Football team finishes with loss to South

Sydney Greene and Natayla Bagley, Reporters
October 31, 2011

The East Meck football team suffered a loss in their final game Friday, against the South Meck Sabres. The team was defeated 27-0, another hard loss for the Eagles. The football game Friday night was the last of the season. The Eagles have had a hard year, finishing out the season 0-11. This is the first... Read more »

Shisso to do shopping spree for hungry

Quincy Stanford and Erin Sorensen, Reporters
October 31, 2011

The race is on as East Meck, competing against 16 other schools, will make their mark in the race for can collection. East Meck’s skit entry into the Charlotte Canned Food Drive Competition, placed second only to a creative rap by Ardrey Kell. East’s skit, along with all 17 of the other entries... Read more »

Students, staff compete in canned food drive

John Boyle and David Tepper, Reporters
October 31, 2011

East Meck showed its can-do spirit in October by raising over 3,000 pounds of canned foods. Multiple competitions were held between homerooms, sports, office members, clubs, and the custodial staff to see who would bring the most canned goods. The girls fall sports teams canned the boys by bringing a... Read more »

The killing of an innocent man: Troy Davis

Carolyn Coons, Print Editor-in-Chief
October 31, 2011

All evidence indicates that Troy Davis was an innocent man sentenced to death. After twenty years on death row, seven recounted testimonies, and no physical evidence, Davis was executed on September 21st. Davis’ case calls into question the morality of the death penalty, even for the guilty. There’s... Read more »

Marching Eagles soar in competitions

India Anderson, Reporter
October 12, 2011

The East Mecklenburg Marching Eagles spread their wings and flew above the rest in two recent competitions. In the most recent contest, the Marching Eagles won Grand Champion at East Rowan High School in Salisbury. The Grand Champion Award is awarded to the band that is the best overall band at the... Read more »

Woolsey dives into a new year at East

Urvi Sinha, Reporter
October 4, 2011

Barry Woolsey’s scoured shipwrecks and swum with sharks – but he’s not the protagonist of an action film or the second coming of the Crocodile Hunter. He’s East Mecklenburg’s newest biology teacher. Woolsey, who also mountain climbs and has visited 44 countries, began scuba diving in college. “I... Read more »