Significance over Seniority
May 19, 2010 • Lauren Gourley
Filed under BuccaNews, Bucs Life, Top Stories, View from the Crew
I empathize with all the students who will spend their last weeks in school, or even in their entire high school career, mourning over the loss of Allatoona’s “budget cut” teachers. As of the morning of May 11th, some of Cobb County School District’s most influential educators... Read more »
Cell Phone Radiation
May 19, 2010 • Kaitlin Heatherly
Filed under BuccaNews
Dan Brown was a beloved Fresno State football coach in California. No one would think that his life would be cut short so soon. He suddenly developed brain cancer and died in March of last year at the young age of 50. Before he slipped into a coma, he asked his wife, Mindy Brown, to tell... Read more »
A Scar On The Reef
April 29, 2010 • Gabbie Loudermilk
Filed under BuccaNews, Uncategorized
A Chinese ship carrying 68,000 tons of coal was stranded since April 3rd after venturing into restricted areas of the Great Barrier Reef off the north eastern coast of Australia causing serious harm to the fragile ecosystem. The ship released two tons of oil upon impacting the reef and, due... Read more »
A Cloud of Dust that Cost Millions
April 23, 2010 • Kelly Fairbanks
Filed under BuccaNews
Europe has suffered an economic tragedy this past week as a result of the explosion of the volcano in southern Iceland. The volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, erupted on March 20th after being dormant for nearly two hundred years. The explosion on April 14th caused air traffic across northern... Read more »
Is 12 too Young to Kill?
April 13, 2010 • Reed Hausser
Filed under BuccaNews, Uncategorized
Last February, Jordan Brown, who is only 12 years old, was charged with the murder of Kenzie Marie Houk, his father’s pregnant fiance. Unfortunately to say, Houk was just over eight months pregnant with a baby boy when she was murdered. Brown is being charged with not only the homicide... Read more »
Addicted to Food?
April 3, 2010 • Kelly Fairbanks
Filed under BuccaNews
You’re sitting at home eating a chocolate cake. After you finish one piece, you go back for another. You cannot stop eating it because it is “so addicting.” What if this statement was not a figure of speech? What if chocolate cake truly was addicting? ... Read more »
More Egg To The Easter
April 2, 2010 • Amanda Turner
Filed under BuccaNews, Uncategorized
Imagine walking downstairs Easter morning and approaching your Easter basket, only to find the beloved bunny presenting something a little more then the classic jelly beans and springy goodies. Actually this gift didn’t even fit in your basket, and much less the front yard. This extreme surprise just... Read more »
Bombshell Crushes Bullock
April 2, 2010 • Caleigh Dillingham
Filed under BuccaNews
Sandra Bullock is your classic all-American actress that everyone loves. She is described as “charming, hilarious and drop-dead gorgeous” from many. She recently won an Oscar for her performance for Best Actress as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. For the award she beat out actresses such as Meryl... Read more »
Marjah, Afghanistan
March 15, 2010 • Genevieve DeVille
Filed under BuccaNews
In recent news, you may have seen that an additional 30,000 U.S. and 15,000 Afghan and British led NATO forces have invaded the insurgent Taliban-ridden and opium-trafficking city of Marjah, Afghanistan. This offensive, Operation Moshtarak, held in the Helmand Province, is one of the largest... Read more »
It Pays to Save
March 9, 2010 • Amanda Turner
Filed under BuccaNews, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Lake Forest College has experienced the unthinkable- all because of their impact on one former student. Grace Groner had a rough life from the beginning when both her and her twin sister lost their mother and father when they were twelve. Taken in by the Andersons, who were family friends... Read more »
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