Korean music for the win
In my recent article on music around the world, I wrote about several different groups with sounds both different and similar to our country’s own. If I had to pick any of these bands for you to go listen too though, it’d be 2NE1 without a doubt; here’s why. Althougth 2NE1 is really new group on the Kpop scene, they’ve got some great stuff. Both originally and jamming, 2NE1′s debut album is rocking with “Fire”. It’s an edgy beat which’ll definitely convince you these girls are bad to the bone. “I Don’t Care” is probably my favorite off the entire album, being filled with funky fresh hip hop beats; ironically, this one is also the…
Vancouver fosters Olympic spirit at CHS 
Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor Video by Molly Hohfler and Victoria Flemming KCBY Broadcast Athens, 1896: the first modern Olympics are held, with a few choice countries competing in track events such as discus and relay races. No big deal. Vancouver, 2010: Hundreds upon hundreds of competitors from all over the world come together for the Winter Games, and Shaun White puts down his Double McTwister during his victory lap. Very big deal. Needless to say, the Olympics has made some major changes throughout the course of its history, be it in the sports that are competed in or the presentation of the opening ceremonies. Despite the exterior changes, however, the intent of the Games has…
Lost leaves viewers left lost
Allie Perison Editor in Chief On this weeks episode of Lost another mystery was presented. Jack has a son. Yes, that’s right, a son. Don’t bother racking your brain to remember some episode from a previous season that included this bit of information because you will only be left with nothing. Yes, Lost fans, that is right. Another character has fallen from the sky (Not literally of course. Since Lost gets pretty out there I felt the need to clarify.). I hope this frusterates everyone else as much as it does me. The one good thing about the episode was that Claire was finally found on the island, although, she looks a bit like a crazy. She…
Free pancake day at IHOP
My classmates raved about another free pancake day at IHOP this week, but frequenters warned inquirers that the wait for some after-school breakfast would be long. Earlier this week -Tuesday, Feb. 23 it was, to be exact- wasn’t just any ordinary free pancake day, though. It was in celebration of National Pancake Day. Who knows where this holiday originated, but I am definitely in favor of taking off school to eat delicious, warm, fluffy, butter-topped and sweet syrup-drenched pancakes. Yum. IHOP recognizes the silly holiday with free food in return for asking for its customers to donate at the door. “Stacks for Good Acts” they call it. IHOP will give you one short stack of…
“The Office” to deliver in one-hour episode
Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor Well, there is one good thing about the Olympics ending: “The Office“, complete with a one-hour special event this Thursday, March 4, for Pam and Jim to have their baby. Need I say more? For the comments…do you think it will be a boy or a girl? And what do you think its name should be? (I’m rooting for a Michael Scott Halpert, personally.)
IB students learn about North Korea through fundraiser
Staff writer Paige Wilson A new fundraiser came to visit the IB class. The fundraiser was called LiNK. Its purpose to raise awarness about North Korea and the people trying to escape this complete communist country. The presentation included a video about undercover filmers in North Korea filming the truth about the country. The tape explored the sides of poverty and ruling in complete fear that occurs in the country. There are concentration camps that house the non belivers or famlies of non belivers. The people who enter the camps will likely die in the camps. The foundation encouraged us to start a club at CHS and to raise $2500 to help a person who…
Sidekick predicts Oscar winners
Video by Chris Nguyen Features Editor This year’ s Academy Awards has gotten more buzz than ever before with big blockbuster films, including Avatar, Up and The Blind Side, finally earning a huge number of nominations with an expanded nominations list. Ironically enough, the film looking to sweep most of the major categories is The Hurt Locker, a small-budget film that was quietly released in August. Oscar predicting is quite the complex science, which requires taking into account voters’ true movie favorites and their need to make big statements and repressing one’s own desired winners to think like an Academy member. But The Sidekick’ s Chris Nguyen will try anyways with his predictions for…
New district lines effect on football
By Mike Pankonien Staff Writer With new district lines comes a new football season, and with a new football season comes new competitors. After going up against teams like Hebron, Marcus, Flower Mound, and Lewisville, Coppell has now been placed in District 7 5-A along with Justin Northwest, Denton Guyer, Keller, Keller Central, Keller Fossil Ridge, Saginaw, and Southlake Carroll. “I don’t think this district will be as tough as last year’s district,” junior Oni Omoile said. “Most of us aren’t worried about teams like Keller. We’ll still need to be sharp for teams like Southlake of course.” Denton Guyer – A new addition to class 5A football this year, Denton Guyer has proven itself…
Living Out at CHS
Living Out, the latest production put on by the Coppell Theatre Department, effectively tells about the struggles of raising a family and how racial stigmas play a role in modern society. The play depicted the lives of two young couples from very different cultures. Ana and he husband fled from El Salvador leaving their oldest son with their grandmother while smuggling their youngest across the border with them. On the other hand Nancy Robins and her husband are a pair of successful lawyers with their first daughter, and are just trying to balance family and career. Ana interviews for a nanny job with Mrs. Robins and the complications start from there. “I was hoping that…
“Invisible Man” Review
Invisible Man. Ralph Ellison. New York: Signet, 1952. 503 pp. Hopefully someone never picks up Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, mistaking it for the science fiction novel The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. As great a book as Invisible Man is , I can not help but feel that one would be woefully disoriented reading Ellison’s distillation of his thoughts on race and identity in novel form when one expected a story about an actual invisible man. However, maybe that is a hope in vain, because Invisible Man is a novel that will disorient almost anyone who reads it. The book is about an African American man who has rejected in the mainstream world and…