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Classics vs. contemporary: Maybe schools should try to find more of a balance between all genres available to readers

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 9:34am

Classics vs. contemporary

By the end of the school year, thousands of students are ready to throw their copies of Shakespeare into a bonfire, frustrated from analyzing the complicated and often confusing language of the classics.

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Illustration by WINNIE CHOW/Clearfield High School/tricklingrain@yahoo.com

Shake off bad-day blues

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Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 10:48am

You've had another one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days.

You know the sort -- nothing goes right and everything goes wrong. All you want is to retreat to your bedroom with pajamas and a teddy bear, scarf down a pint of Ben & Jerry's, and not emerge for days.

Before you take the lid off that ice cream, though, stop and consider. Will consuming 60 grams of fat and becoming a social recluse really make you feel better? Most likely not. There are alternatives, however, to help you shake off those bad-day blues.

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Photo illustration by JESSICA HEYWOOD/Morgan High School/jessicajomorgan@hotmail.com

Many benefits come with learning a foreign language

Kalli Damschen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 1:30pm

Español. Français. Deutsch.

There are more than 6,000 languages in the world, and while many of these are not commonly taught and aren't spoken in most countries, students can reap a variety of benefits, both academic and personal, from studying any foreign language.

High school can be one of the very best times to learn a language. There are few other periods in life when you'll have as many opportunities to freely attend a class under the instruction of an experienced teacher.

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Don't let an accident ruin your snow day

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Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 9:46am

Don't let an accident ruin your snow day

The fall collage of oranges and browns has been buried under a blanket of snow, and ski resorts all across Northern Utah are opening their doors for the season. Before you hit the slopes however, there are a few things you should know.

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POTTERMORE: It all ends here ... or does it?

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Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 10:25am

J.K. Rowling recently released a mysterious video announcing something called Pottermore, the name itself enough to send many crazed fans into a hysteria comparable to the release of the final movie.

Back in July, millions of Potter fans around the world flocked to the midnight premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," bedecked in robes and adorned with fake lightning-bolt scars and round glasses. This movie was to mark the culmination of a story that had begun 21 years previously when, during an extended train ride, a single mother imagined the story of a boy who didn't know he was a wizard.

That writer was Rowling and her ascent to fame and fortune soon followed as Harry Potter mania swept across the world. Fans eagerly awaited the release of each book and movie over the years, turning out in large numbers to every premiere. And now, in 2011, it had ended.

Or so we thought.

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