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The Most Popular Apps On Campus

Brooke Selvidge, Technology Reporter

November 13, 2019

As technology has progressed and the internet has become more present in everyday life, many kids have gravitated towards using social media to communicate with friends from school and people from around the world. The ASB president ran a poll asking students what social media app they used most between...

Interstellar Comet Heading For Inner Solar System This December

Aiden Deming, Technology Reporter

October 23, 2019

Comet 21/Borisov has arrived in our Solar System. The comet now named after it's discoverer, 21/Borisov is now projected to enter the outskirts of the inner solar system, right outside of the orbit of Mars. From 7.73039e+13 mile journey, its closest approach to the sun will arrive on December 8, 2019,...

Students Gravitate To Technology As A Way of Cheating

Aiden Deming, Technology Reporter

October 16, 2019

Students have joked, "If you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough." And although students may laugh off the comment in a nonchalant way, the reality is...they're not kidding. Cheating is a common phenomenon among high schoolers and continues to grow at an alarming rate. According to the Ce...

Hearing Assistance: Making Connections Easier Through Your Phone

Brooke Selvidge, Technology Reporter

October 14, 2019

In 2018, students from New York University created an app that translates ASL into text. The creation of apps like this could benefit people who do not understand sign language across the world as they add languages, and greatly improve communication between deaf and hearing communities. Don Lugo's sign...

Mario Kart Tour App Races to First Place

Angela Gutierrez, Performing Arts Reporter

October 8, 2019

Towards the end of September, Nintendo released their Mario Kart Tour racing app that quickly became the number one racing game on the app store. Ever since then people have been playing nonstop trying to beat their best scores and racing against friends. Nintendo claims in their app description that...

Hundreds Arrive In Lincoln County For Viral Area 51 Meme

Aiden Deming, Technology Reporter

September 20, 2019

Last night, avid supporters of the "Storm Area 51" movement began demonstrations outside of the Groom Lake Base entrance. When the original Facebook page for "Storm Area 51" was created back in mid-July 2019, 2 million people vowed they would "rush" the base and with 1.5 million interested. What started...

Netflix’s take over of mainstream television is on its way

Anthony Romero, Editor-in-Chief

February 1, 2019

As technology develops, so does the consumers demand for higher quality products. Cable TV has been around for years, but sadly all things come to an end. Streaming companies are at their peak right now, getting ready to take over mainstream cable television anytime now. Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, Ama...

How to track down Santa

Lorenzo Caldera, Reporter

December 21, 2018

Do you want to know where Santa is on Christmas? Now you can, thanks to the NORAD Santa tracker. US Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, also known as the "Santa Colonel", created the original NORAD Santa tracker in 1955 after a local Sears accidentally printed the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's hotline as...

5 Winter-themed games to get you ready for the holidays

Anthony Winslow, News Editor

December 21, 2018

Sometimes, the holidays don't come along as easy as you'd hope. Even with Christmas music starting the day after Thanksgiving, houses lit up so bright you can't sleep, and an endless supply of freshly baked desserts, it's tough to get in the mood to celebrate. This calls for some serious atmosphere. Luckily,...

An Enclosing Blanket – Kessler Syndrome

Aiden Deming, Technology Reporter

December 14, 2018

After 5 decades' worth of space industrialization, and after launching thousands of satellites into orbit, we are now currently entering the breaking point as space debris, left over from years upon years of space travel. Such space debris could offset much of current day technologies to the 1970s, dreams...

Fallout 76: PR Trainwreck

Anthony Winslow, News Editor

December 13, 2018

Ever since its announcement at E3 2018, Fallout 76 has been one of the most hotly contested-over games of the year. Many fans were wary of an always-online Fallout game, worried that it would be less about interacting with an interesting world through a personalized character, and more about fighting...

T-Series Set to Overthrow YouTube Celebrity PewDiePie In 24 Hours

Aiden Deming, Technology Reporter

October 26, 2018

In a head to head battle on who will be the most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world. T-Series, a popular music label in Bollywood, is now set to overthrow famous English oriented internet celebrity Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, also known by his internet pseudonym "PewDiePie". T-Series ...