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Vol. 85, Issue 7 - Dec. 19, 2022

They’ll be carrying the banner . . .
The News Is out—Newsies!
By Olivia Wooley, senior
The grand reveal has been announced—this year’s musical is Newsies! Read More...

News

Finger painting, food, fun . . .
Art Club Curates Creativity
By Georgia Engle, senior
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Chamber Choir Croons Corols
By Cate Samchuck and Olivia Wooley, seniors
‘Tis the season! Read More...
(And books, pens, erasers . . . )
Book Fair Sells Nostalgia
By Madeline Boser, junior
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See you at the show . . .
Choirs’ Concert Hits Holiday High Notes
By Cate Samchuck, senior
With Christmas right around the corner, the Beaver Area Choirs are preparing to showcase their holiday spirit and talent in a concert. Read More...

Sports

Hot hoops . . .
Basketball off to Winning Start
By Tyler Buzard, sophomore
The Beaver Area High School basketball team is off to a hot start after going undefeated in their first five games. Read More...
Pool renovations nearly complete . . .
Swimmers Win First Meet
By Ava Sutter, sophomore
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So long, seniors . . .
Football Season Ends too Early
By Maison Hogue, sophomore
It’s over . . . Read More...

Features

Seen one, seen them all . . .
Hallmark Hooey Hampers Holidays
By Madeline Boser, junior
Remember the good old days when you would fill out Mad Libs at recess? Mad Libs are back—but in movie form, and I’m not here for it. Read More...
When sandy is sweet . . .
Create a Shortbread Christmas Cookie
By Georgia Engle, senior
More Christmas cookies coming your way! There’s no such thing as too many cookies, right? This Brown Butter and Sage Sablés recipe from Dessert Person has sweet and savory flavors that harmonize perfectly. Read More...
Top 10 albums of the year . . .
Atkins Anoints Amazing Albums
By Zane Atkins, senior
It was a great year for music. Many amazing albums were released—some well known, some not. Here are my picks for the top 10 albums of the year . . . Read More...
You’ll shoot your eye out, kid . . .
Christmas Time Means Movie Time
By Libby Samchuck, junior
It’s the Christmas season! Curl up in blankets, get your hot chocolate, turn on the TV, and switch on a festive movie to get you in the Christmas spirit. Read More...
Embrace the comfort . . .
Hallmark Hosts Homey Happiness
By Madelyn Hamilton, junior
Inconsequential conflicts, beefy lumberjacks, and pretty women with fun scarves are the staples of the Hallmark holiday movie genre, and many find these movies predictable, boring, and overly sentimental—but they’re missing the point: these movies are comforting and nostalgic. Read More...
The good, bad, and Taylor Swift . . .
10 Important Albums that Turn 10
By Zane Atkins, senior
The end of 2022 marks the end of 10 year birthdays for albums released in 2012. Here are 10 of the best albums that reached the decade mark this year. Read More...
Some flicks were flops . . .
Bobcats Pick Best/Worst 2022 Movies
By Ava Sutter, sophomore
Mixed feelings for the year and mixed feelings for the newest movie releases create intrigue. Theaters suffered some hard blows because of COVID and increased subscriptions for streaming services. That means 2022 was arguably the first “building” year back for the theaters. There were some very low lows and of course some high highs. These are the opinions of fellow students who were asked for the best and worst movies of the year! So how do our fellow students rank the year’s movie choices? Read More...

Opinion

WNBA outranks USMC?
What Are Our Priorities?
By Miah Sabo, junior
Who is more valuable to America? A Marine risking his life to serve our country or a WNBA player who hates it? One would think that it would be the Marine, but evidently Joe Biden thinks otherwise. Read More...
Leave the Constitution alone . . .
Trump: What’s Going on?
By Zane Atkins, senior
Donald Trump is back (did he ever really leave?) and he’s calling for the termination of the Constitution. Read More...