Staying green through the cold
February 1, 2010 • Megan Welch, Features Manager
Filed under Features
As we are well aware by now, winter is upon us. Unfortunately, we have reached the point when the holiday fun has faded away and we’re still stuck in the cold. This winter, why not become environmentally conscious? I know it’s not as easy to picture the effects your actions have when everything... Read more »
Swagger – Junior Varsity basketball
February 3, 2010
Filed under PodCenter, Swagger
The boys sit down with some of the JV basketball stars and manager, Patrick Smith. Read More →
REVIEW: Avatar is out of this world
February 7, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, Staff-Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
Movies, by their nature, are designed to help us escape the humdrum of our everyday lives. They seek to place us in a world where anything can happen and our imaginations can run wild. The new movie Avatar by James Cameron writes the book on this. Not only does Avatar do this, it creates a whole planet,... Read more »
Does the jetpack justify the game?
February 8, 2010 • Nick Kirkines, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Games, Reviews
Capcom has been out of the big budget gaming business since the release of “Dead Rising” in 2004. So far two games have caught the eye of the public. “Dead Rising 2” and “Dark Void”. The latter was released last week. Dark Void is an action adventure game with some Sci-Fi elements thrown... Read more »
Book of Eli delivers
February 8, 2010 • Anthony Scianna, Entertainment Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Movies
“The Book of Eli” is a post apocalyptic action movie starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. It was released on January 15, 2010 and also stars Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals. Thirty years after an apocalyptic event, Eli (Washington) is on a mission to the west coast line. He travels by foot and... Read more »
RB Students’ Call of Duty
February 8, 2010 • David Maslowski, Web Editor
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E, Reviews
Video games at the start of the century were a relatively new media. Even today, video games are still in their infancy. Just ten years profits for videogames world wide reach somewhere in the $18 billion range. As of January 2010, a single game has reached what was once an impossible dream for any... Read more »
Derby Girl whips it
February 8, 2010 • Rachel Sammons, Staff Reporter
Filed under Books, Entertainment
Book: 256 paged short story, Whip It Shauna Cross’s young adult novel Derby Girl has hit theaters with the renewed title of Whip It. Written by a roller derby athlete, Cross published the book in 2007 and then adapted it for the big screen. She was the primary screenwriter of Whip It which was... Read more »
Sherlock Holmes back and still entertaining
February 8, 2010 • Charlie Morrissey, News Manager
Filed under Entertainment, Movies
It was only a matter of time before the crime solving duo of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson came to the big screen. The tandem was previously featured in a TV series in the 1980’s after being a hit book series, but since then they have not had much exposure. Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes,... Read more »
Darksiders – a nostalgic tribute
February 8, 2010 • Ian Pruett-Jones, Staff-Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Games, Reviews
Video games are like movies in that they adhere strongly to the age old saying “If it aint’ broke, don’t fix it.” When someone comes along and brings something new to the table, it will inevitably have cheap imitations cashing in on someone else’s creativity. Skeptical reviewers have called... Read more »
New principal selected
February 9, 2010 • Danielle Sanchez, staff-reporter
Filed under Local News, News
Having gone for months into the school year without a principal, RB has finally come to make a decision as to who is to fill this position. A board meeting took place on Tuesday, February 2nd, in which the final choice was reached. In the end, there were three finalists that Interim Superintendent David... Read more »
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