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Senior Ellen Diehl and Junior Ozzy Smith laugh as they practice their royal dance for the CHS production of Cinderella as director Dan Schade looks on.

Cinderella’s lost slipper finds its way to CHS

Chaela Williams, A&E writer/editor January 6, 2017

The classic and well-known fairy-tale, Cinderella, will be CHS's spring musical this year. This year’s production of Cinderella is based off the 2013 Broadway production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s...

Spent allows teenagers and adults to be able to experience how to survive being poor and homeless.

‘Spent’: Game teaches teenagers and adults about financial survival in the real world

Daija Berry, Staff Writer December 9, 2016

"It's just stuff.  Until you don't have it." This is the motto for a web game that is not just a fun question and answer situation but a lesson in surviving in the real world. “Spent” is an...

Little Mix released their 4th album, Glory Days on November 18 of this year.

Will Little Mix find success in the U.S. with ‘Glory Days’? (Review)

Chaela Williams, A&E writer/editor December 2, 2016

After being the first group to win The X Factor (UK), singers Little Mix has been selling out arenas and having No. 1 singles in the U.K. However, the British girl-group has yet to find their success...

Tove Lo’s ‘Lady Wood’ offers emotional highs and lows (Review)

Chaela Williams, A&E writer/editor November 14, 2016

NoSwedish singer Tove Lo released her second album Lady Wood on October 28 of this year. Lady Wood is Lo’s “darker and dreamer” follow-up album to her 2014 debut, Queen of  the Clouds. Lady...

 In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Taylor Swift arrives at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Swift is releasing her fifth album on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

Taylor Swift: 10 years in the making of a pop idol

Chaela Williams, A&E writer/editor November 4, 2016

Taylor Swift celebrated her ten year anniversary of her self-titled debut album on Oct 24. The country starlet-turned-pop icon has had a decade worth of five chart-topping albums, four massive world tours,...

Oktoberfest 2016 hosted by the Army Heritage and Education Center (AHEC)

AHEC Oktoberfest: the Celebration of Culture

Meg Tate, Sports Editor October 14, 2016

For the past eight years the Carlisle Barracks have hosted an Oktoberfest event free for the public.  The Carlisle Oktoberfest occurred this past weekend from Thursday October 6 through Monday October...

The Happy Chen restaurant welcomes guests with their sign high in the sky.

The Happy Chen restaurant serves happy customers (Review)

Releigh Norrell, Staff Writer October 14, 2016

  The Happy Chen restaurant is fairly new in the Carlisle area and is located at 1161 Harrisburg Pike Carlisle, PA 17013. The restaurant has plenty of choices ranging from chicken to Lo...

The Magnificent Seven was released in theaters in September 23rd 2016

‘The Magnificent 7’ wasn’t that magnificent after all (Review)

Chaela Williams, A&E writer/editor October 11, 2016

With the face-paced action, witty humor, and a racially diverse cast, the film The Magnificent 7 was enjoyable but with its half-baked revenge plot and the lack of originality, the 2016 remake didn't...

The market is ready for the fall season with the selling of pumpkins.

Farmers on the Square: tradition in the heart of Carlisle

Carol Etzel, Magazine Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2016

At precisely 3:00 pm every Wednesday, a bell is rung in Carlisle’s town square. This tradition dates back to the seventeenth century, signaling the opening of the farmer’s market. The smell...

A bizarre twist on humanitys most essential questions, The Good Place delivers a unique pilot episode.

NBC’s “The Good Place” most creative new show of the fall (Review)

Carol Etzel, Magazine Editor-in-Chief September 23, 2016

NBC’s new sitcom, The Good Place left a strong first impression on viewers when the pilot aired September 19. With creator Michael Schur (known for his work on Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn...

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