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May 1 A super little shack

BY JOHNPAUL BUGA, Palm Harbor University High

The trailer that appears to be transformed into a shack will likely surprise you, and this little eatery’s Caribbean atmosphere, and inspired ...

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May 1 Album review: Fall Out Boy's 'Save Rock And Roll'

Looks like after the three-year intermission, Fall Out Boy’s going to need more than a visually arresting album cover to restore their pre-hiatus glory. Back then I rarely listened ...

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May 1 Hometeam Hot Shots

A spotlight on the Times’ players of the week.

Female Hot Shot
Assata Trader, Shorecrest Prep
Sport: Track
Skinny: After not qualifying for the 100 meters at last year’s ...

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May 1 Hard hookah facts

BY SOHINI LAHIRI, King High

They’ve popped up all over the Tampa Bay area, coffee houses and restaurants that advertise hookah, the puffing of flavored tobacco from bowl-shaped water ...

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May 1 Album review: Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated'

After an inspiring trip to Jamaica in 2012, Snoop Dogg transformed into his alter ego, Snoop Lion. Connecting with the Rastafarian way of life, he was prompted to change his ...

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May 1 Teachers Who Rock: Robin Ladd, Math.

Every day, I start my mornings with algebra. Most people would groan. Honestly, I would too, if I didn’t have Robin Ladd as my math teacher. She consistently brightens ...

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May 1 Teachers Who Rock: Dan Couillard, Film.

Dan Couillard is a St. Petersburg Collegiate High English instructor who prefers Star Wars and Gandalf over Star Trek and Dumbledore. That makes him a favorite with lots of students ...

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May 1 Cheat sheet: Intergrated prom, art and cinnamon

This really is from 2013

Last weekend high school students at Wilcox County High in rural Georgia got to attend the school’s first integrated prom — ever. No matter that ...

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May 1 Book review: Madeline Miller's 'Song of Achilles'

I hate to admit it, but the book’s cover first drew me in. It was just so shiny. The real gold, of course, lies beneath the cover, tucked among ...

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May 1 Teachers Who Rock: Penny Cathey, US History.

Vote for one:
A) Dull, out-of-the-book history teacher
B) Spunky, loves-her-subject, relives-it-every-chance-she-gets history teacher

If you voted for B, you’ve chosen East Lake High AP U.S. History teacher ...

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April 23 The end of obsession

BY KATIE LAMONT, East Lake High

It was like opening Pandora’s box. A blue composition book, plastered in nail polish, filled with my past obsession.

Inside the notebook (which ...

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April 23 That's what we said: changing ourselves

Nobody’s perfect, we get that. Most of the time, we want what we don’t have. Blonds want to be brunets and brunets want to be blonds. Shy people ...

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April 23 The tortured artist

Some of the most artistic minds of our time struggled with mental illness that was thought to fuel their work. From right:

Sylvia Plath, an American poet, wrote just one ...

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April 23 Go natural or not?

BY NANDI MUSWENGA, St. Petersburg High

When people ask me how long it takes for me to straighten my hair, I can tell they expect me to say, “Oh, 45 ...

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April 23 Wrestling with weight

BY RACHEL MOWAT, Hillsborough High

If you heard of someone losing 10 pounds in a week, would you be jealous, wanting to know the secret? Would you be shocked? Concerned ...

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