Garrett Cimina, Humor and Leisure Editor
March 16, 2011
For the second consecutive February, winter refused to exit quietly. Not even Punxutawney Phil’s unusual prediction of an early spring could stave off the eight inches of fluffy stuff that descended upon the greater Pittsburgh...
Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
March 16, 2011
Sudan has been in the public eye of late due to many major problems. For one, genocide in the Western region of Darfur has led to the murders of 30,000 people (www.thenation.com). Furthermore, the nation has experienced a civil...
Garrett Cimina, Humor and Leisure Editor
February 24, 2011
Ever since its first iteration hit store shelves back in 2005, the Guitar Hero series has helped thousands of nerds fulfill their rock and roll fantasies. The jump from original developer Harmonix to former Tony Hawk design s...
Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
January 24, 2011
On November 28, 2010, the West African nation Côte d'Ivoire (known to English speakers as the Ivory Coast) seemed to take a step forward when a presidential election, that should have occurred in 2005, finally took place. However,...
Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
January 24, 2011
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has recently received large amounts of media attention. Between privacy concerns regarding Facebook, lawsuits against Zuckerberg, a recent 60 Minutes story about him, and the movie The Social Netwo...
Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
January 24, 2011
The first responders, meaning someone certified to help in the case of a medical emergency such as policemen and firefighters, of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, have been...
Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
January 24, 2011
Earlier this month, the FDA announced that it would place new labels on cigarettes by the year 2012. These new labels, containing images taking up as much as a whole side of a cigarette box and containing images, an idea have...
Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
November 18, 2010
Over the course of late summer and early fall, Japan’s currency, the yen, appreciated heavily, causing major problems for the Japanese economy. Though the Japanese government has attempted to alleviate the swelling yen, its...
Vinay Viswanathan, Opinions Editor
November 18, 2010
Before 2010, bed bugs used were thought of as a reminder of the far gone past. However, recently, however, an outbreak of bed bugs has been seen in major metropolises of the USA, including Pittsburgh. Bed bugs, which are damaging...
Vijay Viswanathan, News Editor
November 18, 2010
On October 4th, 2010, southwestern Hungary experienced one of the worst ecological disasters in recent memory. When the dam wall from a Hungarian alumina plant broke down, roughly 35.3 million cubic feet of toxic sludge spread thr...
Nick Buzzelli, Editor-in-Chief
October 6, 2010
As summer came to an end and students prepared to once again return to USCHS, one change was apparent to everyone even before they arrived at the high school: some students this year would be riding on brand new school buses for...