To the start of February, means time for high school football players to sign their letters of intent to their preferred colleges of their choice. Throughout the valley, standout players from their respected schools made their commitments on Wednesday and Thursday. From Grand Junction High School, 4 of their players signed their national […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Bradford gets busted
Feb 13
By Keaton Brown, Reporter Colorado Representative Laura Bradford was recently accused of Driving Under the Influence. On January 25, 2011, Bradford was pulled over by a state patrolman for erratic driving. Upon writing her ticket, the officer smelt alcohol on her breath. Instead of arresting her and taking her to prison to be […]
Coated Crayons not the answer
Feb 13
By Lyn-z Roseberry, Reporter You would never expect crayons and hot sauce would be used to violating the eighth amendment (cruel and unusual punishment.) A special needs teacher, Lillian Gomez Is in hot water for coating crayons in hot sauce so that the autistic children wouldn’t eat them. Parents of children are […]
Ten year old creates app
Feb 13
By Ashley Bond, Reporter Daniel Chao, of Denver, went above and beyond his reading assignments by creating an app that keeps track of reading homework. Apple accepted his App on November 17, 2011. While most ten year olds were preoccupied with playing sports and video games, Daniel was busy becoming a legend. His […]
Severed head found in Hollywood Park
Feb 13
By Tristan White, Reporter Two women walking their dogs discovered a human head while hiking in theHollywoodhills near Brad Pitt’s home. While walking, one dog walked up to its owner carrying a plastic bag filled with something. On closer inspection, the woman saw that the bag contained a severed head of an older, white male. […]
Soul Train founder dies at 75
Feb 13
By Shannon Janssen, Reporter Don Cornelius was found dead in his Los Angeles home early Wednesday morning (February 1, 2012). Authorities believe that suicide is the cause of death. There were shotgun wounds to the head that the authorities believe to be self-inflicted. Cornelius was only 75 as well as a legend. He […]
CMU to start marching program
Feb 13
By Alyssa Urban, Reporter After adding expanding the campus and upgrading to University status, Colorado Mesa University has now announced that they will be forming a marching band. This will be the first marching band for the school in over 30 years. As the college is in a time of expansion and improvement […]
World Class Skier Lacks Insurance
Feb 3
By Ryan Lawrence, Reporter Many of you probably attended the Winter X-Games this year at Aspen, so you already know the tragedy that happened to the 29-year-old professional female skier from Canada and defending half-pipe champion Sarah Burke. The accident happened on January 10th and ruptured a vertebral artery in her spine—one of […]
Egypt’s Anniversary
Feb 2
By Tristan White, Reporter This January marks the first anniversary of the uprising of the Egyptian people against their suppressive leader Hosni Mubarak. Citizens gathered together in Tahrir square to celebrate the progress that has been made in the government. Tension between the many different groups such as the pro-democratic activists and the […]
Doodle 4 Google
Feb 2
By Cody Daniels, Reporter Doodle 4 Google is a competition for K-12 grade students including homeschoolers, in the United States that Google has invited to use their artistic ability and imagination to redesign Google’s homepage logo. Google this year asks the students to draw the Google logo around the theme of “If I […]
