Mission Week: A New Hope

February 20, 2018

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Throughout this week this page will be updated with the different events going on during the week as well as the event winners.

The story behind the shoe

Eric Nikolaisen, Staff Writer

December 21, 2017

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This year is the Van’s Skateboard Company's 50th year anniversary, and nearly impossible not to find the company’s shoe on students walking through the halls. The company sells numerous styles of shoes, but the most popular shoe is the “Authentic” style. The shoe is a simple canvas shoe with...

Top songs of 2017

Adam Jenkins, Staff Writer

December 20, 2017

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2017 was full of great new songs to be enjoyed by the people who love music, here are a few of the songs that were some of the best. Perfect by Ed Sheeran, this is a very popular pop song that has to do with falling in love. It was so popular that it came out November 9th and has already climbed to...

Black Mirror gives off a bad message

Grant Stegman, Editor-in-chief

December 15, 2017

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Black Mirror, directed by Charlie Brooker, is rated 8.9/10 on IMDb movies. The show has a high rating, and displays a variety of different things. One episode depicts a world where everything everyone does is rated by a zero to five scale. By everything, it is literally everything, the way a person...

Best Christmas movies of all time

December 11, 2017

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Taking a look at the best Christmas movies of all time decided by the newspaper staff. ...

Stranger Things 2 review

Nick Einig, Web Editor

December 8, 2017

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“Stranger Things 2” released on Oct. 27. was long awaited for. The new season picks up one year after Mike and his crew defeated the Demogorgon, with an interesting intro showing a random girl with the numbers 008 on her arm, who has powers somewhat like Eleven’s. Again, we find that something...

The last man standing

Spencer Caldwell, Staff Writer

December 8, 2017

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Looting, killing, hiding, and building are all major skills needed in the new game, Fortnite, created by Epic Games. The game starts when your character jumps out of a flying school bus onto an island with 99 other players, and the object is to be the last man or team alive. There are four different...

Upcoming Concerts in STL

Eric Nikolaisen, Staff Writer

December 1, 2017

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In the closing months of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, there are some big-time names coming to the St. Louis Area including Blake Shelton, Brett Eldredge, 21 Savage, MIGOS, U2, and Taylor Swift. Here are some of the concerts coming your way. Single rap artist, 21 Savage, will be playing at Pop’s...

Call of Duty WW2 review

Adam Jenkins, Staff Writer

December 1, 2017

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The new Call of Duty is out and has been a hit ever since the release. This year Call of duty brought us back to World War II, unlike the past few games were it has been based in the future. Call of Duty World War II came out November 3rd and can be bought for around 59$. Call of Duty World War II has...

The Walking Dead season 8 premiere review

Chris Bateman, Staff Writer

October 25, 2017

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The Walking Dead has finally returned with it’s 100th episode and season 8 premiere and the war between Negan and the Saviors vs. Rick and the Survivors has started. In the season premiere we see Rick address the survivors by telling them that they have one objective which is to kill Negan. They...

“IT” movie review

Spencer Caldwell, Staff Writer

September 13, 2017

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“It” is that scary. The movie “IT”, directed by Andes Muschietti, is the modernization of the Stephen King’s novel “It”. The movie follows seven young friends on their summer adventure of finding Bill’s Denbrough’s missing brother Georgie. They begin to be terrorized by an evil, shape...

Top 10 famous De Smet alumni

Brennan Dolnick, Staff Writer

September 6, 2017

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