Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Join an amateur cook as they reminisce about a simpler time, when cartoons reigned supreme and cooking took place on a plastic stove.  Erica Copeland attempts to recreate some iconic cartoon dishes in this food review.

Cartoon cooking

After months of binging television and binging food, an amateur cook decided to combine her two pandemic past-times by cooking some of the iconic dishes she saw animated on screen
Erica Copeland, Staff Writer May 4, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic, we all have been looking for a recipe to keep us connected and keep us sane. During quarantine, my own life was dedicated to two activities - logging in to Google Meets...

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Whatever happened to predictability: ‘Full House’ offers reassurance and relief

Whatever happened to predictability: ‘Full House’ offers reassurance and relief

Emma Conover, Staff Writer Mar 11, 2021

During the pandemic's unpredictability, everywhere you look, there's a new unknown.  Dogs unexpectedly barking in the background of a Google Meet, the fate of events like prom and graduation, when...

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The follow up to Netflixs 2018 The Haunting of Hill House might not pack as many minute-for-minute scares, but it offers a lot more.

Review: The perfectly splendid ‘Haunting of Bly Manor’

Nayonika Banerjee, Senior Staff Reporter Dec 18, 2020

From pandemics to 'Gossip Girl' reboots, the world is scary right now; who knows what terrifying event will be next? So why not cope with the horror of 2020 with... horror? 'The Haunting of Bly Manor',...

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Julie and the Phantoms introduce themselves for the first time at a school assembly.

Review: Netflix’s hauntingly good new show: ‘Julie and the Phantoms’

Kenny Ortega's spooky twist on the classic high school musical
Kelsey Kern, Senior Staff Reporter Oct 30, 2020

In a world on fire (literally and figuratively), it is natural to seek out any form of comfort available. For me, that means reverting to my childhood and revisiting Kenny Ortega's classic movies. In...

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While it isnt without its cliché and cringey moments, Netflix Original is incredibly entertaining.

The Adventure Continues: Netflix Original ‘Outer Banks’ to return for second season [review]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief Sep 28, 2020

Netflix has a history of providing some of the most bingeable television shows available to stream: "Friends", "The Office", "Parks and Recreation", "Shameless"... As many of the company's licensing...

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Why the nation is rooting  for Netflixs Cheer

Why the nation is rooting for Netflix’s ‘Cheer’

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief Mar 19, 2020
Cheerleaders are victims of generalization: thought of as overly energetic blondes whose lists of skills include nothing more than chanting and shaking pom-poms. As the more popular teams take the field or the court, cheerleaders are restricted to the sidelines - with the main job of maintaining a smile on their face and keeping the crowd entertained when play stops. What is often concealed about these athletes is the amount of skill it takes to do their true job, skill which is hidden by the makeup and rhinestones that blind spectators who are unfamiliar with the sport.
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1. Season six, “Secret Santa”-  In this episode, the office throws a Christmas party, and Michael is angry when Jim allows Phyllis to be Santa, so he disgraces his coworkers and their gifts for one another. Meanwhile, Oscar develops a crush on a new warehouse worker, and Andys secret Santa gift to Erin – the 12 Days of Christmas – does not go as well as planned. By far the most humorous Office Christmas episode due to Michael’s egocentric behavior.

Watch ‘The Office’ Christmas episodes

Will Dowell ranks 'The Office' Christmas movies just in time for the holiday season
Will Dowell, Multimedia Editor Dec 21, 2018

 

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NCHS students were polled on which TV reboots they would be most interested in watching.

Looking at TV reboots Ironmen want to watch

Sumayyah Muhammad, Staff Reporter Mar 14, 2018

Will and Grace. Fear Factor. The Magic School Bus. Total Request Live!. Sitcoms, reality, and kids shows are being revisited with previous casts and relaunched with new actors. Over 15 spinoffs and reboots...

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Ready, set, binge!

Ready, set, binge!

Students race through Netflix Original Series
Inkspot Staff, Inkspot Staff Oct 23, 2017

NCHS students are part of a growing national trend-they are binging. Binge racing. Binge racing, or watching an entire season of a Netflix Original Series within 24 hours of its release, is a phenomenon...

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Netflix Cheating on rise globally, shows no signs of stopping

Netflix Cheating on rise globally, shows no signs of stopping

New data reveals 46% of streaming couples around the world are watching ahead of their partners and most only plan to cheat more
Feb 13, 2017

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (February 13, 2017) -- No relationship is safe. According to a new study* released today by Netflix, nearly half (46%) of streaming couples around the world have “cheated”...

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Video: NCHS students on what they binge watched over break

Keyairah Sinclair, Associate Editor Jan 26, 2017

Ian McConnelo (10) - West World Virtual World based in the Wild West Visitors come and experience the new old world not expecting consequences Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, James...

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Disney Channel marks its 100th original movie with marathon

Inkspot Staff, Inkspot Staff Apr 24, 2016

Disney Channel will celebrate its 100th Disney Channel Original Movie by airing all 99 of its previous films leading into the release of Adventures in Babysitting. The movie marathon will begin on Friday,...

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Transparent season two premiere review

‘Transparent’ season two premiere review

Sam Knoll, Staff Reporter Dec 16, 2015

After much critical acclaim from sources such as Vogue and The New York Times, Jill Soloway’s Transparent is returning for a second season. The show is a lighthearted comedy-drama with an embedded social...

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The season 27 cast of The Amazing Race on CBS.

‘Amazing Race’ review

Melissa Schill , Editor in Chief Dec 11, 2015

27 seasons is a long time to be on television.  There are few shows that have maintained their spot on television for that long.  Especially a reality TV show.  Yet The Amazing Race has been airing...

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Reign season 2 promotional poster.

Long live the Queen: ‘Reign’ review

Rachel Leman, Staff Reporter Dec 11, 2015

Game of Thrones-esque violence, with the emotion and drama of Downton Abbey, while keeping the politics of The Tudors and the sex scandal suspense of Grey’s Anatomy or any Shonda Rhimes show. These are...

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