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The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

Bar La Tosca

Serena Paulson, Managing Editor January 12, 2015

Bar la Tosca doesn't suck. As a mediterranean and italian restaurant, it has a wide variety of food options. This new restaurant has taken over the beloved Lucullan’s Italian Grill and has gone back...

Catching onto the fire: Mockingjay part one review

Catching onto the fire: Mockingjay part one review

Anna Ogilvie and Emma Stewart December 8, 2014

Ogilvie: Being thankful for an 8pm start time, we slid into the theater at 6:45. After flashing our neon wristbands (numbers 69 and 70), we were able to pass nearly half the line, and smiled back at our...

I Bet My Life: huge success

I Bet My Life: huge success

Anna Ogilvie, In-Depth Editor December 8, 2014

With the winter months beginning to drag in with grey skies and blowing snow, I don’t need to hear “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor or dare I say it, but, even Taylor Swift’s “Shake it...

Munch Bunch: Find music, coffee, warmth at Vinyl Cafe

Munch Bunch: Find music, coffee, warmth at Vinyl Cafe

Ella Bartlett, Editor in Chief December 8, 2014

It was snowy outside, the chill coming in through my mittens and up my wrists, and all I want was a good hot chocolate. And I knew if I crawled down a flight of stairs leading from Kellogg Street and entered...

Four Album Review

Sahar Sebghati, Reviews Editor December 8, 2014

Legions of teenage girls, tear soaked faces, and screaming in fearsome decibels only means one thing. One Direction have a new album out.   Yes, you read that right. It is that glorious time of...

A couple weeks with the Microsoft Band

A couple weeks with the Microsoft Band

AJ Foegen, Online Editor November 27, 2014

  Smartwatches and fitness trackers seem to be all the rage these days, with new ones popping up seemingly every single week from companies like Fitbit, Jawbone, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and Apple. Typically,...

Iron Thorn in my side

Iron Thorn in my side

Kate Murray, Staff Reporter November 26, 2014

In case you’ve forgotten, I choose what books to read based on the cover art and how steampunk the title font is.  I was skeptical of The Iron Thorn, by Caitlin Kittredge, because though it had a sufficiently...

Senior Mykah Kennedy and Junior Joey Bingham strip to their pajamas in Almost, Maine

“Almost, Maine” comes to Ames, Iowa

Emma Stewart, Staff Reporter November 26, 2014

The Ames High drama department has done it again with their witty and light-hearted play that recently debuted in the Ames High auditorium. The 9 different vignettes in Almost, Maine each captured diverse...

Rosamund Pike stars as Amy Dunne in Gone Girl (2014)

Gone Girl Book Review

Sahar Sebghati, Reviews Editor November 26, 2014

Being one to give in to the mainstream media, there was no denying I would be hopping on the Gone Girl bandwagon. As if Ben Affleck starring in the movie didn’t already seal the deal, who can resist...

The Diviners

The Diviners

Kate Murray, Staff Reporter November 25, 2014

My dad is a very picky reader.  He absolutely refuses to read any book that is part of an unfinished series, and thus I have made it my goal to trick him into reading as many unfinished series as possible....

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