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Este mapa de banderas de América Latina que representa a cada nación por su bandera revela la diversidad de culturas presentes en la región. Ilustración de Presjuri. Consultado en Wikimedia Commons. Publicado nuevamente aquí bajo una licencia creative commons.
Latino no siempre significa Mexicano
Ava Deviney, Luka Alvarez-Scarborough, Ana Mejia, and Sadie Roselle March 23, 2024

La proximidad entre México y los Estado Unidos ha resultado inevitablemente en el intercambio cultural. Mientras que esta admirable fusión promueve unidad, también ha resultado...

A trophy dedicated more to itself than to the artist.
Awards shows: so what?
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Elizabeth Miller shoots a three while playing in a game for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo courtesy of Miller.
From player to coach
Maya Tackett, staff reporter • March 25, 2024

Ever since picking up a basketball for the first time when she was four years old at a YMCA camp, Elizabeth Miller’s life has been shaped by the sport. She started competing...

The rough design of the new fields, including many new facilities such as new sidewalks, concessions, shot put and lights.
From dirt to dime
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Hundreds of young people gathered in Zilker Park following John Lennons Dec. 8, 1980 assassination.
Political bands
Jennifer Hill, staff reporter • February 29, 2024

The electric twang of a guitar rises above the chaos and confusion of a young world. Since 1978, there has been a resurgence of New Wave music. It started in the '60s with...

Shoah Creek, covered by a glaze of snow, posted majestically through its snow covered banks during the snow storm of January 10, 11, and 12. Mother Nature and Dr. Davidson caused school the be canceled. Students have not attended a full week of school in eight weeks. Future snows are hoped for.
Snow embraces city
February 8, 2024
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Elizabeth Miller shoots a three while playing in a game for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo courtesy of Miller.
From player to coach
Maya Tackett, staff reporter • March 25, 2024

Ever since picking up a basketball for the first time when she was four years old at a YMCA camp, Elizabeth Miller’s life has been shaped by the sport. She started competing...

Going the extra mile
Going the extra mile
March 5, 2024
The ensemble of She Stoops to Conquer runs through a production before the UIL competition. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Brookby.
'She Stoops to Conquer' advances to bi-district round
Maya Tackett, staff reporter • March 22, 2024

She Stoops to Conquer, the theater’s One-Act play for this year’s UIL is an 18th-century satirical-comedy of manners that questions the way the upper class of society...

Our critic asked three questions as she reviewed each pizza: Was it delicious? Was it authentic? Was it affordable?
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Nagle poses with friends at the Mothic Wreckage release party on Feb. 8. Photo courtesy of Nagle.
Writing the wreckage
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A PRIDE-FUL WEEK OF CELEBRATION:
As part of AISDs week-long celebration of PRIDE, students of the McCallum Spectrum Club worked to create a week full of activities, prizes and helping hands to support the schools LGBTQ+ community. The club is widely available for anyone to join, and specializes in creating a safe space for students to share and give advice. While Pride month itself isn’t until June, AISD designates one week in March to celebrate and commemorate the importance of this part of the student body. 

As part of the week of festivities, the club held a booth in the front hall handing out pride stickers, pins and merch to passers by. For junior Zane Joly, the booth idea was brought up as a way for students to engage with one another, and connect with the community. 

“I call out to people in the halls, ‘hey, do you want stickers?’” Joly said. “We just give out free pride stickers and sometimes other free pride merch to the students of Macallum because everybody likes pride stickers.” 

While the week itself is packed with a variety of different activities, the overall goal is to bring students closer together and create a safer environment for self expression at McCallum. 

“The idea for the student panel largely came from the black [history] student panel that is done during Black History Month,” Joly said. “And the idea for giving out free stuff was developed at Spectrum last year.”

Joly is not only a member of the Spectrum club, but also holds a leadership position giving them a more hands-on role with the projects and Pride Week activities. 

“McCallum has a very high queer population,” Joly said. “I think Its nice that we get a chance to celebrate Pride because Pride Month is during the summer, and I think its just a nice thing for the community and getting to just celebrate it.”

While the merch table at lunch was only a small part of the numerous parts of McCallum’s Pride week, for Joly this small impact made all the difference. 

“The purpose of Pride is to make people not feel alone and to make them feel safe,” Joly said. “The goal is [to make people] happy about a part of themselves that theyre often conditioned to not feel good about.”

Caption by Chloe Lewcock. Photo by Shila Gill.
McCallum takes 'PRIDE' in LGBTQ community
Shila Gill, Chloe Lewcock, Beatrix Lozach, Priya Thoppil, and Francie Wilhelm March 26, 2024

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The classical guitar program held its annual Battle of the Bands on Thursday, Jan. 18. The event is the program’s largest fundraiser, with ticket sales funding guitar purchases, guest masterclass and scholarships for performances. The top two winners earned the chance to play at Hole in the Wall. This year’s winners were Red River Trucking Co., who came in first, followed by Henry Jewesson.
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