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by: Katelyn Paslawsky In the middle of the year, schools prepare their students for midterms. Many students dread this week of constant studying and two-hour tests. This year, the midterms are going to be split by a weekend. They start on Thursday, January 26, and end the following Tuesday. The students have more time to [...]

by: Robert Hummel Four years ago, Spotswood High School obtained Smart Carts that have computers, projectors, a camera, and several other devices hooked up to them. It is a sign of the school adapting to and utilizing the tools created in the 21st century. But do they really make a difference? Mrs. Domolki, a pre-calculus [...]

by: Robert Hummel With such a bizarre headline, it seems more than likely that everyone in the school will be talking about this article when it is published. But, just the opposite is true, which is the reason for the headline in the first place. No one reads newspapers anymore. It’s not a shortcoming or [...]

by Ryan Krause Recently, many new apps have been released for Apple products including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.  One of the most amazing new apps is available only to users of the iPhone 4S, and that app is known as Siri.  Siri is one of the most useful features of the new phone.  [...]

by: Ryan Krause Poetry Out Loud is a program across the United States and is extremely rewarding to all students who participate in it.  It is a competition for reciting poetry.  However, students do not just read their poem off of a piece of paper.  They need to recite it from memory. Six years ago, [...]

by: Brad Herman This year Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday. The yearly love day has always had a big following and always brings forth a happy spirit. Last year Google made a Valentine’s Day logo of the famous Robert Indiana “LOVE” sculpture but with Google being the word. Search engines like Yahoo, Ask, and [...]

by Kevin Martin The revival of MTV’s critically acclaimed cartoon series, Beavis and Butthead, has boomed a new generation of viewers. The show, created by Mike Judge in 1992, was an instant hit among teenage viewers and sparked a decade long continuation of the show. The show centers on two socially awkward, rock and metal [...]

by:  Katya Shkrutz You’ve seen him outside greeting you as you arrive in the morning.  You’ve seen him walking amiably in the hallways.  His name is Sergeant Bierman, but how many of you really knew him? Sergeant Bierman retired on Friday, December 16, 2011.  He had been a police officer for 25 years, 24 of [...]

by: Rebecca Carrol Besides the freshman class, there are new arrivals at Spotswood High School this year. Ms. Gimon came to Spotswood at the end of October to teach Chemistry.  She attended Delaware Valley College in Pennsylvania where she got her Bachelors degree in Chemistry. She also has her Masters degree in environmental science from [...]

by: Rob Hummel Mr. Roland D’Orvilliers, head coach of Cross Country and both of the Track and Field teams, is just as driven as his athletes to push through obstacles and achieve goals. Sometime last summer, he tore his meniscus in his right knee, and has since been trying to recover. “I’m not sure how [...]