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Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

Alex Helm

Alex Helm, Copy Editor

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Pitch Perfect 2 Review

Pitch Perfect 2 Review

Alex Helm, Copy Editor May 19, 2015

The pitches are back in the highly anticipated sequel to Pitch Perfect, and the movie does not disappoint. Pitch Perfect 2 follows the Barden Bellas a cappella group in their senior year. After publicly...

Senior Matthew McClay holds his son in the hospital. He was born on February 12th at the Medical Center of Lewisville.

Father on board

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 8, 2015

Senior Matthew McClay sat in the chair next to the hospital bed where his girlfriend of two years, junior Chloe Fortune, laid. Both of their moms were in the small white room with them, eagerly anticipating...

Love starts young

Love starts young

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 7, 2015

Over the past few years, the media has become more open to portraying characters in TV shows, books and movies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, the main character,...

Juniors Bryce Osborne and Gabbi Morris have been dating for over a year and three months. They support each other by going to each other's lacrosse and golf tournaments.

Love isn’t black and white

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 7, 2015

Junior Gabbi Morris was speechless. A girl had just told her that she shouldn’t be dating her boyfriend, junior Bryce Osborne. But her reason why was what made Morris cringe. “I had an African-American...

Salls looks on from the sidelines while her teammates train. She will play soccer next year at the University of Central Oklahoma, located outside of Oklahoma City.

Game changer

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 7, 2015

Senior Ally Salls sat on the bench on the side of the soccer field, watching her teammates practice. The girls were scrimmaging, yelling across the pitch to one another. One of the forwards shot the ball,...

Seniors Jenny Hollowell (right) and Emily Plummer (left) were in colorguard for all four years of high school.

Flag phantoms

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 7, 2015

As the band played their final notes and the color guard caught their flags for the last time, cheers erupted throughout the stadium. The stands of the Alamodome were filled from bottom to top with parents,...

LISD reacts to racial controversy at basketball game

LISD reacts to racial controversy at basketball game

Alex Helm, Copy editor February 20, 2015

Lewisville ISD is currently investigating an issue that occurred at a basketball game between Flower Mound and Plano East on Feb. 13. A snapshot appeared on Twitter depicting students on the Flower Mound...

Singing to stardom

Singing to stardom

Alex Helm, Copy editor February 18, 2015

Senior Caroline Piper stood outside the doors, waiting nervously. It was almost her turn. Around her, people were talking, singing and reciting their lines. The room was buzzing with noise, but all she...

New year, new tunes

New year, new tunes

Alex Helm, copy editor January 30, 2015

Say goodbye to last year’s music, and hello to the music of the new year. These new beats are sure to get music lovers out of an old-tune slump. Here’s what’s on The Marquee’s playlist. Female...

Former substitute Joel Weber stands in front of his future home. He started his project this summer.

Small spaces

Alex Helm, Copy editor December 15, 2014

Former Briarhill Middle School substitute Joel Weber, nicknamed Tarzan by his students, stood looking out at the Nicaraguan community around him. He came to Nicaragua to experience a new culture and a...

Storify: Band wins fifth consecutive state title

Storify: Band wins fifth consecutive state title

Alex Helm, Copy editor November 12, 2014

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Let them look

Let them look

Alex Helm, Copy editor November 12, 2014

In the world we live in today we are expected to be perfect at all times. We must fit in and look like our friends. We must talk the same and act the same and go to the same parties. We must get perfect...

Remembering Kierstin Eaddy

Remembering Kierstin Eaddy

Alex Helm, Copy editor November 11, 2014

A group of freshmen Girl Scouts all stand by the pool at a summer birthday party. The blue water shimmers beneath them on the hot Saturday in July. The girls laugh and try to push each other in the pool,...

From left to right facing camera: Andrew Duffy 11, Logan Gutwein 12, and Alec Blair 11, practice their three-ball juggling skills in Scott Hinsley’s classroom. They also juggle scarves and bowling pins.

Juggling junkies

Alex Helm, Copy editor October 28, 2014

  Little white balls with yellow smiley faces fly through the air. One, two, three. Around, up and over. The balls fly back and forth between students and over desks. Next, colorful scarves float in...

Freshman Emma Bredenkamp works with her iPad in the freshmen center. She uses the study areas to complete assignments.

A swim in the fishtank

Alex Helm, Copy editor October 8, 2014

It was the first day of school, and freshman Emma Bredenkamp had to get to the band hall. All the way from the art room by the gyms. On the other side of the school. She felt lost and overwhelmed by all...

The game ends with a score of 28 to 6, securing Marcus's hold on the ax for another year.

Battle of the Ax (gallery)

Alex Helm, Copy editor September 15, 2014

Last Friday, the varsity football team won their game against the Lewisville Farmers. Right from the start of the game, the Marauders took the lead. Quickly after the Farmers scored a field goal in...

The freshmen campus has 22 classrooms.

The freshmen campus has 22 classrooms.

Sitting areas help students work together on projects. The couches also feature outlets so they can charge their iPads.

Sitting areas help students work together on projects. The couches also feature outlets so they can charge their iPads.

Some of the tables are erasable for easy collaboration or if an idea strikes.

Some of the tables are erasable for easy collaboration or if an idea strikes.

Just like the main campus, the freshmen center also has a cafe.

Just like the main campus, the freshmen center also has a cafe.

The new campus uses walls of windows to invite in more light.

The new campus uses walls of windows to invite in more light.

Playing to the write beat

Playing to the write beat

Alex Helm, writer May 9, 2014

It's official. I've made my decision. I have played trombone in band for six years, about a third of my life. My best friends are in band. I found a family within the trombone section. Those boys are...

Flower Mound bans electronic cigarettes for minors

Alex Helm, Writer April 23, 2014

The town of Flower Mound approved a ban that prohibits the purchasing of electronic cigarettes by minors on February 3. This ordinance amendment also prohibits the selling of the products to those under...

Fusion performing at Marcus Idol, this past September.

Club Spotlight: Fusion

Alex Helm, Writer April 2, 2014

These wings were made to fly...." The last note resonates throughout the auditorium. On the stage, the 16 Fusion singers stand smiling after just finishing another performance. Fusion is the girls...

Possible gratuity law may affect student servers

Possible gratuity law may affect student servers

Alex Helm, Writer March 21, 2014

As of Jan. 1 this year, the IRS passed a new law that may force some restaurants to reconsider automatic gratuity, a practice that ensures waitstaff an 18% tip when serving tables of six or more customers....

Argyle ISD approves policy that arms teachers

Argyle ISD approves policy that arms teachers

Alex Helm, Writer February 3, 2014

Four school districts within the area are considering a new policy that will arm some teachers during the school day, following in Argyle ISD's footsteps. AISD's board of trustees approved the policy Tuesday,...

Lauren Barnard recovers after sledding accident

Lauren Barnard recovers after sledding accident

Alex Helm, Writer December 23, 2013

Students all over LISD woke up Friday, Dec. 6 to yards blanketed in ice and snow. On a rare Texas snow day off from school, junior Lauren Barnard was looking for nothing more than a few hours of fun sledding...

Rip 'N Time

Rip ‘N Time

Alex Helm, Writer December 4, 2013

In September of 2013, four young musicians began a journey. These four young musicians call themselves Rip ‘N Time, cleverly named after lead singer Riley Ripintyme. The band consists of a group of...

Cross country runners qualify for state competition

Cross country runners qualify for state competition

Alex Helm, Writer November 8, 2013

The sound of running feet pound on the course. The woosh of heavy breathing could be heard as runners passed by. The cross country team ran hard at their region race in Lubbock last weekend. After the...

Junior Angela Hoffman holds one of her ball python snakes. She owns eight of them as pets in her home. Snake breeding is one her hobbies that earns her extra pocket money.

Slithery sidekicks

Junior collects snakes, breeds them for profit
Alex Helm, Writer November 8, 2013

  Junior Angela Hoffman has a thing for snakes. It all started two summers ago when her friend, Scarlet Christian, a recent graduate, took her to The Lone Star Reptile Expos, a reptile convention....

Hunt for perfect pumpkin

Alex Helm, Writer October 22, 2013

There's nothing that represents autumn more than a pumpkin patch. The problem is figuring out which festive fall destination to visit. The Marquee has sought out the perfect patches that will provide guests...

Marauder Market plans to open, sell spirit wear

Alex Helm, Writer September 19, 2013

 Students may notice something new coming into the school starting Sept. 23. Inside what once was the old security booth near the front office are new shelves that have been nailed up. The desk has been...

Student turned storyteller

Alex Helm November 14, 2012

 The ink flows across the lined pages, spilling one word after another: "… I knew something was trembling. A secret, foreboding a new era. A deadly secret – I could feel it in my bones – that would...