As I stood out on the street on that cold Sunday night, I watched smoke ooze out of every nook and cranny of our house’s roof. The sight disheartened me because I knew we might lose everything from a house fire. Earlier that day, my dad started the first fire in the fireplace for the season….
War. Three powerful letters that stir raw, unsettling images of the capability of humans to destroy one another. American Sniper is a war drama following the struggles and prestige of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. The film opens with a fictitious exposition of Kyle’s childhood portraying hunting with his father, protecting his younger…
The sound of crickets chirping, a three day hike through the woods, and a campfire get together are just a few events Boy Scouts experience on their way to being Eagle Scouts. The end goal of a Boy Scouts journey is the rank of Eagle Scout. Boy Scouts often try to reach this prestigious rank but never finish…
Modern cinema is dead. The box office may still heat up, but movies can’t hold a candle to television. I looked up the top ten grossing movies right now. Three are book adaptations (four if Big Hero 6 counts). Two are direct sequels with Penguins of Madagascar being a spin-off of the Madagascar series. Only three of these…
Basketballs pounded the gym floor as dozens of boys played in REACH’s annual tournament. Everyone who signed up played friendly basketball games and raised money for charity. REACH, the volunteer group, held the tournament to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. “We raised about $500 from the tournament,” said REACH president senior Julian Alvarez. REACH provides volunteers for various charities…
a Day on AR’s Classics from Alex Deems on Vimeo. More footage of Deems’ bouldering adventures can be found here.
The cold rain rode the biting wind on a foggy Saturday. Terrible conditions for any sport; but this didn’t stop him. No, not Anderson Hambuchen the trap shooter. In subpar conditions, Hambuchen spent his Saturday at one of his bi-weekly practices. He shot at the Dr. James E. Moore, Jr. Camp Robinson firing range, better known…
Holding a pair of loppers, wearing a sweater and a pair of overalls, a view that not many have had of him, Mr. Paul Spencer takes care of his crop. A darn Yankee from Ohio, he has gladly made himself part of Arkansas’s long and varied agricultural history. Mr. Spencer lives in Scott, and owns…
Semester exams loom over every student at school during the later months of the second quarter. They are the last chance students have to make or break their grades, and every student takes them whether he is prepared or not. All students take exams, and–as one would expect–students begin to better understand how to handle exams…
