Brain boost: books to jumpstart your school year
Ellie Knapp, Staff Writer
September 17, 2018
Filed under A&E, Books, Reviews, Showcase
Whether you spent your summer with your head in a book, traveling the world, or on the football field, a good book always helps with the stress and exhaustion a new school year brings. Here are some books that we recommend you read to jump start your school year. Realistic Fiction: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas*...
Netflix original ‘Girls Incarcerated’ shows the importance of rehabilitation (Review)
Releigh Norrell, A&E Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under A&E, Reviews, Showcase, Television
Girls Incarcerated is an eight-episode Netflix original show featuring teen inmates at Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility in Madison, Indiana. Since the show was released, the facility has been closed. This show highlights the struggles of the girls serving time in the correctional facility. The ...
‘Multiple Choice’: Test or a captivating novel? (Review)
Carol Etzel, A&E Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under A&E, Books, Reviews, Showcase
Let's just get one thing straight: I hate standardized tests, and until recently I was not the type of person to pick up a book in my free time. However, Multiple Choice left me speechless. The novel is broken into five sections: excluded term, sentence order, sentence completion, sentence eliminatio...
“This is America”: a brutally honest reflection of society (Review)
Skylar Bowers, Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
New Weeknd album carries raw emotion (Review)
Releigh Norrell, A&E Writer
April 18, 2018
Filed under A&E, Music, Reviews
On the six-track, My Dear Melancholy, The Weeknd continues to develop his emotional and soulful R&B. Abel Tesfaye, better known by his stage name The Weeknd, had no releases in 2017. He finally released My Dear Melancholy on March 30, 2018, which was presumed to be about his past relationship...
Carlisle ‘shake’down: The search for the perfect chocolate milkshake (Video)
Carol Etzel and Treston Johnson
April 18, 2018
Filed under A&E, Places, Reviews, Showcase
A&E writers Treston and Carol embarked on a journey through Carlisle in search of the perfect chocolate milkshake. They created a rubric and traveled to two of the most popular, non-chain ice cream shops in town: Massey's and Leo's....
HQ Trivia ‘gets down to the nitty gritty’ with increasing prize money (Review)
Carol Etzel, A&E Editor
April 13, 2018
Filed under A&E, Reviews, Showcase, Technology
$300,000 dollars is now only a handful of questions away, thanks to the app HQ Trivia (HQ). Every day at 3 pm and 9 pm EST (although times can vary), host Scott Rogowsky greets his audience of between one to two million “HQties” (a nickname he created for the fans of HQ). He streams the trivia...
My conversation with an author: more then a delicious read (Editorial)
Claire Neiberg, Staff Writer
April 9, 2018
Filed under A&E, Books, Reviews, Showcase
Recently for an English paper, I read Erica Bauermeister's The School of Essential Ingredients. My personal experience reading this novel was different from the classic reader and incredibly special. Throughout the drafting stages of my paper, I had several email conversations with Bauermeister, learni...
Behind the scenes: Students prepare for Shakespeare spring production (Video)
April 9, 2018
Filed under A&E, Events, Media, Showcase, Videos
Merry Wives of Windsor Swartz Auditorium April 19-21 7:30 pm Free, donations accepted
Behind the screens: how movies are rated on online sites
Carol Etzel, A&E Editor
March 27, 2018
When indecisiveness hits, and you can’t decide what movie to watch, many turn to online movie sites. The number or percentage given on these sites can be the deciding factor on whether or not a movie is worth your time. However, many people don’t know how these scores were calculated, or what...
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Staff Writer
Zack Mattaboni is a sophomore at Carlisle High School. This is his first year as a Periscope staff member and is currently a staff writer. Zack has a passion for anything with computer technology, mathe...