SMU, Texas A&M lead different outlooks at season’s end

By Travis Bremner
Staff Writer
The SMU Mustangs played in their first bowl game since the cheating days of the 80s, but it didn’t show. Former Southlake Carroll quarterback Kyle Padron threw for an SMU record 460 yards as they just annihilated Nevada in the Hawaii bowl, 45-10.
The most surprising thing about this game, rather this beat [...]

Photo Gallery: Holiday Decorations

To help people get in the mood for the holidays families have been putting up holiday decorations at their houses.
Gallery by Kelly Emerson.

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Bowl maddness

By Nathan Reck and Andy Tabor
Games to Watch
1. Citi BCS National Championship Game
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama
8 p.m. ET, Jan. 7
Well this one is an obvious pick with two undefeated teams meeting for the championship. While Boise, TCU and Cincinnati all had great years you can’t ask for more than two undefeated teams [...]

Christmas songs that I still love today

Christmas; a time for family, a time for food, a time for giving, and a time for song.  With the holiday fast approaching, I’ve decided to give you a run down on some Christmas songs that will never lose their “holly jolly” tune.
Jingle Bells: I’ve heard this song sung many ways, but no matter what version, or [...]

Beloved holiday shopping

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Everybody knows that the holiday season is all about the joy of giving -buying or making gifts and distributing them to the ones you love. While I admit that giving is the most rewarding part of the the season, December goes deeper than the “giving” aspect.
I am not an avid shopper myself, [...]

Student teaching tour comes to end for Rohloff

By Peter Sblendorio
Staff Writer
Typically, a decision made late is better than one never made at all. This is especially true for Brian Rohloff, who after three years with the band Miser has found his true passion in teaching.
Rohloff, a 1998 Coppell graduate, pursued a career in music after his senior year of high school. He [...]

The Gaylord Texan makes the holidays a little happier

by Melissa Brisco
Staff Writer
The Gaylord Texan, a luxary hotel and convention in Grapevine, offers a plethora of fun and festive activites that one can enjoy over the winter break.
The most popular event that The Gaylord Texan puts on is ICE! This year the ICE! display will tell the classic tale of Dr. Suesses’ “How the [...]

Mr. Ashbrook blood drive draws a crowd

Despite the fact that only 45 people called to make reservations for the Mr. Ashbrook Blood Drive at Coppell Middle School North yesterday, approximately 150 people showed up to donate.
The first hundred people who donated received free t-shirts with the words “Music is in our blood” written on them.
Unfortunately, the Carter Bloodcare Center only sent [...]

Overlooked film of the week: Nick and Norah’s infinite Playlist

Music links everything together in Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist. In the movie Nick (Michael Cera), a member of a rock band, that goes through more name changes than Prince, meets Norah (Kat Dennings) Norah (Kat Dennings) at a concert. When Norah asks Nick to be her boyfriend for five minutes, after a few awkward [...]

Review for Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

I am not what you would call an avid science fiction fan. In fact, I think I can count the number of Sci-Fi books I’ve read on one hand. But after finishing reading Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, I might have to reconsider the world of fictional science.
                Flowers for Algernon is told as [...]

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