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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

Occupy Columbia protest ends

Muhammad Al-Rawi November 30, 2011

Day or night, for weeks on end, Columbia residents stood at the corner of 8th Street and Broadway in front of the Columbia Utilities building doing their version of the occupy Wall Street movement....

Black Friday rush caught in photos

Black Friday rush caught in photos

Daphne Yu November 29, 2011

The hectic nature of Black Friday continued this year, with over $52 billion in sales this year, according to the National Retail Federation. A 516 percent increase from 2010 in global mobile payment volume...

Though winter is around the corner, spring blooms at Career Center

Though winter is around the corner, spring blooms at Career Center

Muhammad Al-Rawi November 17, 2011

I haven't been in the Career Center's new greenhouse. I would always walk by it on my way to construction tech sophomore year, fascinated, but never went to look around. I followed a friend who was wrapping...

Photo by Rena Rong

Jazz Winter Concert videos show musical vibrance

Parker Sutherland November 17, 2011
The RBHS jazz band teamed up again this year with Jamie Canepa and the JJHS jazz band tp put on a performance in the PAC for friends and parents. The performace featured both the RBHS Jazz band, as well as the RBHS Ensemble band.
Childrens television may influence teen behavior

Children’s television may influence teen behavior

CPS360 November 17, 2011
CPS360 covers the issue of television made for kids. Landon Fitzpatrick talks with RBHS students to find if children's television shows and progamming play role in the person they are today.
Car wreck shows need for seatbelts

Car wreck shows need for seatbelts

CPS360 November 17, 2011
CPS360's special on how seatbelts are the number one way to save lives. Kreagan Carbone talks with junior Alexander Jones about his major car crash with Katie Rodriguez that happened in September.Due to seatbelts, both able to come out alive.

Fantasy football eats time

CPS360 November 16, 2011
Junior Bret Weise and senior Jacob Bickford balance work and fantasy football in this video. Those who play fantasy football often find their schoolwork often suffers because of their dedication to the game.
Locked away

Locked away

Halley Hollis November 14, 2011

As I walked through the halls today, I couldn't help but notice all the locks. That's not something I would normally notice, or think anything of, so I decided to photograph every single lock I could find....

Culinary Arts: The Preparation of Ravioli

Culinary Arts: The Preparation of Ravioli

Muhammad Al-Rawi November 11, 2011

I dropped in the culinary arts kitchen Wednesday to get photos of "Soup Wednesdays." Traffic at the time was low, and the ongoing class caught my attention. They were preparing ravioli, so I watched...

Lost in Time

Asa Lory November 10, 2011
Anachronism. Noun. A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. The Society For Creative Anachronism is an association of people that embody this definition as they strive to recreate anachronistic medieval society. I spent a couple of evenings photographing, learning about, and really just hanging out with the local group.

A Look at ‘The Music Man’

Asa Lory November 10, 2011
As you hopefully know, the Music Man opens tonight (this being Thursday), and while you’re watching it you’ll probably see the standard sights: wandering salesmen, studious schoolchildren, and the citizenry of River City Iowa. You'll see a snooty looking Andy Flanigan, snooty looking Courtney Nowlin, snooty looking Mr Pierson... Wait, what?

Inside “The Music Man”

Maddie Magruder November 10, 2011
Take a trip to River City, Indiana with this years winter musical, the Music Man in this weeks podcast.
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