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Junior Bernedett Marin works on her recipe for the Medical City Kids Teaching Kids Program.
Photo By Chase Karacostas

Culinary Student Aired On TV For Creating Own Recipe

March 3, 2016

By Caroline CluissThe hot studio lights of Fox 4 News brightly reflected off of junior Bernedett Marin's white chef coat as she spread pinto beans and queso fresco onto a chalupa taco shell. She was careful...

After approaching former American Idol finalist, Trevor Douglas, Poom Wattanapan and a group of seniors from the communications magnet produced and filmed an original music video.
Photo by Sarah Allen

Seniors Direct Original Music Video for Former American Idol Finalist

February 23, 2016

By Chase Karacostas After more than a week of preparation and planning, Communications Magnet senior Poom Wattanapan arrived at school one Saturday to begin filming an original music video for American...

Law Magnet Student Explores Career Paths

Law Magnet Student Explores Career Paths

February 12, 2016

By Chase Karacostas Senior Hosanna Yemiru walked into Hope Cottage, a non-profit teenage pregnancy crisis center she found through Peer Internship Program for an interview. She wasn’t asked about...

Photo by Alejandro Gallegos

Desperados Dance on With New Director

January 8, 2016

By Heiress SmithAs the students of the Desperado team walked inside the familiar room with their friends on the first day of school, they were greeted by an unfamiliar face-Jacklyn Simone, the new director...

Illustration by Kat Dowling

Tips for Snagging that Seasonal Job

December 9, 2015

By Anne GarseaThe weather's getting colder, the leaves are changing, and "Now Hiring" signs are popping up all over the place. Most high school students need extra money, whether for a car, college, or...

Xpress dancer Kyshaun Stringer performs at the Eagle Empire pep rally.
Photo by Elise Garcia

Xpress Expresses Themselves With a New Style of Dance

December 8, 2015

By Sydney Brown After a performance by the dance group Xpress, senior Kyjaun Stringer took a moment to look at the cheering crowd. He then looked at the other members of the group surrounding him and...

Former pro athlete Quan Cosby talks with AVID students during an assembly on Friday. Cosby said although he spent time after high school playing baseball in the Anaheim Angels organization, he always knew he would return to school to get his degree. Talon photo by Elise Garcia

Former NFL Player Quan Cosby Inspires AVID Students

November 21, 2015

By Chase Karacostas When Quan Cosby enrolled at the University of Texas, he had already played more than four years of professional baseball. Although he decided to switch sports and join the football...

A Beautiful Mind

February 11, 2015

By Haley Yates Kennedy White watched as dozens of kids lined up, excited to get his autograph in their copy of the first children's book he had illustrated. As they approached, Kennedy thought to...

New Teachers Take On Tech Theatre

February 3, 2015

By Mubarrat Choudhury Creating the set for "Fiddler on the Roof," sophomore Chasyn Andrews-Philbin was stuck on the design for the exterior of the barn and the ceilings for the buildings. Tech Theatre...

Senior Interns at Presbyterian, Methodist

December 18, 2014

By Haley Yates Standing in the corner of a delivery room at Richardson Methodist Hospital, the smell of burning flesh filled senior Maddie Barnett's nose as doctors cauterized the pregnant belly...

Photo by Peter Mikhael

New World, Second Chance

December 16, 2014

By Peter Mikhael Younes Latif watched as the sun calmly set when a bomb exploded in the market near his house. Younes ran after his older brother to examine the damage, but as he crossed the street, something...

German Student Experiences American Life

December 13, 2014

By Isabel Costian "Mach deine Eltern und Trainer stolz. So etwas wirst du nie wider erleben." As German exchange student Paul Flachenecker stood on the sidelines waiting for his last Texas high...

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