CCA Educates the World
Deborah Rubin, Staff Writer
April 16, 2013
The National Honor Society is known for stimulating students’ desire in local service, but this year Calvary Christian Academy’s society is educating the world. The National Honor Society is an honorary program, not a club, that exclusively selects students based on academic excellence, leadership,... Read more »
The New Face of America
Andrew Gottfried, Writer
April 15, 2013
There has been a major demographic shift underway in the United States in the past four or five decades. Minority births in our country including Hispanic, Black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Alaska native are on pace to outnumber those of non-Hispanic whites by the... Read more »
Operation Christmas Child
Cathryn Knapp, Staff Writer
December 12, 2012
The amber glow of crackling flames, the golden toast of a buttery marshmallow, the cinnamon undertones of holiday brews, the fuzzy cushion of red and green socks, and the long-awaited aroma of a glittering nine-foot evergreen… yes, it is FINALLY that time of year! Yet amidst the wonderland, a more... Read more »
Obama, Socialism, and America’s Future
Jessica Gushue, Senior Writer
October 23, 2012
You’ve heard the slogan Change. Change implies something different than what has been. America has never had a president with socialistic policies or plans that strive at nationalizing education and healthcare. Support of infanticide and gay marriage is certainly a change from standard Christian beliefs,... Read more »
END TIMES. Dooms Day or New Day on Earth?
Kyle Swenson, Staff Writer
June 7, 2012
Out of time? Preparing for the end of the world?” Movies, TV shows, newspapers and magazines’ headlines all across the world would have you believe the end is near. Interestingly, though, it’s not just the TV networks and Hollywood films that are talking about Dooms Day. No, students, just like... Read more »
What is Chrislam?
Susy Urrutia, Staff Writer
June 7, 2012
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” —2 Timothy... Read more »
World Religions: Who is right?
Jessica Gushue, Senior Writer
May 30, 2012
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it; that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but... Read more »
WARNING! Sugar is not Good for your Health
Rachel Toalson, Staff Writer
May 30, 2012
How much is too much? This question regarding sugar that most Americans do not ask themselves too often. According to the Nutrition Action Healthletter, the average American consumes 22 to 28 teaspoons of added sugars a day. That is a lot! Studies show that if people want too see a slimmer waist-line... Read more »
Olympics London 2012
Annie Harley, Staff Writer
May 25, 2012
The Olympic countdown begins as the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will take place in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August. This is good news for London, who has not hosted the games since 1948.Because London was chosen over Moscow, New York... Read more »
Titanic Turns 100
Rachel Toalson, Staff Writer
April 3, 2012
At about 2 a.m. on April 15, 1912, after the Titanic set sail over the Pacific Ocean, the grandest passenger liner in the world hit an iceberg and capsized, breaking apart, and plummeting to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Once, it was called the “Ship of Dreams,” or the “Unsinkable Ship,”... Read more »