Articles in the May 22, 2009 Category


May 21, 2009
Juniors express American Identity through speech; connect to history and literature
By Kevin Lage
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Junior paper, AP tests, SATs. For most juniors, all of these big scary obstacles, that used to instill fear in us, are now things of the past. But for most of the juniors, there is still one huge obstacle looming in front of them: the American Identity Speech.

May 21, 2009
Japanimation explores graphic arts, Japanese culture
By Kelly Fan
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That industry that began with a small fan group has spent most of this past decade growing into a widely-known phenomenon: “anime-mania” has taken the U.S. by storm.

May 21, 2009
Lady Sundevils hit the gym to obtain top physical fitness for Prom
By Kaveri Gyanendra
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As the big day creeps closer, lady Sundevils dig out their running shoes and hit the great outdoors, or better yet, the local gym, for a quick workout to shed some extra inches.

May 21, 2009
Senior scrapbooking allows students to reflect on childhood
By mcsunorg
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Senior year is that scary point in a high school student’s life where they are standing at a crossroad. They have to leave their carefree childhood days behind them and prepare to enter the “grown-up” world. It’s a time to make serious decisions.

May 21, 2009
Pilipino Culture Night: Fil Am reaches out to community with annual event
By Nicole Bustamante
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“It’s the biggest event of the year,” sophomore Alexander Ty said. “And MC’s is always the best.”

Tonight and tomorrow night the Fil Am will be presenting PCN Philipino Culture Night.

May 21, 2009
Reader’s Theater challenges freshmen to step out of comfort zone in memory of Danielle Van Dam
By Abby Mansour
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The classes flood into the performing arts center. They wait for the show to begin, not sure exactly what to expect. This is Bob Pacilio’s freshman English class’s end of the year project, a “reader’s theatre”.

May 21, 2009
Erin Menefee: Master of multiple sports, excellent in the classroom
By Lauren Hall
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She smiled big and bright as she sat herself down on the pavement. Her eyes widened nervously as she giggled at the thought of a one on one interview.

With such a modest and outgoing attitude who would have ever thought that junior Erin Menefee would be such a competitor in her three sports: cross country, track, and lacrosse.

May 21, 2009
Sophomores perform Culture Hero speeches for Humanities, become important people from history
By Nicole Bustamante
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Every year in May Michelangelo, Gandhi, and Beethoven all walk into the Humanities classrooms.

Although they may not be the actual Gandhi or Beethoven, for five or so minutes, students embody them.

May 21, 2009
Memoirs from the corner of where I am and where I’m going
By Sarah Carrigan
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I have senioritis. Most seniors I know have it. Heck most sophomores I know have it too.

Or so they think, because in reality there is a small but distinct difference between Senioritis and Pre-Summer Anxiety.

May 21, 2009
Some Sundevils go above and beyond in asking their dates to Prom
By Sara Shantz
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The cliché way to ask someone to Prom is to simply buy them flowers and wear a smile but, some MC students went above and beyond this year.