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Issue 5 Letter from the Editor
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by Victoria Slater.
The Arlingtonian that rests in your hands is the product of four-weeks worth of consistent reporting, writing and editing by our student staff. What many of you may not know is that the monetary value of each issue printed is upwards of $2,000. We sustain the financial viability of the newsmagazine through ad sales to [...]
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Horse Sense
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by Victoria Slater.
As competitive riding culture increases at UAHS, two students explore their fascination with the growing sport
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
Her heart racing in time with the echoing hoof beats, junior Caroline Robinson directs her horse, Wittle, through precise Western reining movements. He glides into a sliding stop, a signature—yet difficult—reining motion and the surrounding crowd erupts [...]
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Brand New Voice
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Victoria Slater.
Teacher’s determination allows him to carry on as an educator despite severed vocal chords
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
Cold and flus are as rampant as the wind and rain in early spring. Yet, for psychology teacher and girls’ basketball coach Chris Savage, a persistent sore throat lasting weeks hinted at something more serious than a common springtime [...]
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Issue 2 Letter from the Editor
Posted on 21. Nov, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
Two years ago, on a chilled November night, I visited Ground Zero in New York City. At the time, I could just make out the base of what is now the new World Trade Center nestled in the dark abyss beyond me. Where the original World Trade Center once dominated the city [...]
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A Broken Season
Posted on 17. Nov, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
With the amount of sports injuries on the rise at UAHS, athletes must learn to adjust the consequences of their afflictions
By Katie Hoskett, ‘13 and Emma Klebe, ‘13
After days of agonizing hip pain, junior Cody Pfister finally broke down. He had just run through a football routine and went to make a cut when he [...]
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From the Ashes
Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
As the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 draws to a close, the UA community reflects on how the nation has changed over the last decade and questions what the next ten years will bring.
By Abby Godard, ‘13 and Victoria Slater, ‘12
I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday,” Caroline Pema said. “I had just finished [...]
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Symphonic in the City
Posted on 11. May, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
Columnist reflects on experience during a tour of New York City with the Symphonic Choir
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
New York City, in a sense, is a choir. The blare of car horns, the shuffle of pedestrians’ feet against the aged sidewalks, the coos of pigeons and the rumble of the subway train beneath the streets blend [...]
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Trying to kill the bill
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
Senate Bill 5 proposes to stabilize Ohio’s economy at the expense of public workers’ collective bargaining rights, UA teachers rally against bill
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
Amidst a swirling snowstorm on Feb. 22, a crowd of protestors—including a number of UA teachers—swarmed the entrance of the Ohio Statehouse, donning banners and bellowing one message: Kill Senate Bill [...]
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The A to Z road block
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Victoria Slater.
The $4.3 million loan for connector road did not materialize in December. Citizens remain active in an effort to stop all hopes for the road
By Victoria Slater, ‘12
This past December, a series of yard signs appeared on front lawns throughout UA. Each sign reads “Stop the Road A to Z,” a phrase that refers to [...]
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Catching Zzzs
Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by Victoria Slater.
Although a vital element to any healthy life, sleep is overlooked as a priority by students
By Alison Gilbert ‘11 & Victoria Slater ‘12
Junior Rohit Menon walks in the door, tosses his backpack aside and settles down at home, exhausted, after a nearly sleepless night coupled with a tedious day at school. He leaves his notebooks [...]
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A very white Christmas
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Victoria Slater.
The musical’s change to a December date and holiday theme will bring Christmas spirit to UA. The UA vocal music department will present White Christmas on Dec. 2 – 5, 2010.
By Victoria Slater ‘12
Come late February, students and community members typically await the presentation of the vocal music department’s annual and consistently successful musical. But [...]
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Seasons of Service
Posted on 05. Oct, 2010 by Victoria Slater.
Though summer service is completed, three students continue to help others
By Victoria Slater ‘10 and Ceri Turner ‘10
Volunteering is so often written off as just one more mandatory commitment to the school—another groan-worthy, school-related hardship to endure. With summer service forms completed and submitted, many students push the thought of volunteering far into the forgottten [...]
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Mouthwatering Mania
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Victoria Slater.
Students discuss the growth of the glorified vampire genre and the factors that have made it a worldwide phenomenon
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