Huntingtown High School’s Online Student Newspaper
With this mini-issue, we’ve got both good and bad news. The good: we are pleased to announce that the Coca-Cola Company is now sponsoring The Hurricane Nation—so look out for various Coke-related advertisements and content in the following pages!
Unfortunately, the bad news is pretty bad: we are sad to report that beloved AP US History and ICONS teacher Mr. James will retire at the year’s close. Check out the article for teacher and student tributes.
On lighter notes, we have reviews of concerts, plays, and movies, as well as a take …
by Roopa Srivastava
Global warming. Pollution. Waste. These are just some of the many environmental issues occurring now.
Environmentalists have been working to limit these issues, but they aren’t the only ones. Some Huntingtown High School students have been doing their own share of helping the environment, making their own purses, pencil pouches and even lamps.
The women shared many light-hearted moments at Truvy's beauty salon.
Darcy Whelan and DJ Riddle share a hug in the cafeteria.
by Emily Mutschler
Whether it’s a bear hug—or another of the more “bromantic” variety— hugging seems to be gaining popularity at school.
Dear Aspiring Scholar.
You can call it a class, but I’m not sure that would be the proper word. If you’re a pirate then it may be your crew. If you’re an athlete then this is your team. And if you’re going to be the president, this would be your cabinet. Newspaper class, if you must call it that, is a gathering of those gifted few students who take a special interest in journalism, after all, the class is technically called Journalism: Newspaper II or III.
With that said, you’re likely not a …
by Shaj Mathew
Sam Howards, a Huntingtown senior, casually opens the door to her maroon Mercedes SUV on a dreary March afternoon. She puts the key in ignition, shifts into drive, looks out for traffic – and then whips out her neon blue LG Xenon cell phone.
Her slim fingers race along a full QWERTY keypad, which she places at bottom of her steering wheel as she begins to drive. She furiously taps a text on the sleek silver pad, only looking down to read her completed message. Howards’ eyes dart around …
It’s been awhile. Snowmaggedon, Snowpocalypse, SNOMG – whatever you want to call February’s massive two-foot snowfall– has thrown off teams, left classes behind schedule and, if you were keeping track, delayed the release of this newspaper. It’s finally arrived as a March edition that covers a diverse array of topics: Winter Olympians our age, a review of MTV’s Jersey Shore and its fist-pumping influence on Huntingtown, Facebook privacy settings you should change the next time you login in (aka in ten minutes), and dating advice – in comic form.
We also …
by Maddy Pomilla
I like the Jonas Brothers. That’s right. I said it.
by Kevin McGuire
Apple introduced the iPhone in January of 2007, a combination of a touch-screen iPod and a cell phone. Three years and two versions later, Apple has now done it again: on June 18th, Apple introduced the iPhone 3G S.
by Roopa Srivastava
Vampires, adventure, love. No I’m not talking about Twilight - this is more of a historical vampire series.
by Brian Merewitz
The St. Ledger Award was created by Will St. Ledger in 2005, passed to Shannon St. Ledger in 2007, but with the lack of another St. Ledger, I have been granted the privilege of writing this column.
Browse the November edition of the Hurricane Nation below. Click the center to zoom in and use the left and right arrows to turn the pages.
by Nisa Hussain
Shocking as it is, I happen to like Flex Lunch. I realize I am part of the minority in the school population of irritated students. But this early in the year, it’s a little bit irritating hearing those students pout and complain endlessly already about how much they hate one hour lunch. I’m not saying I think they are all wrong and annoying, because I myself have my own reservations about the new system. Instead, I just think everyone should keep an open mind about it and go …
by Shaj Mathew
From our seemingly interminable wars in the Middle East to our recent health care firestorm, we are a nation beset by a litany of issues — and, perhaps, more disturbingly, fewer solutions.
President Obama has set aside the health care debate as his first domestic priority. Unfortunately for the president, an intransigent Republican party is determined to defeat any measures that would provide tangible health care reform — without providing said solutions to improve upon the current bill.
While the outrage over the nonexistent death-panels has subsided, myths and outright …
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