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The Marquee

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The Marquee

Love, actually

Marquee Staff February 13, 2024

Love is an integral part of the human experience, but no two people will ever have the same experience with love. Each person has an individual idea. Some of those ideas overlap while others are starkly...

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Weatherman and fortune tellers

Jude Soape, Reporter February 13, 2024

An old woman sat behind the camera of the most watched news network in the country, holding a deck of cards. Beside her, Fox News host Jesse Watters explained the segment. The old woman, Paula Roberts,...

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That’s the tea!

That’s the tea!

Reviewing local boba shops and drinks
K. Reed, Section Editor February 13, 2024

Snowy Bingsu - 2601 Flower Mound Rd #111, Flower Mound Pomegranate green tea with boba and passion fruit jelly (iced) 5/5 Possibly biased rating here as I have achieved “regular” status at Snowy...

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More than skin deep

More than skin deep

Astor Jones, Reporter February 9, 2024

Growing up, I always had representation. My friends and I would sit looking at magazines of Marsai Martin and Beyoncé wishing we would become them one day. We would share a laugh while going to the beauty...

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Taylor Swift eras ranking

Taylor Swift eras ranking

Taylor Swift's eras from worst to best
Raksha Jayakumar, Managing Editor December 11, 2023

In light of the new Eras Tour movie release and 1989 (Taylor’s Version), there has been a lot of discourse over which albums are better. If you want the opinion of an EDUCATED swiftie, stay tuned folks.  Taylor...

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A sea of uncertainties

A sea of uncertainties

Mashiyat Khan, Reporter December 11, 2023

My eighth grade self stood quietly as I struggled to find the answer to my parents’ question: “Why do you have anxiety?” I didn’t know what response would be correct or acceptable. A thousand words...

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Seasonal Sips

Seasonal Sips

Rating popular fall drinks
Astor Jones and Mashiyat Khan October 30, 2023

As you lay in bed, looking out the window, you spot warm colored leaves drifting off the trees. With fall in season, you realize it’s the time of year to snuggle in your bed with a fuzzy blanket and...

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The Road for Me

The Road for Me

Janisha Kesar, Reporter October 30, 2023

The room was blurry. My mind was spinning. The projector board was a series of indecipherable tasks  to accomplish. My eighth grade self sat awkwardly at my desk, palms sweating, legs shaking.The counselors...

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A place I won't forget

A place I won’t forget

JC Mays, Business Manager October 24, 2023

Growing up, my family and I would take evening trips to the playground and  duck pond behind Timber Creek Elementary. Over the years, these places have lost their allure, but now I get to watch my brother...

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Growing From Change

Growing From Change

Sameeha Alidina, Reporter October 22, 2023

Change: a six-letter word I despised.  My whole life, I’ve hated change. The smallest amount of change would send me into a panic. I could never accept it, rather I would whine and complain until normalcy...

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Ending racism requires both speaking and listening

The Marquee Staff May 16, 2023

When you’re a racial minority in a mostly White school, you get used to feeling out of place. You feel it when you walk into a new class and see that you’re the only student of your race there....

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Sharp blades and Band-Aids

Sharp blades and Band-Aids

Roslyn Dobbins May 2, 2023

Be advised that the content in this story contains self-harm and suicide, and may be triggering to some readers.    My mom cried when she saw the scars littering my arms and stomach for the...

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