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Coelton Harris

Coelton Harris, Staff Writer

Coelton Harris is a senior at Normal Community High School and is involved in Drama club. This is his first year on the Inkspot staff, where he works as a staff writer.

In my free time, I play my guitar and write songs.

Slogan I lives by is “Live every day as though it’s your last.”

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Picking up the guitar can be the perfect new hobby to test out this summer. 
Coelton Harris highlights five beginner-friendly songs that can help a new player build confidence, improve chord changes and make practice fun.

5 guitar songs to learn this summer

Coelton Harris, Staff Writer
May 20, 2026

The school year ends the same way every time: slowly, then all at once. You look up and it’s June, and you need something to do with all that unstructured time. For me, that something became guitar. My introduction came in November of 2023 when one of my best friends dadsoffered me an old...

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Ms. Beth Topping reflects on 31 shows, a career and one last curtain call

Ms. Beth Topping reflects on 31 shows, a career and one last curtain call

The longtime director wraps her final Community musical—power outage and all
Coelton Harris, Staff Writer
Apr 27, 2026

Ms. Beth Topping’s 31st and final show at Community did not go quietly. Severe weather knocked out power between acts of the April 17 performance of “Something Rotten!,” forcing the cast and crew to postpone act two until 2 p.m. the following afternoon. By the time the final curtain fell...

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Senior Miguel Patiño-Diaz, center, performs as Shakespeare alongside featured dancers during a production number.

‘Something Rotten!’ sends off Topping, senior stars

Musical comedy honors retiring director Ms. Elizabeth Topping, features senior-led cast

The spring musical “Something Rotten!” opened April 16 and runs through April 19 on the Ms. Kevin Yale Vernon Stage in Community’s auditorium. The show follows Nick and Nigel Bottom, two brothers jealous of Shakespeare’s success, as the pair schemes to steal the bard’s greatest play. After...

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Mario minion madness

Mario minion madness

Inkspot bracket puts Bowser’s toughest minions head-to-head
Rex Rowley and Coelton Harris
Mar 20, 2026

Mario is an icon—a mustached plumbing legend who somehow became a global staple in games, TV and, honestly, just life. For March 10, 2026—this year’s Mar10 Day—The Inkspot decided to celebrate the only way that feels appropriate: by pitting Bowser’s minions against each other in a no-rules,...

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Chapman was one of approximately 10 freshmen court singers in this year's madrigals concert, a testament to the school's talented freshman class.
Photo Courtesy of: Mrs. Margherita Divita

Freshman earns rare All-State honors chorus spot

Leah Chapman 1 of 11 named ILMEA All-State
Coelton Harris, Staff Writer
Mar 3, 2026

By the time Leah Chapman heads downstairs, the rest of the house is quiet. A music stand waits in the basement, pages already marked. Chapman, a freshman in the choir program, runs each selection twice—enough to build confidence, not enough to spiral into overthinking. “If you run it too much,...

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