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Archive - Nov 20, 2008

The imperfections of the college process

By Lizzy Warner
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:01pm
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Every year seniors complain about the college process. It's stressful, and how are we supposed to decide our futures?

What are your Thanksgiving plans?

By Isaac Chambers
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:20pm
Visiting friends and family
30% (18 votes)
Staying home and relaxing
33% (20 votes)
Gorging myself with delicious foods
16% (10 votes)
Researching Pilgrims and Native Americans
0% (0 votes)
Power-shopping!
18% (11 votes)
I don't have Thanksgiving plans
3% (2 votes)
Total votes: 61

Girls swimming: Boyce and Nelson off to state

By Maritza Mestre & Erika Belmont
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 7:48pm
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Junior Lisa Boyce and freshman Milee Nelson broke a 14-year drought last weekend for Uni girls swimming when they qualified for the IHSA state meet. Boyce won the 100-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke, while Nelson took the 500 free. They will compete in Friday's state prelims and hope to advance to Saturday's championship finals.

Film review: "Quantum of Solace" worth watching even if just for the random explosions

By Lauren Piester
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 5:55pm
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The most recent Bond flick sent millions flocking to the theaters and took the No. 1 spot at the box office this week, proving that after 46 years and 22 movies, Agent 007 retains his appeal. But did the second Bond movie to star Daniel Craig live up to the hype? Lauren Piester weighs in.

Chambers named Coca-Cola Scholars Program semifinalist

By Gargoyle Staff
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:35am
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Isaac Chambers was been selected as a semifinalist in the 2008-09 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. Nearly 75,000 students applied this year, and only 2,100 have reached this stage. A total of 250 Coca-Cola Scholars will be chosen by mid-February. Fifty of them will receive awards of $20,000 each, while the remaining 200 will each receive $10,000 awards.

Subfreshman musician honored at state contest

By Gargoyle Staff
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:17am
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Chelsea Edwards, a member of the Class of 2013, earned honorable mention at Saturday's Illinois State Music Teachers Association's junior high state piano competition at Wheaton College. She performed pieces by Haydn, Chopin, and Turina. She advanced to the state contest after receiving one of the two top scores at the district competition at Millikin University.

Can Uni's star basketballers live up to this 5-year-old?

By Kahlilah Cooke
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:40am
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As sort of a tipoff to the basketball season, which begins tonight at Kenney Gym for the varsity girls team against Atwood-Hammond, I thought I would create a mini-goal for all of Uni's basketballers:

By the end of the season, you should be able to dribble the ball as well as a certain 5-year-old girl.

Book review: Vampires and werewolves and overdramatization, oh my!

By Katy Metcalf
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:25am
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Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series has become more than just books but a cultural phenomenon, spawning fan clubs and earning many devoted readers all across the globe. Just the mention of the name Edward Cullen has the power to make girls scream. With the movie version of the first novel scheduled to open in theaters on Friday, Katy Metcalf takes a look at the series and wonders what the appeal is.