Contenders Brazil: It’s rare to not see Brazil on the contenders list. As five-time winners of the coveted Cup, the Samba Kings seem to have a pedigree of excellence born into their players, demonstrated by the likes of Pele, Rivaldo and Ronaldo. This year’s crop (featuring Kaka, Alexandre Pato and Maicon [...]
Disclaimer to my dearest journalism pals and fellow writers of 2010 senior columns: I don’t intend to hurt any feelings, but I find it a bit redundant to reflect back upon the past four years of high school in writing my senior column. It has been done in some way, [...]
Who: Weezer What: An all-American alternative rock band formed in ’92, Weezer will rock audience members into oblivion with their myriad of drum-and-guitar-heavy songs. Expect a wide array of concertgoers, from the 20-something hipsters to gangly shorts-and-school-T-shirt-wearing teens. Where: City Market When: Friday June 4, 7 p.m. Why: Because nearly [...]
English teacher Elaine Kramer has never owned a cell phone. She is still learning how to create files and folders on a computer. She opens her garage door using the manual pulley system and occasionally writes assignments on a typewriter. To her, it’s more normal than not. Since August, Kramer [...]
Greetings, winter sports fans. Do unforgiving winter wind chills have you down? Does topographically-challenged Kansas have you dreaming of Colorado’s snow-crested vistas? If so, then Bob Costas and his NBC crew have a solution. From the comfort of your own recliner, you can view the XXI Winter Olympic Games on [...]
Perusing gameinformer.com for reviews of video games like “The Beatles: Rock Band” and “Madden NFL 10” may seem unconventional for a librarian. But since 2007, when the Johnson County Library system first incorporated video games into its selection, it has been a normal part of Youth Collection Specialist Debbie McLeod’s [...]
I don’t know who scares me more – the creatures of “Twilight” or the fans of “Twilight.” Each group has certain qualities that bring fear to me. The creatures have their ruthless blood-sucking and extreme paleness, but the fans have the obsessive and protective tendencies of a cornered mother grizzly. [...]
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival frequently elicits the question, “Really?” Adults sword fighting with no real consequences. Men wearing tights that would make King Arthur blush. Medieval taverns brewing Sierra Mist. The list is longer than Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” But fall after fall, Kansas Citians make their annual pilgrimage [...]
When I get out of high school, I am going pro in lifeguarding. I know what you’re thinking: “Mac, that’s ridiculous. Lifeguarding is an entry level summer job for former pool rats who turned 16 and realized that they could make money doing what they did for every summer of [...]
Senior Grant Stauffer has been sent to the nurse’s office twice the past two years, each instance due to Team Games Ultimate Frisbee. During the second semester of Stauffer’s sophomore year, he tore three finger ligaments in his left hand and sprained his wrist after being upended by a competitor [...]
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival frequently elicits the question, “Really?” Adults sword fighting with no real consequences. Men wearing tights that would make King Arthur blush. Medieval taverns brewing Sierra Mist. The list is longer than Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” But fall after fall, Kansas Citians make their annual pilgrimage [...]
