dec 20
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By Chuck Bisbee, Reporter If you pay any attention to your surroundings by now you should have noticed the enormous class sizes that we have here at Fruita Monument High School. It’s a problem that many students have begun to take notice of and several believe it is becoming quite a problem. Due to budget […]
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