Mustangs trample Lady Eagles
India Anderson, Journalism Class
December 16, 2011
The Lady Eagles were trampled Dec. 13 by the Myers Park Lady Mustangs in basketball 72-26. The girls fell behind 21-10 in the first quarter and were never able to catch up with the top-ranked and undefeated Myers Park team. The Lady Eagles record overall is now 1-7-0 and their conference record is 0-2-0. Read More →
Freedom to Tweet
John Boyle, Journalism Class
December 14, 2011
Students have a chance to tweet for a scholarship on December 15th, Bill of Rights Day. The Knight Foundation, along with many other supporters, is funding a contest to help promote knowledge of the First Amendment and what it means to our country. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15th, 1791... Read more »
Staff member involved in car accident
Sydney Greene, Journalism Class
December 14, 2011
An East Meck counselor was involved in an accident on Wednesday morning in front of the school. The accident occurred somewhere between 6:45-6:50 am during the carpool rush. Counselor Sandra Rhinehardt was turning left into the school parking lot from Monroe Road when another driver‘s car crashed... Read more »
Mustangs trample Eagles
David Tepper, Journalism Class
December 14, 2011
East Meck boy’s basketball team lost to the Myers Park Mustangs on Tuesday night by the score of 69-62. The loss snaps the Eagle’s unbeaten road record and drops the overall record to 5-3, and conference record to 1-1. Myers Park improved its record to 4-5. Tuesday night’s game was a tale of two... Read more »
Students tweet to celebrate
John Boyle, Journalism Clas
December 14, 2011
Students have a chance to tweet for away to a scholarship on December 15th, Bill of Rights Day. The Knight Foundation, along with many other supporters, is funding a contest to help promote knowledge of the First Amendment and what it means to our country. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December... Read more »
Retired band director recieves high honor
Justin Perry, Photo Editor
December 13, 2011
Michael Soltys, a retired East Meck band director, has received one of the highest honors possible for a North Carolina musician: induction into the North Carolina Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame. Soltys received the award on Nov. 13. In order to be nominated, according to the North Carolina Music... Read more »
Tha Carter IV fails to live up to expectations
Derek Zhang, Staff Writer
December 12, 2011
In 2008, Lil’ Wayne had the statistics to call himself the best rapper alive. His album, Tha Carter 3, had sold more than a million copies in the first week. A lot has taken place in Wayne’s life since then, and three years later, he has now released Tha Carter 4, which outsold the Kanye West and... Read more »
Love letter to U.S. Congress
Samantha Singer, Online Editor-in-chief
December 12, 2011
Dear Congress, your actions are awful and should be addressed immediately. Over the past four years there has been a rapid change from making decisions that can benefit America to decisions that strictly benefit you and your buddies on Wall Street. None of you were elected into office so you can make... Read more »
Lady Eagles fight to the finish
Sydney Green, Journalism Class
December 12, 2011
The East Meck girls basketball team came close to a win Friday night scoring 64-55 agaisnt Independence High School. The girls delivered a good fight, showing strong work in the first half. The eagles led in the first quarter, 25-20. Senior Sandra Knox scored 15 points while junior Daisy Bucknman... Read more »
Eagles down Patriots in conference opener
David Tepper and John Boyle, Journalism Class
December 12, 2011
East Meck defeated the Independence Patriots in their Southwest 4A conference opener by the score of 70-44 on Friday. This was their first home win this year to improve to 5-2 overall. Independence remains winless this year with the record of 0-6. The 26 point victory was the most convincing of the season. The... Read more »
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