App of the week: GifBoom

Julia Hardy
Arts & Entertainment Editor

If you haven’t been hearing buzz about this app yet or seeing it pop up on your news feed, you will be very soon. Considered by The Next Web to be “a Tumblr user’s best friend,” GifBoom is a photo app that’s gaining recognition as the perfect tool to make videos like the ones common on Tumblr.

NBA Playoffs

John Berger
Reporter

The NBA season may have been shortened this year from 82 games to 66 games due to the lockout, but the playoffs are the normal length. You need to win 4 best of 7 series in order to win the NBA championship.

The one year difference between seniorhood and juniordom

Isabelle Herde
Reporter

“When school first started, I didn’t think junior year would be as bad as people say, but within the first month I realized that they were right,” junior Molly Joyce said.

Seniors are posting their college acceptances on Facebook as juniors refresh Naviance for the thousandth time, checking their odds of getting into the college of their dreams.

Sophomore pitchers stepping up to the mound

Emily Wood & Isabel Hetherington
Sports Editors

Looking up at the mound, spectators are puzzled to see that the pitchers throwing strikes aren’t upperclassmen but rather sophomores JR Anderson and Ali Reilly. At the start of this spring baseball and softball season, these players are emerging as pitching threats.

App of the week: Logos quiz game

Julia Hardy
Reporter

The logos quiz game is yet another reason why watching way too much TV (and therefore seeing way too many commercials) can be beneficial. It’s simple to play: the app shows images of logos and asks you to name the brand associated with each image. The more you name, the more hints and levels you unlock.

Besides being super easy, it’s free–which is always a plus. The one downside: it’s only available for Apple products, although a similar game is available for Android.

Wanna try it out for yourself?
Download for iPhone here