2018-2019 Take a look at some of our award-winning photos and designs from the 2018-2019 FSPA competition season. 2017-2018 Sun Sentinel Staffer of the Year – Genna Nordling and Abbie Tuschman 2nd Place, Best Website 2nd Place, Best Overall 3rd Place, Special Project 3rd Place, Best Use of Social... Read more

BY NOAH CASTAGNA As an egotistical businessman and a crooked politician steal the nation’s stage in what is perhaps one of the most controversial elections of all time, Channel One News has begun preparations for their widely successful OneVote mock election to encourage students to take part in the historical... Read more

  BY NOAH CASTAGNA The engineering-minded tinkerers of Cooper City High have found a new home: Foundations of Robotics Honors. Unlike other engineering courses, Foundations of Robotics provides students hands-on experience with planning and building projects ranging from complex circuits to terrestrial automatons. However, that’s not the only thing that... Read more

BY NOAH CASTAGNA As Hurricane Hermine tears its way up the Gulf, many former Cooper City High students are making the mad dash to throw up their shutters and stock up on essentials like water, canned foods, and batteries, as well as preparing themselves to make productive use of their... Read more

SOURCE: SKYLER-JONES BOXWELL BY: NOAH CASTAGNA Defined as “the act of willfully allowing one’s ears to bleed” by Urban Dictionary, Nickelback is perhaps one of the most hated rock bands of all time. Misguided critical attention has plagued the group since their debut, with many pointing out their lazy power... Read more

BY: NOAH CASTAGNA Going into Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, I was expecting a trainwreck. The critics had bashed the film with brutal precision, pinpointing its jarring editing, weak storytelling, and poor character writing as massive issues bogging down a movie brimming with potential. They were not wrong in... Read more

  BY: NOAH CASTAGNA AND DANIEL LEIBOWITZ “Make Donald Drumpf Again.” A satirical wordplay on Donald Trump’s infamous campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Only, instead of propagating an idealistic version of America, it is instead mocking a name held by Donald Trump’s German ancestors. The meme originated on HBO’s... Read more

BY: NOAH CASTAGNA When asked of what ever happened to the girl from “Across the Sea,” Weezer frontman and songwriter Rivers Cuomo responded, “Good question. I don’t know the answer.” This succinct, earnest acknowledgement reverberates the raw vulnerability of the masterpiece that is Weezer’s Pinkerton. Met with critical backlash upon... Read more

BY: DARIAN SABLON AND NOAH CASTAGNA Bob Iger, a chairman at Disney, has recently stated that Disney could literally do Marvel and Star Wars movies forever. This raises an interesting premise: is Disney so sure that people will always demand superhero movies and never tire of the genre? No one... Read more

BY: NOAH CASTAGNA The American rock band, Weezer, has announced The White Album. The album has been described as a Beach Boys-inspired LP and is set for release on April 1st. Along with the announcement, the band has released a music video for “King of the World,” the newest of... Read more