On February 17th, 2012, the much-anticipated sequel to Nicolas Cage’s blockbuster Ghost Rider hit the theaters. When I went to see it, I wasn’t exactly expecting greatness. As a frequent viewer of Lifetime original films and the kind of person who buys 1991 VHSs titled...
State of the Union: ...
posted by jack bello
In this year’s State of the Union speech, the president of the United States did just that– tell the American people the state of the union. Though his administration failed to be as effective as he hoped in the beginning, President Obama has been able to prove that though things may...
Violence continues i...
posted by Zach Page
Growing from the “Arab Spring” protests that began almost a year ago, this March will mark the first anniversary of the unrest rising in Syria. Fighting between the Free Syrian Army rebels and the loyalist forces belonging to Assad have so far claimed an estimated 9000 lives, most...
Scheduling presents ...
posted by ivy dunn
Whether you can believe it or not, the school year is almost over for Dixon High School. For all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, now is the time for planning ahead for the 2012-13 school year. This means that these students will have to start picking their classes for next year, which...
Movie Review: Pursui...
posted by john tosney
The Pursuit of Happyness came out in 2006 and was nominated for an Academy Award. The movie portrays a struggling salesman, Chris Gardner (Will Smith), living in San Francisco having to grind by just trying to make ends meet. It is obvious in the movie Chris is very intelligent, but when he...
The Grammys
posted by Zach Page
With the recent death of R&B icon Whitney Houston less than twenty four hours before music’s biggest night, the Grammys could have been a night of depressing appreciation. But the Grammys stuck to what it has been doing well for a while now: lots of spirited live...
Dixon Soccer in Vega...
posted by derick
Two soccer teams from Dixon went to Las Vegas this past weekend on the 17th to the 19th for the annual soccer tournament. One of those teams was the U-19 Ajax and the other was U-17 Los Amigos. The Ajax mainly consists of last year’s varsity soccer team and Los Amigos was mainly this...
Athlete of the Week:...
posted by jaida aikens
The Athlete of the Week for February 24th through March 2nd is sophomore, Lady Rams basketball player, Rebecca Immel. Born on July 21st, 1996, Rebecca started playing basketball when she was just 3 years old, and now she plays for a year round team. This year has been a very successful one for...
