American Horror Story: Asylum Brings Real Scares To The Small Screen
BY JEREMY HAAS American Horror Story is an extremely suspenseful TV mini-series that just finished airing it’s second season on FX.  It’s considered a “mini series” because with every new season of the show, the story is changed, complete with new characters, setting, and overall theme.  Season one; given... Read more
Review: Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
BY SABRINA VICTOR In “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero”, Political Analyst Chris Matthews portrays a different view of John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, our 35th president. Nearly half a century after JFK’s assassination, he creates a well-written account of his hero’s personal and political history. The book first discusses JFK’s childhood... Read more
Lariat Mix: The Angst List
BY JEREMY HAAS Like everyone else on this newspaper staff, every other kid at CCHS, and almost every American at one point in their lives, I am a high school student.  However during this time filled with love anger and hormones, angst is perhaps one of the most prominent.... Read more
Review: Zero Dark Thirty
BY ALEX BARNARD Director Kathryn Bigelow follows up her critically acclaimed Iraq War film The Hurt Locker with Zero Dark Thirty.  Zero Dark Thirty follows the journey of CIA officer Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, who spends her entire career tracking Osama bin Laden. The film is based off... Read more
Technically Speaking: Consumer Electronics Show
BY ALEX BARNARD The Consumer Electronics Show, commonly referred to as CES, went on January 8th through January 11th in Las Vegas. CES has become a show in which many large tech corporations such as Panasonic and Sony show off disappointingly small iterations in their products. However while several... Read more
Here We Are, Now Entertain Us: Most Overrated Movies
  BY BLUE KAUFMAN Naturally, everyone has their favorite movies, and, as expected, many people share preferences on these famous films. However, while many of these movies are indeed good, do they actually merit the “classic” title they’ve attained? Do they warrant a spot on top 50 movie lists?... Read more
Review: The Hobbit
BY BLUE KAUFMAN After months of delays, The Hobbit (the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy) finally hit theaters on December 14th. The Middle Earth-set film grossed over $150 million in the month of December and continues to dominate movie theaters across the world. However, while The... Read more
Review: Django Unchained
BY BLUE KAUFMAN Let me start off by saying that when it comes to Quentin Tarantino, it’s difficult to find a bigger fan than myself. I’m thoroughly and completely infatuated with Pulp Fiction, the ultimate advocate for Kill Bill, and I was completely rendered speechless after watching the brilliance that is Inglorious Basterds.... Read more
Game On: Video Games Cost Too Much
BY ALEX BARNARD Almost every week of the year a new video game is released into an already flooded market.  At retail store, these games typically sell for $60, a price that often scares away many consumers.  For many obscure or poorly marketed games, this price typically leads to... Read more
Isn’t It Grande: Ariana Grande’s Star Is On The Rise
BY STACEY PASTERNAK If you went to a certain Florida Panthers ice hockey game about eleven years ago, you’d have heard an eight-year-old girl singing the National Anthem. No big deal right? Every sporting event has somebody singing the national anthem.  Little did this girl, or anybody else know,... Read more