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Senior Advice 2012
Click the link below to see advice from seniors on how to survive and thrive in high school: Pg. 9 Senior Advice Compiled by Maya Fanjul-Debnam, Opinion Editor
Broughton ranked third best high school in North Carolina
Teachers, parents, and alumni always tell students that they are lucky to attend Broughton. This was confirmed when U.S. News & World Report ranked it third in the state. It follows Hopewell High in Huntersville and Manteo High in Manteo. Nationally, Broughton ranked 996, earning it a silver medal. The score was [...]
Art students liven up the cross hall with cross-cultural designs
Get a closer look at the artwork gracing the second floor cross-hall here. The designs, created by Visual Arts II students, were supposed to portray some aspect of another culture. The second floor has been turned into an art gallery by Nancy Carty’s Visual Art II art classes. The 55 students each received a [...]
Veterans honored at final flight
Photos by Mike Lentz About 116 World War II veterans took off in the eighth and final Triangle Flight of Honor on Wednesday, April 18. This program was created in 2004 to give local veterans the opportunity to see the memorial that was created in their honor earlier that year in Washington, D.C. [...]
Kony 2012: Promoting awareness or continuing ignorance?
On April 21 Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), announced that he was turning himself in. “The fliers that 3 whole people put up during ‘Cover the Night’ really changed my mind about the whole kidnapping children to form an army thing,” Kony said. It has become a widespread [...]
Drama department ends on strong note with “Charley’s Aunt”
The drama department was back in action with the production of “Charley’s Aunt” on Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in the Diane Payne Auditorium. “This has been my favorite theater production ever. The talent, the faces, and the personalities that have brought this show together are what truly make [...]
Nail polish trends turn quirky
Nails are not just painted solid reds and pinks anymore. Women paint them a rainbow of colors, with different patterns and techniques to give each person an individual touch. One of these techniques is putting newspaper letters on nails. This is a simple and easy way to add a little quirkiness to one’s [...]
Facebook makes artisitic aquisition
The social networking giant, better known as Facebook, has struck again in the world of photo sharing and cyber communications. On Monday, April 9, Facebook purchased the San Francisco based app, Instagram, for a whopping 1 billion dollars. With only 13 employees, the iPhone and now Android app has acquired more than 35 [...]
