The State of the Union is the most important non-important speech of the year. In it, the President tells the nation that the state of the union is strong, then proceeds to lay out his legislative goals and message for the year while getting multiple applause lines, prompting either partisan or bi-partisan applause.
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Stories worth reading: Kaylee Ramos
“My brother shot me in the head. With a real gun.”
After rough start, girls varsity basketball defeats Willis 60-39
Things were looking bad for the Lady Tigers at the beginning of their second game of the season against Willis on Dec. 16. However, after trailing behind the opponents for the first quarter, Consol quickly took the lead and held it for the rest of the game, finishing with an easy 60-39 win.
Lady Tigers finish 2014 with 69-48 win over Bryan
On Dec. 19, after the semester’s final day of school, Consol’s girls basketball team faced crosstown rivals Bryan at home. The Lady Tigers jumped out to a lead in the first quarter and held it throughout, winning comfortably, 69-48. Check out a gallery below: [Show as slideshow]
Gallery: Students, faculty celebrate Desi Day
Students and teachers celebrated Desi Day today by dressing in traditional Indian clothing. The event concluded with the annual Desi Day photos and a party, where students brought Indian food and games to celebrate.
Photo of the day: Choir members prepare for Christmas concert
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.
