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Don’t Gag the Press
By: Bre Jarvis (Web Editor) “The Philippines’ slide towards illiberality is accelerating,” writes Washington Post writer Manuel Quezon III. The country has recently erupted in fear and confusion in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to denounce several news outlets. However, amid the protests and riots taking place in the Philippines, perhaps the United States can find itself in danger of the same fate...
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Bullying in Today’s World
By: Bella Ibrahim (News Editor) Bullying has been a problem across the United States for a long time. While rates of physical bullying have gone down across the past seventy years, verbal rates have stayed around the same, and new technology causes a new problem: cyberbullying. Sixteen percent of high school students have experienced cyberbullying in just the past year, and this problem is...
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Better Together
By: Nicole Scarbrough (Sports Editor) There has never been a more distressed time period in modern history. America has become a nation divided by an extreme difference in ideologies, to the point where a simple discussion cannot be held between either dominant party. The agreement that the government deals with domestic issues isn't unheard of to any political party, regardless of their respective belief system. But while our foreign...
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I Remember Mama
By: Julia Jordan (Entertainment Editor) Nease’s drama department is gearing up for their newest play, "I Remember Mama." The play is set to premiere on October 19 and continue through October 22 in the Performing Arts Center. The Thursday, Friday, and Saturday showcases will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the Sunday showcase will begin at 2:00 pm. Tickets for the show can be purchased for $5 per ticket...
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Halloween Fun
By: Bella Ibrahim (News Editor) and Maria Ribot (Opinion Editor) Halloween is coming up and we are going to help you plan the best party on the block...
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2017 Sports In Review
By: Hannah Favorite Nease High school students are involved in countless sports teams, their hard-work and dedication has taken some teams to districts, states, or even nationals. After school, countless hours of practice were put into this
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The Twenty-Fourth Annual Navy Ball
By: Julia Jordan The twenty fourth annual Navy Ball was held on April 15, 2017 at World Golf Village. Navy Ball is a formal event in which NJROTC members celebrate their time in the program and commemorate the military. Here are some pictures of some of the highlights of the night...
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Wired Takes a Win (or Three) at STN
By: Denise Uy During the last week of March, a select group of thirteen students received the opportunity to represent Nease’s student broadcast program Wired at the Student Television Network Convention in Anaheim...
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Sports Commitments
By: Maggie McElhaney As seniors get ready to graduate, we take a look at some of the commitments made by our senior athletes...
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27 Things to do with The Vertical
By: Fara Supre, Dasha Charapko, and Alexandra Hudson When the time comes for a new issue of The Vertical to be distributed around school, the newspaper staff is always careful to make sure a copy is available for everyone to read. In the days after distribution, it's always great to see people picking up the paper and reading. We also have noticed students using the paper to do other things, so to help those students who want to do more than just read it, we came up
