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Mr. Rockhurst: senior class superhuman ready to take on the world.
For most of the past year, the seniors have been hearing how talented their class has been. Each and every student brings specific talents...
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Lacrosse Feature: Despite inexperience, senior defenders provide leadership
Establishing oneself as a high school athlete takes time. The most well-recognized and best-skilled “studs” are usually those who have started and contributed to successful teams for more than just one year. This is not true, however, for the four senior defenders on the lacrosse team. Seniors Brendon O’Leary, Terry Smith, Lance Holloway and Andrew Orndoff have had to overcome a lack of experience resulting from not starting the past three years. ...
Read more...Web to replace paper grades
As the 2008 school year comes to a close, students will receive their grades in the mail for the final time.Starting next year, Rockhurst will begin to use a new grading system in which the only way to view students’ grades is via the internet. According to Mr. Scott Duschen, assistant principal of academic affairs, administration has few reservations about changing to online grades....
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Rockhurst’s culture, ideals grab hold of student body, encourage leadership
The junior leadership activities are going into full swing – with a Mass and dance taking place on May 8 and 9, respectively - and thus the word “leadership” is being thrown around quite a bit. However, the concept is often misunderstood. The idea that leadership comes automatically is a supposition that causes this misunderstanding. ...
Read more...Evolution X Factor
From Vanity Fair to Rolling Stone to even Sports Illustrated, magazines have been pushing the limit on their covers, constantly looking to re-define social standards.In the wake of the controversial April 2008 cover of Vogue magazine depicting, allegedly degradingly, renowned basketball star LeBron James holding supermodel Gisele Bundchen, readers are faced with the now obvious evolution of the entertainment magazine cover....
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Columns
 | 'Making a difference' takes one Thursday, 08 May 2008|| Ted Hart It never ceases to amaze me: the fact that just one person can change the world ... Read more... |
 | Sports Column: Bill sparks battle between big cities, small towns in high school athletics Thursday, 17 April 2008|| Matt Newman For those of you who are government-obsessed and monitor the Missouri House of R... Read more... |
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| Prep News Bracketology Friday, 14 March 2008|| Matt Newman In the past couple years, ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi has become famous for his wee... Read more... |
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Sports News
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