Into the Woods “a Hoot”

Maddie Henry, Spotlight Staff Writer
April 25, 2013
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

              Going to musicals are normally the last thing on my agenda, but this year I was extremely excited to see what the students had put together. This year’s performance also blew me completely away. The characters in Into The Woods were portrayed very well. They worked... Read more »

Review: Remembrance Year

Renne Price, Spotline Staff Writer
April 1, 2013
Filed under Opinion

            My taste in poetry can be considered mediocre at best. I’ve struggled to grasp the context and emotion that exist within the limits of stanza structure and syllable counts. When Shane Koyczan’s “To This Day” appeared to me through endless scrolling online, I ignored it at first.... Read more »

Review: Moby Dick

Daniel Saunders, Spotline Staff Writer
March 29, 2013
Filed under Opinion

Many people's first experience with Moby Dick is much like my own; awestruck by the sheer size of the book and understanding  of the book to be exceptionally boring. This concerns are certainly legitimate as Moby Dick is rather long and is rather boring at times. In takes a certain type of humor to... Read more »

Review: Beautiful Creatures

Luaren Roman, SPOTLIGHT STAFF WRITER
March 15, 2013
Filed under Opinion

As an avid reader of the Beautiful Creatures series, I was highly disappointed in the movie. Of course, movies are almost never as good as the books, but that is an understatement for this book-movie duo.  Very many elements of this movie were inaccurate and badly portrayed. First, there were so many... Read more »

Review: Imagine Dragons – Radioactive

MADDIE HENRY, Spotline Staff Writer
March 14, 2013
Filed under Opinion

  Imagine Dragons is a band that I have been obsessed with for the past four months. Within the last couple of weeks my obsession with them has been drifting off its normal rapid course, but I came across a new song of theirs called Radioactive that sparked my love for them all over again. Radioactive... Read more »

Patch enjoys first trip to Emperor’s

Zachary Patch, Webmaster
March 1, 2013
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

Everyone was so surprised when I told them I had never been to Emperor's Grill. Honestly, I didn’t even know where it was. After asking around it seemed like everyone in our school had been, so of course I had to go for my self. With the helped of my friends, I ventured to this popular restaurant.... Read more »

Review: Dubstep

Jackson Mace, Spotline Staff Writer
February 11, 2013
Filed under Opinion

  The beat builds. The tempo is pushed faster and faster. Girls and boys alike bob their heads as the music builds. And then the bass drops, it fills the dance floor. A common occurrence whenever dubstep plays at a dance. “Dubstep is a genre of electronic music,” senior Jake Smith said.... Read more »

Review: Andover’s Mickey’s FroYo

Hannah Johnson, Spotlight co- Editor in Chief
February 11, 2013
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

I scream, you scream, we all scream for…. frozen yogurt. Recently opened to the public, Mickey’s Yogurt is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop comparable to Orange Leaf or Peachwave. Owner Mandy Berkley shares background on the shop. “My stepdad, Mickey, that’s where the name came from, always... Read more »

Declining the right to Marry?

Jacob Hoepner, Spotlight Copy Editor
February 7, 2013
Filed under Opinion

Imagine of falling in love with somebody. Imagine that you want to spend every second of everyday with them, that you could never stop thinking about them, and that no one had ever made you happier in your life. Now imagine the feeling of not being allowed to marry that person regardless of how bad... Read more »

Review: Christmas Movies

Jacob Hoepner, Spotlight Copy Editor
December 17, 2012
Filed under Opinion

As the hours of sunlight during the day dwindle, and the temperature on our thermostats drop to bitter conditions, we know that wintertime has finally sprung upon us. But wintertime also brings the flicker of our TV’s with perhaps the greatest thing on earth. Christmas movies. Who could forget the... Read more »