Jorge Garza

Madison Fountain, Staff Writer
December 13, 2012 • 104 views
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A dedicated athlete and friend to many, junior Jorge Garza sits at a lunch table with a friend to eat a lunch of five sandwiches. Aside from his athlete’s appetite, Garza appears as an average teenager that does normal teenage things. He enjoys spending time with friends and family- sitting down every... Read more »

Steven Romero

Kale Ward, Staff Writer
December 11, 2012 • 80 views
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After multiple total concussions from football senior Steven Romero was told by his doctor that he could no longer play without risk of permanent damage to his head. Romero didn’t let that stop him from getting a good workout and staying active. About three years ago he picked up a martial art form... Read more »

Jessilee Shipman

Dillon Camp, Staff Writer
December 6, 2012 • 90 views
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The sun’s setting. This means bad lighting for graduate Elena Chudoba’s and senior Jessilee Shipman’s photo shoot at Rose Park. Standing on the edge of a cliff, looking down at a vacant river, a group of students twiddle their thumbs. They wait as Chudoba unwinds a bundle of white yarn and Shipman... Read more »

Emily Burns

Michelle McDaniel
December 4, 2012 • 115 views
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It was dark and Emily Burns could hardly see. She heard the quiet rustle of clothing as people anxiously moved. Suddenly, the curtain pulled apart and she could see the light. There were so many people there. It seemed as though all eyes were on her and she began to go through the rehearsed motions of... Read more »

Melissa Shirley

Whitney Threatt, Staff Writer
November 29, 2012 • 148 views
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Leaving her house for school at 6:45 a.m., senior Melissa Shirley wonders what she will miss in her daughter’s life today. What new things will her 19-month-old daughter learn while she isn’t home? “I hate leaving her in the mornings, I feel like I’m missing so much of her new learning,”... Read more »

Taylor Owens

Devin Gray, Assistant Yearbook Editor
November 27, 2012 • 221 views
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It was just another day Taylor Owens decided to skip breakfast. Another day she had to go out in the torrid sun and attend color guard practice. Another day of unhealthy temperatures in Texas.  Another “I was dying” day. Yet just on that day every bone in her body began to ache. Her blood sugar... Read more »

Daniel Bassininski

Laura Baker, Staff Writer
November 22, 2012 • 87 views
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Imagine blank stares when you try to gossip with your friends about teachers from freshman year. Imagine not being able to look down the neighborhood street at lowlife, good-for-nothing jackanape scoundrels you've known since kindergarten. Imagine being senior Daniel Bassininski, who has has only known... Read more »

Tommy Sisk

Madison Hunter, Staff Writer
November 20, 2012 • 84 views
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The feel of a pen in hand. The scratching sound it makes as he writes. Loud music blasting from his earbuds. His own strong emotions. A peaceful environment surrounds sophomore Tommy Sisk as he writes. He writes based on his own emotions, but something about Sisk’s poems make them exceptionally special... Read more »

Luke Kane

Kale Ward, Staff Writer
November 15, 2012 • 252 views
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At nine years old, in his room playing video games, senior Luke Kane heard yelling coming from the living room. Not knowing what happened, Kane walked out of his room to see his parents for the last time in handcuffs and being walked to the squad car. Kane’s parents were arrested for using illegal... Read more »

Ryann Lockwood

Summer Campbell, Staff Writer
November 13, 2012 • 119 views
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Sophomore Ryann Lockwood won’t remember a year from now what she wore for the first day of her freshman year at Lubbock High. Five years from now, she won’t remember performing her first monologue in front of her Theater I class. Ten years from now, she won’t even remember what she learned in her... Read more »