CMS controversy over former East football player
September 2, 2010 • written by Jackson Arey
Filed under News
Butler junior and former East Meck student Osvaldo Sombo was arrested on August 11 and charged with two counts of second degree rape, as well one sexual battery charge. Sombo, who transferred midway through last school year, plays football for Butler, and due to a CMS miscommunication, was allowed to... Read more »
Budget cuts hit home
May 26, 2010 • written by Gabby Reed
Filed under News, featured
In the most recent and close hitting sign that the economy still has plenty of recovery to go, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board continues to debate the effect of budget cuts on next year’s school system. At the school board meeting on May 11th, members of the board outlined... Read more »
Medical Marijuana looks for legalization
May 14, 2010 • written by Jackson Arey
Filed under News
Yes it’s illegal, but maybe not for much longer. The North Carolina General Assembly is currently working on the passing of House Bill 1380, which proposes the legalization of the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Nick Mackey, a former North Carolina representative for District 99, held a meeting... Read more »
Ruins in Haiti, hope in hearts
March 1, 2010 • written by Randal Walton
Filed under News
The news of the horrendous earthquake in Haiti shocked many people, including those at East. However, perhaps French teacher, and native Haitian, Nedége Brooks was the most devastated of all. “I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know what was going on,” she remembered. For her, the... Read more »
Sexting: More dangerous than high school students think
February 23, 2010 • written by Laura Carroll
Filed under News, Student Life
It’s nothing, right? You innocently send a nude picture to your boyfriend expecting nothing to happen. Then you break up—and the whole school sees the picture on Facebook the next day. Most people know about sexting, defined as the distribution of sexually explicit images or messages through... Read more »
Assistant Principal Proves Dedication
February 19, 2010 • written by Melissa Rhoad
Filed under News, Student Life
The hallways of high school have been compared to a jungle, and its students, the hormonal jungle animals. Thus, new Assistant Principal Ron Bailey, who knows a thing or two about animals, may be just the man to tame East Meck’s wild ways. Growing up on a farm, Bailey... Read more »
Winter promises snow
December 16, 2009 • written by Chad Reed
Filed under News
This winter is expected to be one of the coldest and snowiest Charlotte has had in years, according to top long-range meteorologist Joe Bastardi. The prediction was released in a 2009-2010 winter weather forecast published in early October. Bastardi bases his winter projections on the impact of the meteorological... Read more »
H1N1 ignites hygiene frenzy amongst students
October 19, 2009 • written by Laura Carroll
Filed under Entertainment, News
Uneasiness increases as a growing number of East Meck students are faced with the risk of contracting the H1NI or swine flu virus. Swine flu is the old name for the novel H1N1 Virus. First identified in the spring, it with presents flu-like symptoms. Because of the increasing number of H1N1 patients,... Read more »
“Innocent” habits become deadly
October 19, 2009 • written by Randal Walton
Filed under News, Uncategorized
You’re driving down Monroe Road and your phone starts to vibrate on the front seat. You have a text from your best friend. Answering the text can’t hurt anyone; you’re two minutes away from school anyway. But, you’re driving. And you’re wrong, driving while texting can hurt you – it can... Read more »
Graduation project signals confusion
May 29, 2009 • written by Melissa Rhoad
Filed under News
As thousands of high school juniors were anxiously preparing the last minute details on their graduation project papers, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) was busy approving a one-year delay to mandating the graduation project as a state pre-requisite to receive... Read more »
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