Coppell milks Farmers for all they’re worth
October 31, 2009 by Blake Seitz
Filed under Game Summaries, Sports
by Blake Seitz
Sports Editor
Coppell has had bad luck with turnovers this year, and Friday night was no exception. The curse went both ways in yesterday’s game against Lewisville, though, allowing the Cowboys to post a decisive 48-0 win.
The offense put up convincing numbers against a lackluster Lewisville defense.
Senior quarterback Hayden Hawk threw for one touchdown [...]
Nice weather on its way in Coppell
October 30, 2009 by Peter Sblendorio
Filed under Blogs, News Blog
Story by Peter Sblendorio
Staff Writer
After nearly a week of cold and rainy weather in Coppell, the ten-day forecast is looking promising.
The high for the weekend is 70 degrees on Sunday, with a high of 69 degrees coming tomorrow. The temperature is likely to dip down into low 50s or high 40s come nighttime, though no [...]
Top Three Halloween Films
October 30, 2009 by Hubert Adjei-Kontoh
Filed under Entertainment Blog
1. Night of The Living Dead (1968)
George Romero is a brilliant film maker, and in my opinion his debut “Night of the Living Dead” is his best moment. Basically you probably already know the story, the world is overrun with zombies(previously dead humans who have now come back to life for an unknown reason). From [...]
Top five scary stories
October 30, 2009 by Maddie Walters
Filed under Blogs, Entertainment Blog
By Maddie Walters
Staff Writer
With the arrival of Halloween just around the bend, I present to you the top five scary stories.
5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Although this story is meant to be a parody of Gothic literature, it delivers a significant amount of horror throughout its context. The main character, Catherine Morland, is over-read in Gothic [...]
Top 3 songs of the week
October 30, 2009 by Erin Blatney
Filed under Entertainment Blog
Rarely do I have much down time during the week to browse the web for new music, but when I get the chance to, it’s always interesting to see what I’ll find. I somehow found the time this week to find some new music to listen to, and also the time to write about them.
“Crown [...]
Graveyard Tourism: A New Phenomenon
October 30, 2009 by Angela Almeida
Filed under Entertainment Blog
By Angela Almeida Opinions Editor
In search of the deceased this Halloween weekend? Jim Tipton might just be your answer.
Tipton, founder of Find a Grave, an online database which tells you the grave sites for your favorite stars, is becoming a legend. A new idea has even derived out of the success of his website dubbed [...]
Halloween creeps around the corner
October 30, 2009 by Ellen Cameron
Filed under Student Life Blog
BOO!!!
The word most commonly associated with Halloween, right after screams of terror. Halloween is creeping right around the corner, and so far has brought with it a slue of Halloween stores popping out of the ground like the dead rising from their graves. Tomorrow, the 31st, marks the culmination of this sacred scare-fest, and is [...]
“Fan Bring a Can” scheduled for Nov. 6
October 30, 2009 by Loren Hughes
Filed under Blogs, News Blog
By Loren Hughes
Staff Writer
The first annual ”Fan Bring a Can” fundraiser will be introduced to CHS this year.
CHS’ UIL district will be uniting with the North Texas Food Bank and Christian Community Action (CCA) in order to collect canned donations on Nov. 6 at the Coppell vs. Flowermound away football game. Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) [...]
Lariettes ‘thrill’ the crowd at pep rally
October 30, 2009 by Peyton Wood
Filed under Blogs, Entertainment Blog
I loved Michael Jackson. I loved his hit song “Thriller”. I LOVED the Lariette’s dance to a Michael Jackson mix, ending with “Thriller”.
As soon as I saw the white gloves on the senior Lariette’s today, I knew it that their dance was going to be a tribute to MJ and one of their best performances of [...]
School policy on sex ed insufficient 
October 30, 2009 by Satvika Ananth
Filed under Opinions, Videos
By Satvika Ananth
Staff Writer
Let’s be real here.
There are few things about our situation that we must make clear before we truly begin this discussion.
First of all, we live in the 21st century. That means an influx of sex, drugs and alcohol is in our pop culture. Not only do we watch television about sex, we [...]
