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We’re Off to See the Wizard
Paul Sims, Features Editor
May 8, 2012
“The Wizard of Oz” has been performed by several schools throughout the area over the years, but this year, PCHS got the chance to take it on. This is the first time in three years that PCHS has put on a musical. It was an extremely large cast of students with 75 members in the combined cast,... Read more »
Passion Pit Artist Spotlight
Kris Brown, Entertainment Editor
May 7, 2012
So many bands are created and then fall apart due to some sort of inconvenience in today’s musical world. Passion Pit is an electric-pop band that has just started to get noticed over the past few years. This band was formed in Cambridge, Mass. in 2007. All the band members besides one attended... Read more »
Summer Movie Preview
Jeffrey Jackson, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2012
Less than 100 years ago, cinema consisted of black and white silent film. Just look at us now, making million dollar blockbusters packed full of special effects and HD digital film. We are at our peak, and this summer proves it. Ranging from raunchy comedies to awesome epics, this summer is jam-packed... Read more »
Playstation in Console War
Skyler Hernandez, News Editor
April 27, 2012
When video games are mentioned, Sony typically is one of the thoughts that comes to mind. Sony is not only a video game- creating company; Sony has developed products from the Walkman, to televisions, to Blu-Ray players, which gives it an advantage when it comes to creating systems with powerful hardware. The... Read more »
Drake’s Artist Spotlight
Zach VanDusen, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2012
Aubrey Drake Graham, television actor and rapper, is “Drake’s” full name. He first became famous by starring in Degrassi: The Next Generation, a teen Nickolodien show, as a wheelchair bound male named Jimmy Brooks. He played this role for seven years, winning the Young Artist Award for best... Read more »
“The Hunger Games” Review
Daniel Counterman, Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2012
“The Hunger Games”, one of the most anticipated films of 2012 has finally arrived in theaters. Fortunately for fans of the source material, it does not disappoint. The film has already set box office records as the third highest opening ever, bested only by “The Dark Knight” and “Harry Potter... Read more »
Corey Taylor: Number 8
Skyler Hernandez, News Editor
April 13, 2012
On Dec. 8, 1973, in Des Moines, Iowa, a boy named Corey Taylor was born and became destined to let the world know what he had to say, whether the world wanted to listen or not. He is the firstborn of three children and was raised mostly by his mother in Waterloo, Iowa. Taylor pieced together his ideas,... Read more »
Spotlight: “I Am J” Book
Darian Saal, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2012
“I Am J” by Cris Beam is a book about a transgender individual who is trying to find himself, just as many people do at some point in life. J always felt he was a boy mistakenly born as a girl. He grew up and started to look more femine. J stopped praying to wake up a boy and started covering... Read more »
Artist Spotlight: White Stripes
Kris Brown, Entertainment Editor
March 28, 2012
In this day and age, most of our music comes from pre-programmed computer software. Jack Gillis thought very different of that. Sometime in the year 1997 in the city of Detroit, Michigan, the White Stripes were founded. The Stripes are considered an American rock band and consists of Jack White and Meg... Read more »
Diablo 3, Much-Awaited Game
Skyler Hernandez, News Editor
March 27, 2012
Ever since Blizard’s release of Diablo 2 in 2000 for the PC, fans of Warcraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft have been itching to play Diablo 3. The game takes place in a world known as Sanctuary, a dark fantasy world, which was saved from the army by heroes of the second game, which took place... Read more »
