The work of three subfreshman artists caught the eyes of judges in this year's Insect Fear Film Festival Art Contest. Annie Rong won first place in the most thematic category, Joe Easley won second place in the grades 6-8 category, and Maia Gersten earned second place in the most frightening category. Read on and see the winning entries.

Critic Kumars Salehi has already weighed in with his picks for tonight's Academy Awards. Now, fresh from her Habitat for Humanity trip to the Mississippi Delta, fellow senior editor Sarah Pfander offers her choices. Of course, Sarah's standards differ slightly from those of other critics: "When I decide who I think should win an Oscar," she writes, "it is totally dependent on the actors and actresses I like, and has very little to do with their actual performance." Check inside to see the results.