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With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I’ve put together a list of the top three desserts to make this St. Patty’s Day. To stay on theme, all the recipes will include green ingredients. The first recipe is mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches. You will need thin mint Girl Scout cookies and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Place
This year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were very exciting with the best winter athletes coming together for two weeks to compete for the title of best in the world. One of the most exciting and anticipated Winter Olympic events is snowboarding. There are many snowboarding events in the olympics, including slopestyle, halfpipe, snowboard cross, big air, and the giant parallel slalom.
Chinese New Year is a traditional and very important Chinese holiday that occured on February 16th of 2018. It was originally a festival to honor ancestors as well as holy or sacred beings. It is also known as the Spring Festival, which is the literal translation from the Chinese name. It is also referred to as the Lunar New Year
This past Saturday, March 3rd, the Darby gymnastics team wrapped up an exciting season at the Ohio High School State Gymnastics Meet. Teams from all around the state gathered at Hilliard Bradley High School this past weekend to compete. Friday night, March 2nd, was the team competition. Darby did not compete at the team event, however, the Bradley gymnastics team
With the 2018 Olympics ending, athletes have been awarded their medals, including the twelve Men’s Hockey teammates who competed in Pyeongchang. On Saturday, February 24th, Germany and the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) competed in the Gold Medal game for Men’s Hockey. The OAR was the favorite to win, led by two decorated and respected former NHL Players, Paval Datsyuk
Every four years 72% of people all over the world spend 18 days with their eyes glued to screens in order to watch the Winter Olympics. Currently, the 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. After many delays, the women’s downhill skiing final took place on Monday night, and all of the attention was on Lindsey Vonn,
Junior Amanda Neighbarger created an award-winning ceramics piece. Her piece titled “Wrapped” hinted towards the pieces of clay being ‘wrapped’ around the middle sections of the piece. Alliance for Young Artists and Writers is a non-profit organization that gives The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. They showcase and award students with outstanding art or writing skills. This year there were
As February comes to a close, it is time to look back on the month and remember that even though people associate it with love because of Valentine’s Day, there is much more to this month. It is a month to honor and remember the strong black men and women who went through so much and fought so hard to
The nominations for the 90th annual Oscars were announced at the end of January from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Academy President John Bailey revealed the nominees in 24 categories with Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. With this being the third big award show for films, some of the same nominees and winners can be expected. Guillermo
Last Sunday, Darby’s tumbling competition cheer team finished third against Davidson and Dublin Jerome. With two weeks left in the season the team is working hard everyday to win another state championship for the school. The last time competition cheer won a state championship was in 2016. Junior Jeani Bounemany described what it was like winning a state championship and
The ACT Prep session was on February 14 of last week. Originally it was supposed to be the week before, but due to a snow day it was postponed. About sixty students participated in the day long event and found it very helpful, as well as making them feel more confident about the actual ACT, which is available to take
As most know, there has been much controversy surrounding North Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. South Korea wanted North Korea to come, and even proposed a unified team of the two Koreas at the Games. North and South Korea have been in conflict with one another for quite some time now, but will this step
We are out for change. Whether we are called millennials, Post Millenials, the iGeneration, or Generation Z, those born at the turn of the century are proving themselves to the world. These high achieving, vocal, and ambitious youth are unlike any before them. The youngest American generation is creating waves on world stages, changing political environments they can not even
The Darby girls gymnastics team showed off their talents at the Little Districts competition this past Monday. Teams from all across the district gathered at Hilliard Davidson to showcase their gymnasts in the events that they would not be competing in this coming Saturday at Districts. Darby came into the meet with some momentum after placing first at OCC’s and
Black Panther is considered by some to be one of the best Marvel movies of all time. Not only is the plot of the movie fantastic, but it is the first Marvel movie with an African American protagonist. Black Panther has received praise from almost every person who has seen the movie and even received a 97% rating from RottenTomatoes.
On Tuesday, January 30th, President Donald Trump gave the first State of the Union address of his presidency at the Capitol Building. The event outlined the President Trump’s plan for the upcoming year and beyond. The first point Trump went over in his speech was his idea of “America First”. Trump ran on the idea that he would put America
After a “ruff” game, Team Fluff came out on top with a 52 to 47 win and took home the Lombarky Trophy in the 2018 Puppy Bowl XIV run by Animal Planet. This year’s 90 puppies were rescued from places rocked by hurricanes this past year including Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas. Animal planet worked with 48 different animal and
Last week Hilliard City Schools had a four day weekend and some might not know what exactly it is for, but on Monday, February 19th, schools around the nation will be out because it is our annual President’s Day. It celebrates the birth of the first President, George Washington, who was born on February 22, 1732. There are not a
What better time to express your love to friends, family or partners than Valentine’s Day! This holiday is a favorite of many because of how fun and lighthearted it is, but what is Valentine’s Day exactly and why do we celebrate it annually? It is said that Valentine’s Day originated from the legend of Saint Valentine, a Roman priest. How
This past Friday the Darby girls JV basketball team played their last regular season game at home against Thomas Worthington. After leading for most of the game, the score got close in the fourth quarter before the Panthers were able to pull out a victory. The final score was 39-32 after both teams played an impressive game. To start the