Honor societies to meet this week
By Loren Hughes Staff Writer This week, the National Honor Society (NHS) and National Spanish Honor Society (NSHS) will both be holding their monthly meetings. The NSHS meeting will be today at 4 p.m., and the morning meeting will be tomorrow at 8 a.m. The purpose of the meeting will be to notify members of the cancellation of the holiday social that was scheduled for this upcoming Saturday, and to also inform members of when service hour logs will be due. The NHS meeting will be this Thursday at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The location of the meetings has been changed, as the morning meeting will be held in the Lecture Hall and the afternoon meeting will…
Military recruitment in high school is completely acceptable
Ellen Cameron Staff Writer As far as life choices go, serving in the armed forces is a far cry above flipping patties. It’s an honorable career, and by no means a death sentence. Moreover, it is a valid and traditional path to take after high school for financial or personal reasons, and military recruiters have every night to come into our schools. Other colleges come to schools, and all the propaganda basically blazons the same essential messages: our school will make you a better leader, smarter, stronger, more experienced. The same glossy tripe can be applied to armed services; it’s not like the Army has some slightly dubious recruiting hook. The pull-up bar may be…
City of Coppell to host dedication ceremony to fallen officers
by Divya Kumar News Editor This Friday, December 4th, a dedication ceremony for the newly built Fallen Officer Memorial will be held, beginning at 10 AM. This ceremony is in honor of those fallen officers in the city of Coppell as well as to dedicate the opening of the new memorial. The memorial, located in front of Coppell Justice Center in the middle of the city, was commissioned in July of 2008. The idea for it began when officers in the Coppell Police Department requested its approval and gathered $16,000 for its construction. Over $10,000 of these funds was raised through an earlier fundraiser—the police motorcycle competition—held in April of this year. Along with this,…
A career in cartridges for Carelock
Satvika Ananth Staff Writer Video by Gus Vangalis, KCBY When junior Zac Carelock was 10 years old, he received a laminator cartridge for his birthday as a gag gift. Little did he know this joke would lead him to create a business which he still runs today. After exchanging this cartridge for a small laminator, Carelock began playing with it and learning how to use it while in the fifth grade. One day, he went with his grandmother to visit his grandfather at his nursing home, and brought the laminator with him. “I had just brought it along to mess with it, and we were talking to some of the other residents, who mentioned that…
TOMS club sponsors shoe drive for local organization
by Divya Kumar News Editor It is not unusual to see boxes and posters asking for donations of everyday items around the school. However, those created by the TOMS club in order to benefit their first ever shoe drive serve a slightly different purpose than many ordinary fundraisers. The TOMS club, founded by juniors Sarah Hillier and Lydia White, is based off of the TOMS Shoe organization, through which when a pair of canvas shoes are bought by a customer, another pair of the shoes are shipped to Africa to a child in need. Widely popular among customers due to not only their charitable cause, but also their comfort, Hillier and White attempted to push…
Heartbreak in Birdville
by Blake Seitz Sports Editor In what can only be described as a bitter defeat, Coppell lost to the Arlington Colts on a last second field goal, ending the Cowboy’s historic playoff run. The final score was 31-29. The first half of play was dominated by the Colts. After the Cowboy’s first drive collapsed, Arlington’s offense, led by senior quarterback Matt Joeckel, drove the length of the field to the Coppell one-yard line. After three consecutive stops on the goal line, Joeckel showed his prodigious ability (he has signed with Texas A&M) by lobbing a ball over the middle of a collapsing line for an Arlington score. Coppell’s second drive was just as impotent as…
The Granada welcomes Neko Case, Oh No! Oh My!
Alternative rock / country singer-songwriter Neko Case, hometown: Alexandria, Virginia, hits downtown tonight after her opening band, Oh No! Oh My!. After playing this evening at the Granada , she will be playing at Antone’s in downtown Austin. Case is best known for her solo career, but played before as a member of the Canadian rock group, The New Pornographers, and recorded, for a few years, under the name Neko Case & Her Boyfriends. She performs mostly her own material, but also can be heard performing covers from artists such as Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Hank Williams. Case’s sound resembles that of Cat Power, Feist, and Jenny Lewis, with her main instruments including: vocals,…
Cowboys ride shutout to third round
For a team that has become know for its high powered offense over the years Coppell relied heavily on its defense in a 14-0 win over the Plano East Panthers. While their offense that averages near 40 points and over 400 yards a game struggled to produce for much of the day the defense maintined the lead by shuting out the panthers offense. The defensive effort was led by interceptions by David Busby, Jake Wohlford and Teddy Johnson. Coppell who led by 14 after three faced a breif scare in the fourth quarter as Plano east drove the field and looked poised to score. The cowboy offense was able to hold on the goaline thanks…
Premiere leaves Twilight fans howling for more 
By Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor Video by Emily Denton KCBY Short Film For those who heard screaming Thursday night around midnight, do not be alarmed: it was only Twilighters watching the opening credits of the pop cultural phenomenon, New Moon. Fans began arriving at one of 3,514 local theaters as early as eight in the evening to wait in line and snag premium seats for the viewing. To avoid clogging up the theater lobby, the Cinemark Theater at the Vista Ridge mall even let fans in to theater seating around nine. Fans arrived in hoards, armed with homemade t-shirts and a deep appreciation of the vampire saga. For some, the intense mania was overwhelming. “I…
Coppell vs Keller – Live Coverage
Cowboys vs. Indians Playoff Round 1 Saturday November 14, 2009 8:45 pm (Should begin at 8 pm, games are 45 min to an hour minutes behind as of now. Predicting Cowboys vs Indians to begin in roughly 9 or 9:15 pm.) Coppell vs Keller – Playoffs