Audrey ReedA&E Editor With only a few weeks until students can officially register for classes, the prime time for planning next semester’s schedule is here. A bad schedule can next ruin your semester. No one wants 8 a.m. classes everyday or a class that ends 4 p.m. on Friday. But even though the days and times may look perfect, the teachers or subject matter can still … [Read more...] about How to plan the perfect schedule
Bad case of writer’s block? Try TBS
Elizabeth ReinkingStaff Writer This is the third time I’ve tried to write this column. I’ve been writing a weekly column for this paper now for going on three semesters, and every week I feel like I have worse writer’s block than the week before. I just keep staring at my blank Word document, but not even my friend Clippy, the Microsoft Word assistant, has any words of advice … [Read more...] about Bad case of writer’s block? Try TBS
Pep students balance teaching, learning
Madeline JacksStaff Writer “Crisscross, applesauce — just like first-graders!” So says Miss Stewart to Mrs. Farlow’s first-grade class at Juan Cabrillo Elementary School. “I’m waiting for a patient hand before I call on someone to help me with the weather today.” The gentle tone of Deanna Stewart, a soon-to-be teacher, captures the children’s attention as she successfully … [Read more...] about Pep students balance teaching, learning
Climbing a volcano is all part of the experience
Joanna MasonFlorence Columnist Beautiful mosaics, delicious regional specialties (especially an abundance of seafood dishes), and warm beaches are only a few examples of the expectations that accompanied us on our early morning flight from Florence to Palermo in Sicily. We left Tuesday, Oct. 19 for our fall educational fieldtrip to Sicily and Southern Italy. In Sicily we … [Read more...] about Climbing a volcano is all part of the experience
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Sarah CarrilloLiving Editor Senior Adrienne Lyau is part of a new project on campus to promote bone marrow transplant donors, specifically minorities. She is hosting a bone marrow drive in the Sandbar Tuesday, Nov. 16 and Thursday, Nov. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. “Each day, thousands of patients are diagnosed with leukemia, aplastic anemia or other blood diseases and need a bone … [Read more...] about Etc.