Mylo Xyloto–as confusing and intriguing as the name is–so is the music. Popularly acclaimed, Coldplay has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and have won numerous awards, including seven GRAMMY® Awards, six Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards. The band’s last album, 2008’s Viva La Vida, charted at No. [...]
Articles written by: Ashley Jackson
Heroes real legacy will make difference
What does it take to be a hero? The term hero insinuates a multitude of understandings; there are so many perspectives. The term is broad, but when thought of in-depth, the concept of each definition shares one common distinction: heroes represent the entirety of people that lead. People become heroic [...]
Beta Convention creates great memories
Along with some several hundred kids across Arkansas, 22 Beta Club members took a bus, chaperoned by three teachers, to Hot Springs for the annual State Beta Convention. For a single weekend, students competed in several events, and Searcy’s Beta members were very successful and happy with the outcome of [...]
Seniors sign to play football at future colleges
On this eventful day, the entire cafeteria was filled with fellow students, friends, coaches, and family members as three seniors: Chase Caple, Jonothan Powell, and Dezmond Stegall, made permanent commitments to play college football for the upcoming season. Each to his own school of choice, three [...]
Yearbook staff struggles to meet deadlines
It’s some three-hundred pages and full of memories. The Lion, our school’s prideful annual is made by a very small group of talented kids. Sure that’s normal but the thing is, they only have two computers to really work with. “We have twenty people in the room at the same [...]
AP Spanish classes teach elementary students
Broken Spanish and laughter fills the halls as classrooms of kids take their attempt at learning Spanish. Every Thursday of the week, Lori Nielsen’s PAP and AP Spanish classes board a bus and caravan out to the neighborhood Westside Elementary school not even five minutes away. This weekly field trip [...]
Two clubs shop for those who most need help
As a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honorary, and Beta club, part of being a member means volunteering and doing service work to benefit the club, the community, and yourself. This past week, as Christmas was drawing near we club members all got really excited and filled with [...]
Movie fans ‘Breaking Dawn’ for Twilight release at midnight
Who would’ve thought that the parking lot at Searcy Cinema 8 would be filled on a week night? As I parked my car, I was amazed at the already early turn out. It was only nine o’clock, and the movie–that is the premiere of Breaking Dawn, the fourth movie of [...]
Season’s end stirs emotions at senior night
As Senior Night came and went, many emotions were stirred up when the seniors began to realize that their year was coming to an end. Senior band members, cheerleaders and football players, were all recognized on the track that night. Senior Corey Webb reveled in the atmosphere. “My [...]
Rolling Razorbacks compete against local basketball teams
Instead of hearing that familiar squeaking of sneakers on the court; the dribble of a ball and a fast-paced wheel screech took its place on Oct. 25. As the third annual fundraiser, The Rolling Razorbacks met basketball teams around town on the court–for a game of basketball in wheelchairs. Each [...]
