Pirates on a roll
Trevor Yearout
December 20, 2010
The Pirates’ basketball program is off to its best start in three years. Following two dismal seasons where they were winless against varsity opponents, the Pirates have won three games already this season, the most recent victory a 62-43 stream rolling of the Excelsior Springs Tigers. The Pirates... Read more »
Girls swim meet helps improve times
Miranda Bruner, Opinion Editor
December 20, 2010
During the girls’ swim meet at Blue Springs South on Dec. 15 helped to improve the girls’ times. Although the attendance was few, they still got “pumped up” to endure each of their events. Overall, the girls beat Raytown South with a score of 107-63. Although that victory was well deserved, the... Read more »
‘Black Swan’ is a bright film
Chloe Jackson, A&E Editor
December 20, 2010
The psychological thriller “Black Swan” was finally released in the Kansas City area Dec. 17. The film, which is nominated for four Golden Globes and has won numerous awards, stars Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers, Mila Kunis as Lily, Vincent Cassel as Thomas Leroy, and Barbara Hershey as Nina’s... Read more »
Changing facebook photos to cartoons.
Porschea Rockhold, Reporter
December 20, 2010
There’s something dangerous going on on Facebook and it should stop before someone gets really hurt. Some people have said on their Facebook statuses, “Please change your profile pictures to a cartoon characters so that we can help children.” It’s to be believed that children will accept unknown... Read more »
Lady Pirates slay the Panthers
Caitlyn Nickerson, Reporter
December 17, 2010
The Lady Pirates basketball team traveled to Raymore Peculiar on Dec. 17 and came up with a ‘come from behind’ victory of 52-49. The first quarter was interrupted by the fire alarm and the building was evacuated to the cold chilly weather. Once the building was cleared, the first quarter was... Read more »
’127 Hours’ traps audiences
Clayton Smith, Reporter
December 17, 2010
How extreme would a situation need to be for you to cut your own arm off? While this question evokes thoughts of horror movies like Saw, Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” is based off of a very real and horrific event. In this impressively cinematic movie, Aron Ralston, played by James Franco,... Read more »
New PE uniform rule causes some controversy
Miranda Bruner, Opinion Editor
December 16, 2010
Everyone remembers those uniforms that Yeokum PE students have to wear. The grey t-shirt, and the purple shorts that can make the most feminine girl look like a guy. The glory of high school can give students the freedom to choose what they wear, which could be a good or bad thing. Which is why the new... Read more »
Today’s society has a distorted view on beauty
Kathryn Waugh, Student Life Editor
December 16, 2010
In today’s society, everything focuses on skinny women and the media’s idea on what beauty is. What is this teaching children across the country? It teaches them that one can only beautiful if you are skinny. America has a distorted view of what pretty is. Seeing how “obese”... Read more »
Pirates dominate Winnetonka Griffins
Zack Johnson, Sports Co-Editor
December 16, 2010
The Belton Pirates Wrestling team secured their fifth victory (third in conference) Tuesday, with a huge margin of victory over the Winnetonka Griffins. Belton won nine out of thirteen bouts, with six of the victories coming by way of pin, and one by technical fall. The night started with the 152 pound... Read more »
Lady Pirates defeat Griffins
Emily Evans, Reporter
December 16, 2010
The Lady Pirates basketball team played a tough game and stole a win from the Winnetonka Griffins in a close score of 43-37. Sophomore Ashley Cole played her part and managed to score nine points during the game. She said she felt the team played a great game and she thought she did good as an individual,... Read more »
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