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The student-run news site of H. B. Plant High School

PHS News

The student-run news site of H. B. Plant High School

PHS News

Kung Fu Tea gives bubble tea a sweet kick

Kung Fu Tea gives bubble tea a sweet kick

Nikki Lund, Staff Artist March 27, 2015

As a self pronounced foodie, I absolutely love all food from Eastern Asia, and when it comes to drinks, I am a fanatic. Many people know about Green Island Tea Bar, located down the street from school,...

Customers should avoid visiting stores right before closing

Customers should avoid visiting stores right before closing

Nikki Lund, Staff Artist March 27, 2015

There is a certain rule of common courtesy to food service that most people don’t understand. It is so utterly rude and inconsiderate when a customer rolls up to the storefront a mere 10 minutes before...

High school students neglect to tip, needs to change

High school students neglect to tip, needs to change

Nikki Lund, Staff Artist March 27, 2015

As someone who works in an ice cream shop in Hyde Park, I find my job to be extremely laid back and easy. The mostly-polite customers find ways to converse with me about the products, my schooling, or...

Tatum, Kunis disappoint in new movie

Bennett Taylor, Opinons Editor March 27, 2015

For something hyped up for years with excessive ads on TV and online, "Jupiter Ascending" fell short. For months, high definition ads with supernatural visuals and Channing Tatum’s face advertised the...

'The DUFF' meets expectations as another pass at crude high school humor

‘The DUFF’ meets expectations as another pass at crude high school humor

Nikki Lund, Staff Artist March 20, 2015

I am very angry at myself for spending $10.69 on such a pile of garbage. I should have known what I was getting myself into after seeing the numerous cringe-worthy trailers - a terrible scenario of high...

Academy Awards fail to capture diversity

Melissa Jassir, Features Editor February 27, 2015

Nominations for the Academy Awards come highly anticipated. While a select group of people agree with the nominations, every year unexpected upsets arise. This year controversy has arisen due to the lack...

Programming provides useful tips for viewers

Programming provides useful tips for viewers

Melissa Jassir, Features Editor February 6, 2015

With the health epidemic sweeping through the 21st century, an increase in television viewing comes as a major complain Bold new headlines arise every year claiming that television will increase the risk...

Concert tours by One Direction and Justin Timberlake made more money than all other road shows combined in 2014,according to Pollstar. The average number of tickets sold for each of One Direction’s 69 stadium shows in 2014 was 73 thousand.

Celebrities change, trends survive

Emily Griewe, Copy Editor February 6, 2015

Teen heartthrobs have long dominated the sphere of popular entertainment. Headshots tattooed with bold headlines tactically aimed to intrigue the “pre- teen” and teenage demographics still tempt shoppers...

Blind 'wrong generation' comments must stop

Blind ‘wrong generation’ comments must stop

E.V Phillips, Sports Editor February 6, 2015

If you’ve spent more than a month browsing the Internet in some fashion, there’s a chance you have come across a certain saying which is tossed around from time to time, “I was born in the wrong...

Pep O' Plant needs love from readers

Pep O’ Plant needs love from readers

Bennett Taylor, Opinions Editor February 6, 2015

Pouring through the distinctive smelling, old and slightly crusty Pep O’ Plants of the 1950s will lead to interesting article finds; gossip columns and extensive re- porting on - now nearly extinct -...

Madrigals Enchants the Audience

Katie Chae, Staff Writer January 7, 2015

As soon as the lights turn on in the stage the audience listens to a frosty tale. Plant High Chorus hosts it’s 20th annual Madrigals in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Hall and this year they have performed...

Pressure reaches peaks as deadlines arise

Pressure reaches peaks as deadlines arise

Melissa Jassir, Features Editor December 16, 2014

College. A word dreaded by all seniors; the one word almost guaranteed to arise in every con- versation. Light workloads notoriously accompany senior year; this assumption lies to each batch of new seniors. To...

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