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May 14 29th time is a charm in job hunt

BY GABRIELLE CALISE, Palm Harbor University High

You think that you’re having a hard time finding a job? You’re not alone, and you should stop whining. Finding work ...

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May 14 Early college creates opportunities

BY NICOLE ZAKRZEWSKI, University of Florida

Doing early college was one of the best impulse decisions I’ve ever made. I found out about the opportunity on the last day ...

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May 7 Cheat sheet: J.K. Rowling, Swedes and journalists

Hooray, young journalist

Allow us a small commercial break to praise tb-two* student editor Rachel Mowat, senior at Hillsborough High, who recently received second-place honors and $300 in the Todd ...

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May 7 Guess the menu

BY ANGELINA DEVINCENZO, East Lake High

Okay, so “historical” is not exactly the way to describe something that’s 9 years old. But this pig-filled BBQ joint, with plenty of ...

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May 7 Hometeam Hot Shots

A spotlight on the Times’ players of the week

Female Hot Shot
Chaise Cook-Martin, Sr., Boca Ciega High
Sport: Track
Skinny: For three years, Cook-Martin waited to claim gold in ...

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May 7 Hits in the heat

BY HANNAH ELLIOTT, Robinson High

Nothing is better than waking up late on a summer morning and the only thing on the day’s to-do list is “go to concert ...

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May 7 Gayle's keeps on cookin'

BY CHLOE BEAVER, St. Petersburg High

Gayle’s Restaurant, a tiny diner at St. Pete Beach, is a fun family-run restaurant with Tennessee-style home cooking. Open since 1954, it’s ...

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May 7 For her life, and others'

BY CHLOE BEAVER, St. Petersburg High

Since being diagnosed, at 4 months of age, with hepatoblastoma, Caitlin Maselli has taken a lot of steps to end cancer.

The first huge ...

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May 7 Temporary chubster

BY LOUIE CASTILLO, Clearwater Central Catholic High

As much as I’d like to stubbornly deny it, I’m a stubborn person. Though I try my hardest to approach things ...

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May 7 Movie preview

BY KATE FUEYO, Tampa Preparatory

For this self-proclaimed geek, summer movie season is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, there are the masterpieces, such as The ...

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May 7 Television preview

BY HANNAH ELLIOTT,  Robinson High

I’m studying for exams. Yes, really. But I’m also dreaming of summer, when I’ll have time to luxuriate in the glow of ...

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May 1 From The Corps; featuring tb-two*, April

Rachel Mowat and Yvonne Bertovich fill us in on interesting stories covered in the next few issues of tb-two, a print and on-line news journal sponsored by the Tampa Bay ...

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May 1 My Teacher Kicks Asterisk Winners

Even if we say “we can’t WAIT until we get out of high school,” every one of us has had those “wow” moments in a classroom, thanks to an ...

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May 1 Teachers Who Rock: Bonnie Herzog, Social Studies & Montine Vona-Pergola, English.

Social studies teacher Bonnie Herzog and English teacher Montine Vona-Pergola see eye-to-eye on many teaching techniques:

• They agree that in order to effectively portray the excitement of the material they ...

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May 1 Teachers Who Rock

Hillsborough finalists

Bloomingdale High
James Anteau, TV Production
    Nominated by Aaliyah Kindred, junior

Durant High
Cheryl Reve, Science
    Nominated by CJ Garcia, junior

Hillsborough High
Mike Mikulec, European History
     Nominated ...

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