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Hello, my name is Zach Kilgas, and I am in Student Council and the Editor for the Newspaper. My favorite thing to do is swim. Right now I swim competitively on Storm. Also I enjoy going fishing, as well as traveling. Some cool places I’ve been to are Las Vegas (I stayed at Caesars Palace) and Louisiana. Some places I would like to go to are: New York, London, Rome, and Sydney. I look forward to this school year.
Written by Zach Kilgas · May 1, 2012
It’s fun to imagine one’s life as a movie, whether it takes form as a comedy, followed with endless laughter, or more like a dramatic soap-opera inspired feature filled with petty fights, and well planned betrayals. It seems, more often than not, life takes form as something directly in... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · April 16, 2012
With tense weeks ahead of us, from MAP testing to the EOCs we’re going to be sick of school. Each week, we’ll become more fatigued. The only hope we’ll have is the weekends to help prevent us from complete despair. In order, to make the proper use of your weekend you should spend them... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · April 16, 2012
Twitter, we all love it; if you don’t, just stop reading. It could trump Facebook any day, but certain things make me want to attack those people whose Tweets are those that have no direct purpose or break the following “ground rules”. This article isn’t to make you want to delete your... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · March 14, 2012
There’s no feeling in the world like that feeling you get when you are trying to solve a mystery. The feeling of suspense; the feeling of not knowing how or why some mysterious event has occurred. It’s the feeling of “not knowing” that makes most people enjoy a good... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · March 14, 2012
Events like these strike us incredibly close to home. As students we can imagine the fright that the students at Chardon High School felt Monday, February 27th when a student took fire onto his fellow students. Chardon, Ohio is a relatively small town that was struck by a horrible tragedy this... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · February 21, 2012
February 12, 2012 was the date of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. It was a night that brought stars from each genre of music we love, or those we don’t (country). All in one night, this premier brought the classics back, and celebrated the best of the new artists we love today, with dozens... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · January 11, 2012
If you’re an average American, which most likely you are, you will spend nine years of your life watching movies. Would you want to waste some of that time with a horrible movie? No, and with so many new movies being released, it’s pertinent to know which movies are best and which ones... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · December 19, 2011
The undead rise again, or not. Now more than ever before people are talking about them. Zombies. Books, movies, and throughout the media they’ve been found, chasing there victims relentlessly, screaming out for brains, and being reborn after death. Yet, are these scenarios simply Hollywood’s... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · December 5, 2011
The month of November brought thanksgiving, and 8B’s students of the month. These kids exemplify what if means to be a great student, and get rewarded for it; yet this leaves some confused. Many ask the question “How can I become the student of the month?” So I interviewed some f the... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · December 5, 2011
Viral. A single idea has infected people across the United States, and continues to spread, spreading from state to state like a cold through a school. As teenagers, it’s easy to overlook watching the nightly news, or reading the recent headlines, yet decisions made affect our country. The... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · November 16, 2011
Thanksgiving has become about hours of cooking, so you can stuff your face along with the rest of your family and, with a full stomach, spending hours watching T.V. Yet, the holiday originated in a time when stuffing your face wasn’t a common thing to do. The history of Thanksgiving is... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · October 26, 2011
Once again, 9C has won the Spirit Stick. They seem to have pulled off a miracle this year winning seven years in a row. The other 9th grade teams were sure that 9C wouldn’t win. Some claim this is cheating, others claim it’s by divine intervention, but what’s the answer? Every year 9C,... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · October 10, 2011
You wouldn’t steal anything…Would You….? Put yourself in my shoes, oh wait, they got stolen. Liberty Jr. High has a thief on the loose. We are only six weeks into school, and we already have a major problem. Already a wide variety of items have been stolen, from a phone to jeans,... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · September 23, 2011
Here at Liberty Junior High people play a wide variety of sports, but some are never in the spotlight. Did you know that it’s golf season? Have you heard of the boys swim team? What about the softball team? Today we are putting the spotlight on these forgotten sports, and showing the... (more...)
Written by Zach Kilgas · September 9, 2011
Friday, August 26th, was the first Liberty High School varsity football game. During the game, the bleachers were filled with people, but most people were not paying any attention at all. While the game was going on, I noticed many problems with our behavior. Instead of cheering on our team,... (more...)
