Floral Photography

Jennifer Watkins

Twitter Vs. Facebook

Hannah Badger

For many students social networking is an extremely important part of everyday life. The ever so popular Facebook site may have more competition with Twitter concerning the Burris community.

Twitter allows people to update what they are doing instantly and allows their “followers” to see what they are up to that moment. It consists of basically what one would consider status updates on Facebook. Also it does not have all of the extra features that Facebook does such as games, trivia, groups, and events. The fact that Twitter is simple may add to the appeal to Facebook users.

Many students have created a Twitter account in the last couple of months, and twitter users are noticing. Faulkner Allocco, a Burris senior, and a five-month Twitter user has noticed the change in students on Twitter, “It seems like there are a lot more Burris kids on twitter the last couple of months,” she said.

Twitter also allows users to follow celebrities. The site verifies the celebs so you know that you are following the actual celebrity and not an impersonator. For example the recently popular Charlie Sheen has tweeted “charliesheen

Bipolar Awareness Walk!! Come join me at 6pm and walk with me from The Ritz Carlton to Massey Hall..! Show your support..!! #BIWINNING ybw”.



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An Improvement From Last Year: Economics Challenge

Staff Writer

Faulkner Allocco

Burris came up short in the Econ challenge on Tuesday April 12. The team consisted of seniors Kelsey Carr, Kendra Carr and juniors Corey Regan and Courtney Harnish. They competed against big name schools including Fishers and Carmel.

“Considering that we did not study very much prior to the challenge and the other schools prepared the whole year we did pretty well,” said senior Kelsey Carr. The team was only 70 points behind the second place team, which in the econ challenge is only about seven questions.

“We defiantly did better then usual, it was an improvement from years past, I hope we can continue to improve and get better next year,” said economics teacher Bradly Canada who accompanied the students on Tuesday.

Although the team did not win anything as a whole senior Kelsey Carr and junior Corey Regan both won Subway gift cards for answering questions correctly in the practice bowl. “Over all it was fantastic! We all had a lot of fun and we worked really hard. I would definitely do it again,” said Kelsey Carr.

Music Review: Black and Yellow by Wiz Khalifia

Black and Yellow is a song by the artist Wiz Khalifia. Wiz is an up-and-coming artist who is making his way through the charts on iTunes. He is performing live on his tour and always brings in a huge crowd and huge revenue. People from the age of twelve to thirty-five are listening to him and buying his albums and individual songs on itunes. With his popularity other big name artists, like Lil Wayne, are remixing his songs for special occasions. Wayne remixed Black and Yellow and called it Green and Yellow for the super bowl game. Wayne was for the Packers and just made his lyrics match his feelings for the Packers. In the song he predicted that Aaron Rodgers would win the super bowl and the super bowl MVP, Aaron did just as he predicted. Wiz has continued to impress and seems like every two weeks a new song is out and that song climbs to the top of the charts on Itunes. Overall Wiz is a great artist. He will be around for a long time and will be very successful.

Glaring Embers

I do profess i dreamt a dream; i do not wish to delve into great detail on the details nor intricacies of this, merely provide a metaphorical explanation so as to help you, the reader, better understand the emotion from which I write this.

For these fetters - crafted in the furnace; once the sturdiest material, made mailable by the warmth dwelling within, the next moment scorched by those same flames, enveloping me as the heat once did - are what bound me in this state. I fell victim to its beguiling roar, and i fear i lost more than that with which i began. Why even contemplating my confinement has robbed my lungs. I've opened the valves on the hideous beast in the corner. The steam has filled the room, settled around me. I cannot rise above it, these decussate links do not allow it. I must simply sit in this dense vapor, riding the rhythm of my weakened heart and straining lungs to clarity. This monster that hides beneath the fluctuating staircase. The glaring embers replace the shimmering crystals. And in this room, tethered by my own constructs, I solemnly find myself amongst my brothers on Cisthene; forever entombed by our own adventurous spirit, never fully aware of what lay at stake.

Kaleidoscope Heart by Hannah Clemmons