The Fray
American alternative rock band, The Fray are scheduled to visit Oxford on Wednesday, April 18th, where the Grammy nominated band will perform in front of thousands of Miami and Talawanda students. With anticipation rising, sophomore Jordan Smith is looking forward to the concert. “I’m so pumped! It’s my favorite band!” Formed in 2002, The Fray […]
Mixtape review: Taylor Allderdice
Taylor Allderdice, Wiz Khalifas latest mixtape. Also, the name of his old high school, signifying he is now coming back to his roots. After the relatively negative feedback of his debut album, his return is here. In most rapper’s careers there is a falling point, where either fans stay and listen, or fall out. Wiz […]
Halo 4 Update
Hello, everyone. And welcome to another edition of The Gaming Corner, with me, Justin Nipper. Today I will be giving you a bunch of extra juicy news about the next installment of Microsoft’s largest and most popular gaming franchise, Halo 4. To start it out, I’ll give you guys some information that every veteren of […]
What’s in Store For Jersey Shore?
With Snooki pregnant and Mike “The Situation” in rehab, questions and rumors are flying around for the future plans of the hit reality show Jersey Shore. It was world news when it was announced that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was pregnant with her first child with now fiancé, Jionni Lavelle. While the mother to be was excited, fans […]
Rock N’ Roll Reunion?
Saturday, April 14, 2012 has the potential to be one of biggest nights in music history if the original line up for Guns N’ Roses reunite for one one night as they are inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. This would be historic considering all five original members (Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy […]
May the Odds be in Your Favor, Freshmen
On Friday, March 23rd, THS freshmen walked uptown to the Princess Theater to see the new film The Hunger Games. The movie came as an incentive for taking the practice OGT’s. Freshmen students came into school at the normal time of 7:45 along with the sophomores. Practice OGT’s counted as no grade for them. […]
MusicNOW–2012
The MusicNOW contemporary music festival has been taking place in Cincinnati since 2006. In that time, renowned artists such as Glenn Kotche, Andrew Bird, and Justin Vernon have showcased new material to small audiences of dedicated and interested fans. “MusicNOW invites contemporary music and artists that take risks and do not fit neatly into categories.” […]
THS Drama Prepares to Perform “Said and Meant”
THS’s spring Drama production has caused a lot of buzz due to the content in the risky choice for the Spring play. “Said and Meant is about the inherent difficulty in communicating person to person. People use assumptions, implications, and their actions, and this play explores what happens when these devices are improperly used or thrown […]
Jack Gillespie’s “21 Jump Street” Review
Movies based on television shows are not known to be particularly revered among the general populace. Just within the last few years we’ve seen the second-rate Bewitched, the boring The A-Team, and the absolute affront to humanity MacGruber. Even the successful ones bring about mixed criticism (The Simpsons Movie). Given this mediocre track record, I […]
Degradation of Lyricism in Hip-Hop
Hip-hop has, since it’s birth on the mean streets of New York in the early 70’s, always been about expressing yourself, your surroundings, and personal ideologies through melodic poetry with rhythm. The lyricism contained within this poetry has always been a large factor in the genre of Hip-hop. As of lately though people seem to […]