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Black History Month: The people behind the inventions

Black History Month: The people behind the inventions

Cynthia Rossi, Staff Writer February 24, 2020

In the year 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams became the first documented person in the world to successfully perform an open heart surgery. This was not only an incredible advancement in the world of medicine,...

Senior Katie Stanley with her car Black Betty.

Naming your car: it’s more normal than you think

Elijah Hudson, Staff Writer February 19, 2020

“Shane died.” Those were the words spoken by a teenage girl on a cold winter night. It was easy to depict that she was upset by the loss. She, on the other hand, walked away with a few scratches. Still,...

Cameras: our gains and losses

Cameras: our gains and losses

Ava Charnley, Staff writer February 19, 2020

Cameras. These days we are all walk around with one in our pockets and it's difficult to imagine that not being the case. But, of course, that is a relatively new phenomenon. The first cameras started...

How do Leap Day babies celebrate?

How do Leap Day babies celebrate?

Elyse Perry, staff writer February 19, 2020

Every four years, our calendar gains an extra day to fix an interesting problem: our calendar year is only 365 days while our solar year is 365.25 days. Therefore, every four years, we need another day...

Why do we laugh?

Why do we laugh?

Jessica Powlen, Staff Writer February 6, 2020

Think of the best times you’ve spent with your favorite person. It’s safe to say the majority of those times were most likely filled with the kind of laughter that made you feel as though you’d gained...

DCHS student perseveres through diagnosis

DCHS student perseveres through diagnosis

Elijah Hudson and Elyse Perry February 5, 2020

There he lies, a port in his chest, medicine pumping into his body through a tube. The medicine enters a vein in his heart which then circulates it throughout his body. The toxic drugs have a sickening...

Are group projects really that bad?

Are group projects really that bad?

Grace O'Neil, Staff writer February 5, 2020

Group projects. I'm sure that explaining the premise of group projects is pointless since most everyone has done a group project at least once in their life.Most times the project is long-term and involves...

Who is Hasan Minhaj?

Who is Hasan Minhaj?

Cynthia Rossi, Staff Writer February 5, 2020

If you have watched the Netflix show The Patriot Act, you have been privileged with the wonderful, comedic presence of Hasan Minhaj. Hasan Minhaj is unlike any other comedian I’ve ever watched in my...

Mr. Brannan poses with George the tortoise, getting ready to wash him in the janitors closet behind the Little Theater. (circa 2006)

Turtles, tortoises once a constant fixture now vacant from Delphi

Jordan Ladd, editor February 5, 2020

For many attending DCHS, the pond located in the middle of the school has been a constant fixture. Often taken for granted, the pond is host to a wide array of fish, and is a spot where students can congregate...

Using memes to cope with (potential) WWIII

Using memes to cope with (potential) WWIII

Elizabeth Walker, Staff Writer January 22, 2020

If you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, maybe you didn’t notice the extreme discord between the United States and Iran, and what could’ve quite possibly been a war that consumed...

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