Monthly Archive for February 2009

Who won this month's titan showdown?

  • Peter Riley (52.0%)
  • John Montesantos (48.0%)

Total Votes: 23

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Rumor: Are Quest Food Prices Higher Than Outside Prices? PLAUSIBLE

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Survey Results: 254 OF SURVEYED STUDENTS have heard THAT QUEST PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN SURROUNDING SCHOOLS AND/OR RESTURANTS.
FIVE have not heard THAT QUEST PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN SURROUNDING SCHOOLS AND/OR RESTUARANTS.

Titan Showdown:The consequences of the code Co-Sports Editors John Montesantos and Peter Riley

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Peter: I think kids that break the code of conduct should suffer the consequences.
John: Well, in reality, I think the core issue here is those who think their athletic teams and sports are sacred. They raise them up to the same level of authority as school officials and cops. But really? The only thing [...]

Pottery platters tell Ceramics students’ stories

Friday, February 27th, 2009

They say good teachers tell, great teachers show and the greatest teachers inspire. Ceramics seems to require inspiration, and Kurt Webb seems to know just how to provide it.
Diana Pearl &
Riley Wharton
Staff Reporters
It is third period, and most students at GBS are busy taking tests or quizzes or going over homework. But the students [...]

A fallen hero’s DNA: Drugs, Nudity, Abuse

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Kaitlyn Fahey
Asst. Opinions Editor
We gather here today to mourn the loss of an honest and respectable friend.
For hundreds of years, men, women, and children alike have looked up to him, awed by his keen sense of right and wrong, inspired by his strength, determination and disposition. Never one to stray far from moral justness, [...]

Kenyan Parliament member visits GBS

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Allie Zimmerman
News Editor
GBS social studies students had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Fred Outa, a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya on Friday, Feb. 13.
Outa was born in 1968 in the village of Kipayo near Kisumu. His parents died when he was very young and he lived as a street [...]

Twenty-five things I like about you

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Jamie Friedman
Staff Reporter
Okay, Facebook notes or homework…? Facebook. Come on, when given a choice of annotating a 12-page “short” story or writing 25 random things about myself (as so many have recently done on Facebook), it’s really not a tough call.
Perusing my friends’ notes, I began to notice that the most entertaining notes were the [...]

Money can’t buy love; it can buy 289 carnations

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Jill Entenman
Staff Reporter
Red and pink decorations garnish storefronts, commercials blare “Buy something for your loved one!” and Victoria’s Secret runs out of lingerie. One thing is clear; Valentine’s Day is near.
Leading up to this day, the Senior Class runs a table to sell carnations, and every year, students in relationships—be them budding or in [...]

New technology ‘Nspires’ South

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Chelsea Badiola & Linda Kim
Staff Reporters
As we move towards a world of flying cars and holograph teachers, GBS’s technology gradually improves. This technology can be seen in South classrooms and with online programs.
Moodle
Moodle, an online course management system, allows teachers to have their own digital space where they can upload notes and assignments and list [...]

SCHOOLS OUTSIDE SOUTH: Boston teens expecting babies

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Chelsea Watkins
Co-Features Editor
At Gloucester High School, located in a small town in Massachusetts, 17 teens are expecting babies, which is four times the amount of pregnancies in the 1,200-student body since last year.
The school officials were thrown off by the statistics, at first blaming the media.
GBS child development teacher, Julie Rounds said, “Hollywood is [...]

Titans earn Verbal commendation at Model UN as first-time participants

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Alyssa Rooks
Asst. Features Editor
It is 1 a.m., and your phone starts ringing. A resolution to the Uganda conflict passed by the United Nations (UN) Security Council has failed, and an emergency crisis situation is being held and you need to be there now. Sound like your weekend?
This was the experience for some [...]

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