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Student looks on at the closed stand wondering why there is no pep rally.

Winter Week put on ice

Olivia Boyd and Meg Tate January 5, 2017

In past years, Student Council has hosted not only a winter week but a Mr. CHS pageant. While the pageant is relatively new, the winter week, and the pep rally that goes with it, has been occurring for...

David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Prince, John Glenn, Elie Wiesel, Arnold Palmer, Harper Lee, Harambe and Muhammad Ali.

We Remember: The lives we lost in 2016

Olivia Boyd, News Editor December 20, 2016

2016 has been a year of many ups and downs: many people left us and many events occurred both good and bad. To even list all the people that were lost in 2016 would be pages upon pages: however, this is...

Members of the Aevidum club show off their handiwork.  They recently decorated sidewalks around McGowan with messages of thanks and encouragement.

New club having positive effect within the school

Carol Etzel, Magazine Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2016

After losing a friend to suicide, the word "aevidum" was invented to mean “I’ve got your back.” Now it represents a new club at Carlisle that is having a positive impact on the school climate. The...

This Sept. 16, 2013 photo, Donald Trump appears on the Fox & friends television program in New York.  Hes been a real estate mogul, a tabloid fixture and a reality TV star. And now Donald Trump, perennial self-promoter, is toying with the idea of challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Trump, saying the states high taxes and tight gun-control laws make the popular Democratic incumbent vulnerable, has met with Republican leaders and has pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on a potential campaign.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

What You Need to Know: Tortuous Trump Transition

Olivia Boyd, News Editor December 6, 2016

The Republicans are coming! Not only has a Republican been elected into office, Donald J. Trump, but many of those elected into the House of Representatives are also Republicans. Trump’s transition...

In this Nov. 1, 2016, photo, a voter is reflected in the glass frame of a poster while leaving a polling site in Atlanta, during early voting ahead of the Nov. 8 election day. If all goes smoothly, the American people will choose a new president on Tuesday, the Electoral College will affirm the election and either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump will take the oath of office Jan. 20.  (AP Photo/David Goldman)

What You Need to Know: Electoral College

Olivia Boyd, News Editor December 6, 2016

The Electoral College, a system put in place by the founding fathers to act like a safety net in case the people of the United States made the wrong choice in pertaining to the election of the president....

Two students practice their scene for the Shakespeare festival. The actors take the stage on Thurs Dec 1 at 7pm.

25th annual student-directed Shakespeare festival takes the stage

Carol Etzel, Magazine Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2016

On December 1 at 7:00, the Student-Directed Shakespeare festival will be held in the Swartz Auditorium. Students in 12 different troupes will be performing scenes from 11 different Shakespearean plays....

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. In a new book, Megyn Kelly says Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her a free hotel stay as part of what she called his pattern of trying to influence news coverage of his presidential campaign. In Settle for More, to be released Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Kelly also said Trump may have gotten a pre-debate tip about her first question, in which she confronted him with his critical comments about women. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

What you need to know: Trump shocks America by winning election

Maya Daye, Staff Writer November 16, 2016

This is real. You’re not dreaming. The 597 day 2016 presidential campaign is over. Donald J. Trump, a former reality TV star with no political or military experience, won the election. This shocked many...

This years Homecoming Dance.

One for the history books: A recap of 2016’s Homecoming

Becca Winton, Website Editor-in-Chief, Social Media Director November 8, 2016

Spirit days, class wars, football, pep rallies, dances. These are just a few things that come to mind when Homecoming comes around. Homecoming has been a time-honored tradition that is a highlight of...

What music will these keys be making in the music department this season?  Read more to find out.

Music Department to host several events

Olivia Boyd, News Editor November 8, 2016

Choir: Chamber Choir, the Bel Canto Singers and Concert Choir will be hosting a Fall Concert at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 17 in the Barr Auditorium. Music choices will consist of different difficult...

Protesters against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a highway in near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Law enforcement officials have asked people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline to vacate an encampment on private land, and the protesters said no. Protesters are trying to halt construction of the pipeline they fear will harm cultural sites and drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

What you need to know: Dakota Access Pipeline

Brooklyn Norrell, Student Life Editor November 2, 2016

Updated on December 12th at 11:00 am. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a massive plan to “enable domestically produced light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to reach major refining markets in a more...

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