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Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) and Dash McMahon (Channing Tatum) venture the jungle stranded.

‘The Lost City’ a classic rom-com success

Grace Vitale and Amaya Collier
June 1, 2022
A cornucopia of Senior Carnival images

A cornucopia of Senior Carnival images

Evie Barnard, Leah Gordon, and Dave Winter
May 28, 2022
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT: Junior Charlotte Blackmon (Eurydice) performs one of the final scenes in the second act of MacTheatre’s production of Eurydice. During the scene, Eurydice, who has just reconnected with Orpheus in the underworld, contemplates whether or not Orpheus is truly her husband or not. For Blackmon, developing such a complex character took time. “Eurydice is probably the most difficult character I’ve ever played,” Blackmon said. “I got an idea of who she was when I read the script, but running the scenes and physically being in the position of the character helped me connect to her more.” Reporting by Alice Scott.

During furious fine arts weekend, twin theaters teeming with thespians, vocalists, pianists, filmmakers

Kiki Baker, Morgan Eye, Tate Jones, Lucy Marco , Caroline Owen, Samantha Powers, Lydia Reedy , Alice Scott, Francie Wilhelm, and Avi Zeifman
May 24, 2022
BALLADS AND BLUES: Sophomores King Perez-Cude and Joaquín Frazier, from the student band Red River Trucking Company, play a set of country-rock tunes, including traditional bluegrass tunes, Chris Stapleton’s “Midnight Train to Memphis” and an original song called “Ballad of an Outlaw Fugitive” at the Mr. Myers send-off concert. “We’re a rock band usually, but we have a lot of old school country and blues elements, so we decided to go acoustic,” Frazier said. He describes their style as complicated. “We’re kind of all over the place, but I would say blues or southern rock with some serious country and psychedelic influences,” Frazier said. Although he never met Mr. Myers, Frazier wanted to perform in honor of him. “[I] never got to know Mr. Myers, but I’ve heard great things he had done for our friends, and we wanted to play in honor of him,” he said. “We put together a short set together the night before and decided to go for it.” Reporting by Lucy Marco.

You name it. Red River Trucking Co. plays it.

Julian Magee and Evelyn Griffin
May 16, 2022
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: This year was Jessie Lucas’ first time attending prom, since she didn’t get the chance last year. “I tried to have little to no expectations,” they said. “All I hoped for was fun and dancing with my friends, which prom definitely lived up to!” Caption by Francie Wilhelm.

‘One last Knight’ to remember

May 3, 2022
FIVE-STAR CAPTAIN: In One Night Only, the opening number of the spring show on Saturday night, Blue Brigade captain Charli Cevallos is front and center setting the mood and tempo for the number and entire show. Cevallos said the opening number of the spring show is always upbeat and fun and this year’s edition was no exception. Cevallos said she remembers the moment as one of pure adrenaline. “Since opener is the first dance, the excitement is running high and it’s such a great feeling to be performing our hard work for an audience.” As the photo suggests, the team was able to perform the number in sync even though it was a new dance choreographed exclusively for the spring show by first lieutenant Annabel Winter (left) and senior lieutenant Emily Garza. “Opener was our first spring show dance we learned,” Cevallos said, “and it came together super well. … [It was] definitely a team favorite.” Cevallos said her favorite part of the number was the very beginning when Winter (left) woke her up stage left from a deep sleep to start the show. “It’s so fun,” she said, “and the audience loved it.” For the first time in three years, that audience was in the MAC and at full capacity without pandemic restrictions.

‘Starry Knights’ return to their proper alignment

Zahraa Alogaili, Naomi Di-Capua, Sophie Leung-Lieu, Helen Martin, Madelynn Niles, Charlie Partheymuller, Alice Scott, Elena Ulack, Kennedy Weatherby, Francie Wilhelm, and Dave Winter
May 3, 2022
Many of the quotes that inspire PALS adviser Richard Cowles stress that a life well lived is devoted to helping others. Perhaps thats why he encourages the PALS to participate in the annual Well Aware Shower Strike which raises awareness and funds for Well Aware, an organization that brings clean, accessible water to communities that dont have it. The 2022 Shower Strike starts today and runs through next Wednesday. Last year, Cowles participated in a Water Walk to illustrate the difficulty of having to transport water over long distances. Cowles threw down the gauntlet in the faculty obstacle course competition for fastest water walker by posting a sub 20-second time despite carrying two five-gallon water canisters instead of the one that the students carried.

What inspires an inspirational teacher?

Anna McClellan, Madelynn Niles, and Theo Roe
April 20, 2022
ONLINE SPORTS ACTION PHOTO: The varsity girls basketball team went on the road on Tuesday to play its second game against the LASA Raptors. The Knights were on top of their game, securing a season sweep against the Raptors with a 51-32 victory. Playing before only a few spectators on an unfamiliar court, the team played stifling defense, preventing the Raptors from getting into their offensive rhythm. Several JV players moved up to bolster the varsity bench that has been decimated by injuries and illness. According to sophomore guard Esme Barraz who returned to the lineup herself on Tuesday, having more roster depth made a big difference after Friday’s tough home loss to Crockett, which left the Knights with three eligible players at game’s end. “I think our intensity needs to go up for the rest of the games and playoffs,” Barraz said. “We need to learn to play without some of our key players.” The varsity and the JV-A teams play against Anderson Friday at home. The JV game tips off at 6 p.m., followed by the varsity at 7:30. Caption by Francie Wilhelm. Reporting by Grace Nugent.

This is literally a SUPERIOR photo and art gallery

Evie Barnard, Amaya Collier, Meredith Grotevant, Sophie Kessler, Kai Kirkham Macias, Anna McClellan, Madelynn Niles, Grace Nugent, Lexi Ramos, Kennedy Weatherby, and Nate Williams
April 12, 2022

McCallum Band welcomes future Ukrainian refugees by performing, recording Ukrainian national anthem

Morgan Eye, staff reporter
April 7, 2022
Lucas shares that they find it more difficult to be on stage as a musician as opposed to a thespian because they are sharing their own story. The worst fear of all, Lucas admits, is being fake in any way in their music.

Jessie Lucas stays true to themself through their lyrics

Alysa Bijl-Spiro, Evelyn Griffin, Theo Roe, and Francie Wilhelm
April 4, 2022
COUNTING ON YOU: Posing next to a poster advertising the blood drive made by senior and PAL Marina Garfield, the Count, also known as statistics teacher Richard Cowles, was Bram Stoked for this year’s blood drive on Feb. 1. The Count has been lurking the hallways of McCallum for at least nine years, but his origins date back to Cowles’ college days. Being a math teacher, of course, I’ve always liked Count Von Count,” he said, “but my college job was cooking at Chili’s, and I would have to call down to the grill and say I need one grilled chicken! Ha, ha, ha! It became a habit, and since vampires and blood go together, I kept it up and people seem to like it here.” (Editor’s note: previous quote must be read in Transylvanian accent.)

McCallum students can ‘count’ on Cowles

Anna McClellan and Madelynn Niles
March 28, 2022

Student celebrate Myers with lunchtime benefit concert

Lucy Marco, online co-editor in chief
March 19, 2022
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