Gathering Blue By Ashley Stern Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is a companion to both The Giver, a Newbury Award Winner, as well as Messenger. Gathering Blue is a richly woven novel that takes place in it’s own dystopic society. This world is intolerant of any person that is in any way different from the [...]
How one death can become a fixation of a nation By Luke Starke With the closing of the 2010 Winter Olympics one must take the time to look back and reflect on something that has happened. There was a major instance of where the media have over-stepped their supposed “duty” to their followers. This is [...]
Strawberry Short Cake By Denita Ross The cake turned out great. People loved the Strawberry Short cake for its color, smell, and taste. Many said “Oh my gosh, this is good” while tasting it. Everyone loved the moistness of the cake. The layers sat on top of each other rather nicely. The only problem with [...]
Cities Await Disaster By Patricia Alaka As he surveys the streets of Istanbul this sprawling mega-city, Mustafa Erdik, the director of an earthquake engineering institute here, says he sometimes feels like a doctor scanning a crowded hospital ward. It is not so much the city’s modern core, where two sleek Trump Towers and a huge [...]
Girls need to win next 3 games By Annie Murphy On Tuesday, February 23, Dominican’s girls’ basketball team played against rival Shoreland Lutheran. If Dominican had won the game, they would have been placed first in conference. However, after a hard battle and tough loss against Shoreland, the girls are now tied for first in [...]
Buy tickets for Dominican’s musical! By Ashley Warnke The Dominican Theater Program is preparing for their upcoming performance, State Fairby Rodgers and Hammerstein. Performances will be held in Dominican High School’s auditorium from March 5th through the 14th. On March 5th and 6th, State Fair will begin promptly at 7:30 pm. The following Sunday, the [...]
Focusing on the top priority of voters, Congress intends to further stimulate the economy through job creation By Dylan Mooney As Congress attempts to revitalize the nation’s job market, the Senate experienced a victory Wednesday by passing a $15 billion jobs bill. The bill passed by a measure of 70 to 28, including 55 [...]
It’s heavy metal, Charlie Brown By Ashley Stern Mr. Hall, a member of the Religious Studies Department at Dominican High School teaches both Old Testament, and the newest foreign language class, Latin. He is in his second year teaching at Dominican, and says that what he likes best about Dominican is that, “its a friendly [...]
Beijing Police too Harsh? By Patricia Alaka Nearly two dozen artists protesting the forced demolition of their homes and studios marched through the ceremonial heart of the capital before the police intervened and prevented them from reaching Tienanmen Square, the artists said Tuesday. The protesters said they decided to take to the streets on Monday [...]
Two-Way Immersion of Spanish and English By Lily Vartanian At Waukesha’s Banting Elementary School, kindergarteners are not taught separate lessons in English and Spanish throughout the day. Instead, the Spanish and English languages are incorporated and used freely, switching between both throughout the day. Students can be heard engaging in conversations both in Spanish and [...]
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