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Archive - Nov 6, 2007

The Hot Stove League

Baseball season never ends. That’s because there are four baseball seasons: spring training, the regular season, the postseason, and the offseason. Although no baseball is played in the offseason, there is a league of its own: the Hot Stove League.

Pre-ordering pizza

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The bell rings and lunch has started. I rush down from my class on the second floor to get in line for pizza as quickly as possible.

When I reach the cafeteria, my heart sinks when I see a huge line that stretches all the way to the north entrance. I stand at the end of the line and am very boxed in from all the others waiting to get their pizzas.

Anime animates your life

From ancient warriors resurrected to defend the earth to a “loser” in high school trying to get a “popular girl,” anime has never failed to entertain me whenever I watch it. I don’t know if it’s the well-written stories or the prettily drawn eyes, but there’s something about those Japanese cartoons that captivates me and countless other people.

Fall play diary: It's a wrap

It was another successful fall play as the Uni High thespians performed "The Diary of Anne Frank" Thursday through Saturday in the North Attic Playhouse. Three cast members — Michelle Gao, Lauren Piester, and Anna Gooler — took turns last week documenting the hustle and bustle of tech week and opening night. Today they conclude their diary with reflections on their play experience as whole.

Crack, and it's not a drug

A common interaction at the Snyder house:

"JACK, STOP CRACKING YOUR KNUCKLES!"

"Sorry, dad, I wasn't thinking about it."

I've been cracking my knuckles as a bad habit since the fourth grade. I'm not sure how it started, but I'm sure it was the cool thing to do at the time.

Being a journalist: Sore feet and mean bus drivers

For the past week now, staff reporter Deborah Ladd and I have been manipulating our way through all the pushy students and mean bus drivers in attempts to get interviews for our up-coming story regarding life in sororities and fraternities. To say the least, life as a car-less journalist was very difficult.