Archive | April 2012
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Cardboard Boats Require a Study in Physics
Cardboard Boat Race Day is celebrated each year at the Centennial pool. Physics students design a boat using only cardboard and tape. Each team then tries to successfully row their boat across the pool. The day is the talk of the school and an educational time is had by all. Photos by Madison Weldon and […]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wowed the Crowds
By: Tara Mobasseri and Drew Warner This year Centennial High school put on their annual spring musical. According to CHS choir teacher, Mrs. Wyatt, “Centennial has been putting on musicals for well over 40 years.” This year the thespian troupe, Mrs. Aldridge and Mrs. Wyatt decided on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as the […]
Spring Films Offer Something For Everyone
By: Will James and Omar Sharif – Staff Writers Now that spring has officially begun more movies are starting to be released. Movies like 21 Jump Street have already gotten great reviews. 21 Jump Street is an action-comedy based on two guys’ undercover scheme. The film stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, who are spectacular […]
Game of Thrones: The Game Returns
By Lexi Zahrn – Staff Writer On April 1, 2012 the world of television welcomed back a fantasy masterpiece. HBO’s series “Game of Thrones,” from producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, and adapted from George R. R. Martin’s acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire swept the nation under fire last Spring. With ten […]
Book Review: Impulse
By Megan Wolter – Opinions Eidtor Impulse by Ellen Hopkins What does it take for someone to want to and follow through with committing suicide? Being bullied in school, sexually abused as a child, striving for perfection and falling short? In Ellen Hopkins’s book, Impulse, the sometimes taboo topic of teenagers committing suicide is talked […]
Seniors Begin to Relfect on High School Experience
By Abrar Al-Heeti – Staff Writer As graduation approaches, Centennial seniors are beginning to experience a mix of emotions. Feelings of excitement and anticipation for starting the next phase of life are accompanied by expected sentiments of nostalgia and recollections of happy memories. They are torn between holding on to all the good times in […]
Party Night for Kentucky
By Alex Wallner – Sports Editor It was a season to remember in college basketball as teams battled out the entire year for the ultimate prize, the national championship. A historic year it was in college basketball, in which we had fifteen seeds beating two seeds and one seeds on the brink of elimination […]
Centennial Takes a Stand for Those Who Can’t
By Jewel Goodly – Staff Writer For months now, Centennial High School has been preparing for the Miracle Network Dance Marathon that will be held in the Centennial gym on April 20th from 6:00-10:00pm. Students have been selling candy bars and balloons to fundraise for this event and many organizations around Champaign have made donations. […]
Athlete of the Month: Grey Schultz (Baseball)
By Chelsea Cross Grey Schultz isn’t your typical teenager. He’s not only a leader on the outfield, but a leader in the classroom. Grey is a part of Centennial’s National Honor Society which only allows students with a 3.0 GPA to enter. Grey has a GPA of 3.75, not only has he been on the […]
Senioritis
By: Connor Metcalf There has been a disease going around at Centennial lately. One that messes with a person’s mind so horribly, and is spreading around Centennial High School like a virus is a walking dead movie. Students become zombies, going through the motions of every day. Depressed looks and urge to escape like someone […]
AP Physics Students Test Their Trebuchets
AP physics students tested their trebuchets (like a catapult) outside of Centennial High School. Photos by Trent Reeve, Melanie Mesker and Andrew Warner
It’s Always Sonny in Champaign
By: Alex Wallner After an eight year era ends, with the firing of Bruce Weber, questions come up about there come questions about Illinois hoops. How will the team fair under a new coach? How will they be disciplined under this new coach? Will they ever put another banner in the Assembly Hall? […]
High School Manager Joins College Team
By: Chelsea Cross – Staff Writer Alex Wallner is a senior at Centennial High School. He has been an honor roll student for all four years and is continuing to rise in the classroom. Wallner has managed the basketball team for two to three years and is well respected among the students at Centennial and […]
Girls Prepare to Hit the Football Field This Fall
By Chantal Meacham – Staff Writer Homecoming Powder Puff was nothing compared to what’s about to come next spring to Centennial High School. Girls football is finally here! Throughout the years girls have anticipated their one chance to show the boys that they can play football too. The upcoming head coach, Kyle Jackson, said: “I’ve […]
New iPhone Delayed
By Omar Sharif and Will James – Staff Writers When is the new iPhone 5 coming out? There is no exact date but it is speculated to be released later in 2013. The iPhone 4/4s were one of the best selling phones for Apple. Even though the iPhone 4s was highly anticipated most people thought […]
Old Cellphone Policy Returns
By Megan Wolter – Opinions Editor Do you remember the old cell phone policy, where one could only text before or after school and during their lunch hours? That policy is coming back, but with a few adjustments. Starting next year, students will only be allowed to use their cell phones before and after school. […]
Centennial Reinstates Senior Policy
By Hannah Ritchey – Editor-in-chief Last fall brought the horrible news of no more senior policy to the class of 2012. This spring however, brings better news to the future seniors; Principal Greg Johnson announced that Centennial would be reinstating senior policy for the 2012-2013 school years. He also plans to keep it for upcoming […]
Joanne Nielsen: A Closet Romance Novelist
By Faith A. Middleton and Lexi Zahrn – Staff Writers Students are often skeptical of their teachers having lives outside of school, but teachers live for the weekend just as much as their avid learners. Ms. Joanne Nielsen, head of Centennial’s English department, counts down the minutes until the dismissal bell. Contrary to the beliefs […]
