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  • Etonian staffers do double duty

    Students on the yearbook staff at Elizabethtown High School pull double duty.

    They are not just yearbook staff members, they also are required to contribute to the school newspaper.

    “Most of them tend to gravitate to one or the other as far as their interest,” said Donnie Swiney, yearbook and newspaper adviser.

    As editor of the EHS yearbook, The Etonian, senior Sarah Greenwell must oversee various aspects of putting together the annual publication, such as design and coverage.

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  • 'Yerds' keep The Trojan on track

    Year-round coverage, extensive work schedules and special training are just part of what it means to be on the yearbook staff at North Hardin High School.

    “We are Yerds — yearbook nerds — and we're not embarrassed by it,” yearbook adviser Gina Clear said.

    Until the end of the first week in April, the staff pushed to meet deadlines for The Trojan which commemorates 50 years of North Hardin High School. The theme is “Summed Up.”

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  • Innovation center must become reality

    By Nannette Johnston

    Our students only have seven days of school left after today. Seven days. I’m in my 29th year working in Hardin County Schools and I can’t ever remember going through a whole school year without a snow day or a make-up day. I know our students will enjoy the extra weeks of vacation. The first day of class for the 2012-13 school year is Aug. 8.

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  • The price of prom

    By Kerry Skiff
    Prom is the last stop for seniors before graduation. It is a night when they can gather and enjoy music, food and time with friends.

    As Autumn Sandlin, a senior at Elizabethtown High School, said, “Prom is the staple of (the) high school experience. Everyone looks forward to it, sort of a last hurrah before graduation.”

    For many students, prom is a night to go all out and break the piggy bank or their parents' wallets.

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  • CLEP Tests can save time, money

    By Alexis Piscatello
    If you could pay less for college, skip some general education courses and get it done in 90 minutes, would you?

    If the answer to this question is yes, then you might want to consider CLEP Tests. Students said CLEP Tests, or College Level Examination Program Tests, are an excellent way to fast-forward to a college degree.

    Each test is on a specific subject such as Western civilization II, analyzing and interpreting literature and chemistry.

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  • Point/Counterpoint: Is Hollywood appropriately targeting teens? Yes

    By Michael Niemeyer
    When this question arose, I thought, "Of course not."
    The more I mulled it over, however, the more I began to realize I was wrong.

    Making movies is a business just like anything else. And while not all movies are exactly tasteful, the majority of movies catering teens and most top grossing movies are not obscene.

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  • Point/Counterpoint: Is Hollywood appropriately targeting teens? No

    By Alexis Piscatello 

    Hollywood is a business and good businesses cater to their audiences, but Hollywood has begun catering their audiences to their movies.

    By changing the definition of cool, Hollywood is encouraging teens to watch more violent and immoral movies.

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  • The Blurb

    Books

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  • April's Student Editor

    Michael Niemeyer is this month's student editor.

    Michael is a 16-year-old junior who is homeschooled. He is involved with Boy Scouts, ECA Soccer, Teen Court, his church youth group, RYSA soccer and Faith Homeschool.

    He enjoys guitar, reading and soccer and hopes to become a doctor or lawyer.

    Michael joined Rising Voices to improve his writing skills and develop a more varied writing style. He also wants to inform his peers trough writing and gain a better understanding of the news media.

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  • ECTC Toy Box Theatre presents children's play

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s Toy Box Theatre will present a children’s play, “Tales of the Mice,” at 10 a.m. April 24 and at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. April 26 in the Science Auditorium at ECTC.

    Directed by Katrina Eicher, professor of communication and theater, the one-hour production examines friendship in four African tales: “How the Mice Came to Tell Tales,” “How Ananse the Spider Passed on the Debt,” “The Talking Skull,” and “The Tug of War.”

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