Tag: a&m consolidated
Pink street lamp proves light of senior’s life
by Sydney Garrett, staff reporter “Wait, wait.” I am incredulous. “Do you see that?” A soft, faded light takes hold of my attention, grabs me, shakes me, like an angler fish. “It’s so…pink,” I say. I shake my friend and point towards the ancient street lamp catty-corner to my front […]
Thanksgiving volunteering leads to new view of nursing homes, realization of selfishness
The nursing home looked like a rainbow had thrown up all over it — in the best way possible. Fall colors were everywhere, bright pumpkins sitting on countertops, brown paper leaves strewn over the tables.
Having favorite color leads to startling lack of depth
Orange is a great color. It’s cheerful and spontaneous and fun and not so popular as to be irrelevant, but prevalent enough that it doesn’t have to go by a ridiculous Crayola name. (If you so choose it as your favorite color — as I encourage you to, if you haven’t got that figured out yet — be prepared to be the only one sticking up for it during awkward icebreaker games.) But it got out of hand after a fashion, as do all such almost-cute obsessions.
Balancing friendships, ideals proves difficult
If you’re a vegetarian, don’t compromise your views on the gruesome evils of factory farming with peacefully coexisting with your meat loving friends. If your friendship isn’t worth giving up meat, you don’t need them.
Photo of the day: Volleyball players depart for state tourney
Senior volleyball players Christi Corkran, Carly Hicks, Paige Kopetsky and Mattie DeWitt and junior volleyball player Haley Slocum walk through a cheering crowd as they prepare to leave for the state volleyball tournament. A&M Consolidated will play Dripping Springs at 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Garland.
Gallery: Volleyball team wins rivalry match in regional quarterfinals, advances
A&M Consolidated and College Station played each other twice in district play, and each team won its away match. This rivalry needed to break its stalemate, and in a crazy turn of events, the two local teams got to settle their score in the most fitting of ways: a playoff game.
After scoring mishap, robotics team begins preparation for state competition
After over a decade of winning regionals, the Consol robotics team received third place at the contest this year — or so they thought.
Photo of the Day: Physics I AP students experience laws of physics in action through catapult construction
Physics I AP students got to see the Newton’s Laws in action when shooting catapults today.
Gallery: Tigers fall 31-34 to Cougars in final minute
On Oct. 24, A&M Consolidated played its first varsity football game against rival College Station. Consol had a strong start and led 17-10 at the half, but the Cougars clawed their way up to a score of 31-31 in the fourth quarter and subsequently kicked a field goal with 25 seconds remaining in the game, making the final score 34-31 CSHS.
