Coppell juniors look to bring all that jazz, create new band

by Divya Kumar
News Editor
When the word ‘band’ is brought up at Coppell, the first thought in most minds is that of the high school’s marching band. However, the recent formation of a new Jazz Club created by juniors Alex Park and Krish Suresh looks forward to bringing a new type of band to CHS.
Park and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Coppell High School picks who SHOULD win the Academy Awards

By Chris Nguyen
Entertainment Editor
Coming in under two weeks until the Academy Awards, students around the
school have their own picks of what they think should win, with so many box office hits in the mix, including The Blind Side, Up and the mammoth one of them all Avatar.
“I’m just really excited to watch the Oscars with [...]

The Lost craze hits CHS

Rebecca Neumann
Staff Writer
Apparently, there are only three different types of people: Those who love “Lost” and can’t get enough of it; those who used to watch “Lost” but got confused and stopped watching; and those who have never watched an episode in their life and don’t understand what all the fuss is about.
Although most people [...]

The hard times of one inspire many

Jack’s Mannequin performed on Feb. 17, at the House of Blues in Dallas. However, just five years ago, lead singer Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with leukemia.
Many have heard the stories of celebrity health problems of all varieties. McMahon was one that encountered health problems while fans of his waited to see what the outcome would [...]

The Brighter records, releases debut album

By Natalie Hill, centerspread editor
Video by Taylor Vowell, KCBY member
Throughout the years of Coppell High School, students have taken their musical talent by storm in pursuit of the “big time”. Learning a new instrument, writing their own lyrics, composing a new composition and intermingling various sounds, young Coppell musicians are notorious for leaving their footprint [...]

Best Over-Looked Record of 2009

“Cats on Fire” Review
The best over-looked record of 2009, hyperbole? Maybe. However, for my money I can’t think of a better jangle pop, Smiths-influenced album made in the last ten years or so. And what an album it is, almost anachronistic in that respect, for an indie pop album to be recorded without the noise [...]

An Education is awkward

by Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
“This is so awkward!” My friend whispered to me in the back of the theater as we watched An Education. And no, it wasn’t a couple awkwardly making out in front of us; no, the movie itself was exceedingly awkward.
An Education may be one of the most awkward movies I have ever [...]

The benefits of Podcasts

Maddie Walters
Staff Writer
Upon the arrival of my first iPod, I was introduced to the magical world of podcasts. While at first my intentions were purely for the sake of free music, I have since then come to experience the wealth of information that comes with the free purchase of podcasts.
First things first, I should explain [...]

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