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Senior Night Win Puts Cougars in Prime Position
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Weekend Update-AHS Womens Basketball
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Peer Help: Question One
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UPDATE: Homophobic Murderer Pleads Guilty
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Womens Soccer Top of BSAL; St. Mary’s Next
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Opinion Archive
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Madness is in the Air
Posted on March 13, 2007 | 13 CommentsEvery sports fans dreams about this time of year. It’s the time where anything can happen in a field of 65 teams, where the smaller universities bustle with pride in their participation in the NCAA tournament, and when the season really begins for perennial powers... -
International Food Day follows fast food marketing techniques
Posted on March 12, 2007 | 17 CommentsInternational Food Day, an event recognizing and celebrating the student diversity at AHS, brought foods from many cultures to the AHS courtyard on Friday, March 2, 2007. Students began lining up at the Asian Student Union (ASU) and the South Asian Student Union (SASU) booths... -
What to whine about at AHS
Posted on February 6, 2007 | 12 CommentsThe Glass Tower. The breathalyzers at dances. The Lunch Shelter food. What do these all have in common? Students at Albany High love to complain about all of them. Sometimes the complaints are justified. And sometimes, they are just another classic example of the adolescent... -
Does Price = Popularity?
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 12 CommentsEvery year, big designer labels release new fashion lines. Designers believe that people will buy anything as long as it has a nice, expensive label. And they are right. It’s not that consumers are deprived of information. We know it’s possible to find a cheap... -
Memo to Cartoon Network
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 8 CommentsOver the summer, I was sick for a couple of days, which gave me a great excuse to catch up on my daytime TV. It was the usual mélange of crisis-ridden housewives on talk shows; muscular, long-haired men on the Spanish soap operas; and whatever... -
End of the week has reached end of the line
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 11 CommentsRemember the good old days, when there was no homework on the weekends? The weekend was the time to have fun, to relax, to catch up on sleep. It was the time to spend with family and friends. We could work hard all week, knowing... -
What if your guardian angel takes the day off?
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 3 CommentsWhen you think of Albany, what generally comes to mind? Usually there is agreement that this pretty square mile city nestled next to Berkeley is renowned for being a sheltered bubble that takes pride in high academic achievement, a unique small town character, and relatively... -
Solution to boredom
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 4 CommentsI am your friend. And I have to say that the only thing more annoying than having to sit inside school for eight hours a day, bored out of your mind, is having to pretend to listen to someone complain about it after you’ve been... -
“One pound. Colombian”
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 5 Comments“Ground?” “Yes, And another Argentinean.” “I only have a half pound of Argentinean.” The sweat started to bead on my forehead. “Just make the rest French Roast.” “What about China White?” I retorted. The clerk stared. “Go wait in the car,” my mother responded as... -
Is this worth it?
Posted on December 12, 2006 | 8 CommentsI wished “I was a punk rock girl with flowers in my hair.” much like that song that has sort of become the anthem for me and a lot of my wannabe radical friends. It would rock to have been part of a radical movement... -
Election Playground
Posted on December 7, 2006 | No CommentsLooking at Albany you would think that this one-square-mile town would host municipal elections with intelligent, well-thought out campaigns. You would be wrong. Albanians can no longer pretend that they live in a city exempt from scandal and bad behavior as the recent election for... -
Fantasy Football: More than just a game
Posted on November 28, 2006 | 19 CommentsFantasy football. Thousands of people play it each year, but what exactly is it? A few weeks before the start of the NFL season people create individual leagues with about twelve of their closest friends and draft separate teams consisting of the best possible players...
