The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 26-23 on Monday, Jan. 8, in overtime for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, giving the University of Alabama their fifth national championship win under their coach Nick Saban since 2009. Both teams are part of the the Southeastern Conference, orContinue Reading
Vienna Youth Incorporated house basketball provides athletes with friendly competition outside of school sports. Despite being a house basketball league, VYI creates an intense environment away from high school sports. “The league is competitive [and] everyone is very talented,” senior and VYI player Jayan Zachariah said. Zachariah also mentionedContinue Reading
The winter season is full of a diverse range of festivities like Kwanzaa, Christmas and Hanukkah. But, in high school, I believe that the lack of spirit in faculty and students belittles the excitement. Throughout the years, I have accumulated a wardrobe of ugly holiday sweaters to wear throughout theContinue Reading
The Leadership class organized fundraisers this past week to promote the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Last year, Marshall raised over 2,000 dollars. This year, the class is striving for one dollar per student. “First we reviewed the packet that last years’ class wrote to look at what they did andContinue Reading
Alex Larzelere came and spoke to the Math Honor Society members on Nov. 30 about how to use math to make a difference. Larzelere was a former officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and a former employee for the Department of Energy. He taught different skills to the attendees surroundingContinue Reading
Play director and theatre teacher Jason Tamborini produced the Heathers school play despite its R rating. The original Heathers is an R rated movie from 1988 about life in high school. The film discusses how relationships work and it tackled adult themes.Tamborini worked with Principal Jeff Litz and used theContinue Reading
The winter track and field team hosted Marshall’s first invitational track meet in honor of alumni David Cannon last Saturday, Dec. 2. Cannon was a two time cross country team state champion in 1971 and 1972 and he still holds the two mile school record. In 2016, Cannon diedContinue Reading
Robotics teacher Nancy Rogers and her group of 51 students took a tour at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a division of the U.S. Department of Technology, and one of the agencies of the US Department of Commerce on Nov. 21. “Our [STEM Robotics] students were pretty well-loadedContinue Reading
The Animal Lovers Club advocated for just treatment of animals by writing letters protesting makeup companies who test on them. Animal Lovers Club’s held their first meeting after school on Nov. 10 in D211, where they attempted to contact makeup companies such as Makeup Forever, Benefit Cosmetics, Nars, Esteé LauderContinue Reading
Athletes playing winter sports got themselves mentally prepared and excited for the new season at sports picture day on Nov. 20. Sophomore girls varsity basketball player Zoe Soule said picture day served as a bonding opportunity for players, and left many wondering what this upcoming season would bring. “Picture DayContinue Reading
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