Saturday, May 3, 2014 by Amanda Cummings Kaia Steelflower is a thief, pickpocket, assassin, and a sellsword. She is well known yet keeps to the shadows. Kaia is of the G’mai race, but she refuses that title. She was thrown from her homeland and almost died from twinsickness. Kaia goes by many names in the […]
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Saturday, April 26, 2014 Story and photos by Will Murnan The annual dodgeball tournament returned Thursday as nine teams fought to become 2014 dodgeball champions. The rules were simple. Two teams of twelve would battle for five minutes. Whoever had the most players on the court at the end of regulation would move on in
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Friday, April 11, 2014 by Danielle Morrone On the first of April, comic hypnotist Michael Ray stood before an auditorium of students and staff of Saratoga Springs High School and hypnotized several novices. Primarily seniors chosen randomly in a raffle, a couple of were other pupils that fell under his influence from their seats in
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Editor’s note: A spread created by journalism students for class credit about the boys’ tennis team previously posted here included quotes which were marked as being from Coach Tim O’Brien. These quotes were fabricated. The Lightning Rod regrets publishing these quotes and both we and the reporters responsible apologize to Coach O’Brien and the team.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014 by Skyler Stanford “The show went well, there were good dancers, and good singers, which was surprising because you wouldn’t think that the kids would be that good.” Most would agree with Christa Caimano that the S.S.H.S. Drama Club’s production of “Footloose” went beyond expectations. From the costumes, props, sets,
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 by Amanda Cummings Ellen Schreiber is a well-known author and is the writer of my favorite series Vampire Kisses, but this is not a story about vampires. “Once in a Full Moon” follows Celeste Parker as she finds herself living the wives tale of Legends Run. Legends Run is the setting
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Sunday, March 23, 2014 by Amanda Cummings, Lis Barreto, and Skyler Stanford At S.S.H.S., students have to be in school for around seven hours. This does not include bus rides to and from school or after school activities. The only times a student can be outside during the school day is to walk briefly through
Cafeteria patio: closed until further notice? Read More »
March 19, 2014 Photos and brief by Eli Fisher The Saratoga Springs High School Drama Club’s spring musical production, “Footloose,” opens next weekend at the high school’s Loewenberg Auditorium. The play features Noah Casner ’15 in the lead role as Ren, plus over 60 other S.S.H.S. students. There will be three shows: Thursday, March
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Saturday, March 15, 2014 by Amanda CummingsYou know you’re in for it when you wake up six feet under with nothing but your cell phone. Jane has lived a normal life in every sense of the word but it’s her undead life she’s worried about. Recently Jane has made her way back home after running
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The Groundwire is The Lightning Rod’s editorial page. Monday, March 17, 2014 by The Editorial Board The casino debate in Saratoga Springs, as has been the subject of lengthy public comment periods at recent city council meetings, appears from the outside to now be between a group that is concerned about having a full casino
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 by Sammie Clemmey The city of Saratoga Springs, New York, has taken a hard hit economically this winter. Local boutique owner Emily Davis said, “Business for us has definitely been slower this winter. Even though we’re right on the main street not many people are willing to walk around in the
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 by Sam Geils and Sam Estano At 2:15 p.m. students of Saratoga Springs High School were released early from school to ensure every student would arrive home safely. The road conditions today are the major issue for Saratogians making the commute home. “I think it’s smart of them to have students
SSHS running from winter (Updated Thursday) Read More »
March 4, 2014 by Amanda CummingsExiled wizard Nevery Flinglas was walking down the alley when his pocket was unknowingly picked by a pickpocket thief named Connwaer, or Conn for short. For all of Conn’s trouble he got only a stone, but not any ordinary stone. Soon after Nevery catches Conn and is surprised because a
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March 3, 2014 by Skyler Stanford Reading is required for students at Saratoga Springs High School. In a survey conducted with 100 ninth and tenth graders from Saratoga Springs High School more than 50% of the teens surveyed don’t like to read. Is it possible that the parents and teachers trying to establish a love
Survey: 42% of SSHS students don’t like book selections for class Read More »
February 27, 2014 Story and photos by Eli Fisher It should have been a close game. Just a few days before Tuesday’s Section 2 hockey final matchup between Saratoga and Shenendehowa at Union College, the teams were ranked #6 and #7, respectively, in the New York State Sportswriters Association statewide rankings. It was a game
February 26, 2014 by Will Murnan Business teacher John Grady has a good reason to be known as “The Godfather”. He began his post high school career at the University of Albany where he earned a degree in business and a minor in education. Although he wanted to pursue business, he decided to become a
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