After a year of waiting, Music Midtown’s finally coming!
It’s time for that metro-Atlanta, school’s-almost-out, I-need-to-party right of passage once again, folks: that’s right, Music Midtown weekend is bearing down on us quickly, and it’s time to get ready. This year’s lineup includes some of the world’s most popular artists, including Lil’ John and the Eastside Boyz, Foo Fighters, Puddle of Mudd...Click to read more!

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Summer recommendations to fill your open schedules My Losing Season by Pat Conroy. Pat Conroy is a senior at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. It’s his last season as a basketball player and he’s faced with a terrible coach and a team full of foulmouthed cadets. The story of his life and ability to learn from loss make this book hard to put down. If you haven’t yet: The Prince of Tides...Click to read more!

Finally, dancing gets the recognition it deserves Considering the many students who participate and the countless hours it consumes of their time each week, dance does not often receive the recognition it deserves. Dance has not weaseled its way into the “sports” category like cheerleading. But, it is not exactly an art either. Sophomore Danielle Berke (for more see p. 10) sums it up best, “Dance is...Click to read more!

	More than just a hobby: Lassiter students' bands Plano - Acoustic/Emo, Members: Mike Jansen – vocals, guitar, drum machines - former singer of Far From Fairfield. Billy Justineou – guitar, piano, backup vocals - plays drums for Lassiter’s Drumline and a jazz band Jessie Giles – backup vocals...Click to read more!
	A nice dose of reality I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m addicted to the ways in which our culture glamorizes wealth. More specifically, I live vicariously through all of the wonderful TV coverage the rich and useless have been getting lately. And I don’t mean news coverage...Click to read more!
	Indie films aren't just for Sundance anymore... Before you go out on Friday night and spend eight bucks on a movie you don’t even want to see, take a look at what other smaller films are playing around town. Recently, the entertainment industry has seen a huge rise in popularity of small and independent films...Click to read more!
	It's been a long time since I rock and rolled... We live in an age when everything from Linkin Park to Pink to Evanescence (for god’s sake) is considered “rock.” Where, I ask you, has it gone? The spirit that embodied “Almost Famous” and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin is tough to find in our market-driven world...Click to read more!
	Return of the King: Night at the oscars If you didn’t catch this year’s Academy Awards presentation, let me sum it up for you: “The Return of the King.” “The Return of the King.” “The Return of the King.” While many viewers seem to grumble over the film’s clean sweep of the gold statues...Click to read more!

Feeling culturally deprived in the big ATL? So you think Atlanta is boring? Think again. Beneath all the traffic, smog, and bustle of everyday life lays a vast amount of cultural activity, something from which even high school students shouldn’t exempt themselves.First there are the museums. If you are in the mood for some...Click to read more!