04/19/2012 – Apple Scent, IKEA Marriage, and Drive-Thru Etiquette
Editor’s Note: The Blip includes short headlines with odd, feel-good, informational, or pointless material. Stories are presented in a fast, easy-to-read format with news that will make you laugh and be enlightened. The Blip is updated daily. The scent of Apple No, that title does not contain an error. It’s not the scent of apples, […]
Update on The Voice
The Voice is back, bigger and better than the previous season. The expectations are higher and the voices are bolder. The Voice is a show that is somewhat similar to American Idol. America votes for members of each team to stay in the running to become The Voice. Instead of having judges, there are four […]
Gleekers, the Wait is Over
The suspense is finally at ease, glee fans. Fox’s hit television show Glee returned to the air Tuesday, April 10th. As the show ended for the season in January, a main character, Quin was seen texting and driving, and the last scene was her car hitting a semi truck head-on. The show ended with the […]
04/17/2012 – Crashes, Government “Brilliance” with Philips, and News in Haikus
Editor’s Note: The Blip includes short headlines with odd, feel-good, informational, or pointless material. Stories are presented in a fast, easy-to-read format with news that will make you laugh and be enlightened. The Blip is updated daily. Dumb crashes Click the location for the original story. Omaha, Nebraska – A man, trying to save his […]
Celebrating the Earth for Over Thirty Years
Sunday, April 22nd marks Earth Day, an observation on the need to protect the Earth’s environment. Earth day is celebrated in many countries, and consists of many people uniting and taking action to take care of the environment and inform other people about what they can do to help. In spring of 1970, senator Gaylord Nelson […]
Spring Break
For many students, spring break is often regarded as the light at the end of the tunnel after half a semester of difficult classes and an intense workload. But students have shown that stress relief during spring break can come in many forms. While some head to the beach for a seaside vacation, many decide […]
04/16/12 – Facts on money you don’t know about! (Unless, of course, you do)
Editor’s Note: The Blip includes short headlines with odd, feel-good, informational, or pointless material. Stories are presented in a fast, easy-to-read format with news that will make you laugh and be enlightened. The Blip is updated daily. New Zealand coins intergalactic currency In August of last year, the fabulous country of New Zealand took another […]
American Reunion Review
American Reunion is the best movie I’ve seen so far this year. No, seriously. It’s outright hilarious, as one would expect from a movie of the famed American Pie series. But it also succeeds where the previous three (we are not counting those horrendous spin-offs) movies have failed (or succeeded to a much lesser extent) – […]
Working Against Discrimination
The Gay-Straight Alliance, a new group at Talawanda High School, is working toward a better understanding of diversity at school and in the Oxford community. Juniors Austin Clark and Audrey Macneil founded the club, saying that it began with very little interests for themselves. “We started for signatures last semester, and it basically went from […]
What to do on a rainy day.
With April showers proving to be true this month in Oxford, here are a couple things you can do to pass the time. One: Make a fort in your living room and pretend you’re camping out. If you have siblings it could be fun to tell stories and act like you are roughing it in […]