New Decade Commentary

Allie Schmitt Op/Ed Editor As a true child of the ’90s, I keep thinking that the last decade of the 20th century was just a few years ago.  Now that we have started the second decade of the 2000s, I sadly realize that this idea in my head is seriously incorrect. So much has happened in

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Twister: Emergency plan tested in tornado drill

Rachel Aretakis  News Editor Fists pound on the door. Voices yell for help. The team searching for victims hears the frantic calls and work to quickly unlock the door to rescue the class. “Is anybody hurt?” the rescuer yells through the cracked door as he pushes fallen chairs and tables

Seeing Through Security

Grace McCall Managing Editor / Allie Schmitt Op/Ed Editor On Dec. 25, 2009 Umar Abdulmutallab set himself on fire while trying to detonate the explosives hidden in his underwear.  So because of this terrorist’s stupidity and threat, we are all now suspects of terrorism and have been stripp

Small trolley draws in large lunch crowd

Ellen Marko J1     Somewhere in downtown Louisville is a little red and yellow trolley that greets customers with the claim of “World’s Greatest Hamburger,” painted across the front. This is a restaurant known by the lunch crowd as Ollie’s Trolley, and while the ambiance is not the

Titantic lives on at the Louisville Science Center

Grace McCall Managing Editor / Alli Schmitt Op/Ed Editor All aboard! The temporary exhibit dubbed Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at The Louisville Science Center, is barely more than what its name describes it as.  With $18 you get one voyage through the exhibit and a boarding pass with th

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It Only Comes Every Four Years, So Don’t Wait For The Next One

Katie Clark J1    There is a beautiful view of the Irish countryside out in front. The various blues of the sky and the many shades of green from the grass covered mountains mix together to create such a striking color on the horizon that there are no words to describe its magnificence. Thi

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Ernst hits 1,000

Stephanie Burry Sports Editor   On December 30, 2009, senior Molly Ernst made history for Assumption by becoming the twelfth rocket basketball player to score 1,000 points during her four- year high school career.      “I figured it was coming up but I was surprised when my coach to

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Remember When

Meredith Craven Focus Editor In the closest election since 1876, George Bush, Republican faced Al Gore, Democrat, in the 2000 Presidential election. Key issues during the Presidential debate included education and social security funding. The results of this race were controversial and prolonged