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I interviewed as many of the video game fanatics I knew about what they wanted ...
In 2001 the Legendary Electronic artist Aphex Twin released a 30 track double album stock ...
Review on Batman: Arkham Asylum Carter Allen I have never played a video game starring a superhero ...
Shadow Complex was released last summer during XBOX Live's "Days of Arcade" promo to much ...
#2 Discovery by Daft Punk After releasing what is considered to be one of the most ...
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This just in! Barry Allen, the silver age Flash is back in The Flash#1, written ...
Recently, there have been some complaints about the state of the student lounge in Melissa’s ...
Warning: Here There Be Spoilers! On Wednesday March 17th Marvel Comics released Siege #3, the third ...
Lemmings Reviewed by Nick Ohlweiler Lemmings is one of my personal favorites. Originally released in 1991 by ...

Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival

For the second year in a row, I have created and submitted an entry for the Georgetown Super 8 Film festival. I am by no means a professional filmmaker, but I have had fun these past two years, going out ...
Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival

Why Curriculum Alignment Won’t Work at Nova

The concept of curriculum alignment is simple. The district has created a specific curriculum for core classes that it wants all Seattle public high school teachers to adhere to and teach from. If put into action at Nova, it would ...
Why Curriculum Alignment Won’t Work at Nova

Why Wait For Bridge Week? Check Out Second Semester’s Class Offerings Today!

Semester after semester, class sign-ups can usually be guaranteed to create havoc and sometimes panic in the halls of Nova--but why not get a head-start on your class decision making by getting a sneak preview? Traditionally Bridge Week is when ...
Why Wait For Bridge Week? Check Out Second Semester’s Class Offerings Today!

Garfield/Nova Teen Health Center Welcomes You

Located at 400 23rd Avenue in the Central District is Garfield High School, home of the safe and confidential Garfield/Nova Teen Health Center. It is a useful resource where students can receive free medical and mental health care including ...
Garfield/Nova Teen Health Center Welcomes You

The Greenwood Arsonist

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="450" caption="N.W. Discount World fire"][/caption] November 23rd, 2008, Greenwood. Plenty of stores and buildings all around local businesses new and old, coffee shops and writing workshops, mini marts and veterinarian offices, restaurants small and big. November 23rd, 2009, Greenwood. ...
The Greenwood Arsonist

Kay Smith-Blum

June - 8 - 2010 Reporter: picarter View Comments

Kay Smith-Blum
A few weeks ago we got a visit from our school board representative, Kay Smith-Blum, who won the seat over Mary Bass in the last election. I had the chance to sit in on the Q&A session, which happened at 9 o’clock in the morning. The meeting went as most Nova meetings go: students [...]

Top Five Reasons YOU Should Hate Sonic the Hedgehog

June - 8 - 2010 Reporter: Benjamin Taylor View Comments

Disclaimer: This article is satirical, and as such should not be taken seriously.

Oh Sonic, how the mighty have fallen. Once the mascot for one of the biggest game companies in the world, Sonic has become the laughing stock of a gaming company that is in some serious financial trouble. And you should hate this fictional [...]

A Suggested Showtunes Playlist

June - 7 - 2010 Reporter: Leila Cheung View Comments

What does a theater geek do when she’s run out of local shows to review (or time to see said shows)? Well, she digs up old shows, remembering how great each one of them is, and writes about them instead. Now I’m going to give you my suggested Ultimate Showtunes Playlist, or at least, as [...]

Review of Gaming Podcasts

June - 7 - 2010 Reporter: Benjamin Taylor View Comments

If you’ve ever been on a mainstream gaming website before, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen ads on the site for their respective podcast. What’s a podcast, you may ask? Well, the answer varies from podcast to podcast. Some may have tutorials on specific things, others may be in a straight-up news show format, [...]

Nova Art Show

June - 4 - 2010 Reporter: Jordan M View Comments

Come to Nova’s art show at the Vera Project’s Ver(a)rt Gallery! See student work, everything from graffiti to sculpture. Support your community, school, and friends- opening is on June 8th from 6 to 8 PM, the show goes through June 26th.
Ver(a)rt Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Friday 2 – 6 PM
Saturday 12 – 5 PM
Seattle Center West
Warren [...]

Fiddler on the Roof

May - 28 - 2010 Reporter: Leila Cheung View Comments

Hurry up and get yourself to the Paramount, because no theater fan wants to miss their current show! Seattle has welcomed Harvey Fierstein and the rest of the touring cast of Fiddler on the Roof, and the show is running through this Sunday!
Fiddler is a classic musical and a favorite of many theater fans, and [...]

Four Reasons why Popeye the Sailor Man Makes a Bad Father

May - 25 - 2010 Reporter: Ted Jensen View Comments

Almost everyone around knows Popeye. I mean, he’s Popeye, the sailor man. He’s tough to the finish, ’cause he eats his spinach. This cartoon has entertained thousands upon potential millions for decades. Being an active classic cartoon viewer, I happened upon an episode of this show where Popeye’s children were watching their father, Olive Oyl, [...]

My Experience at the International Worker’s Day March & Rally

May - 25 - 2010 Reporter: Benjamin Taylor View Comments

On Friday, Joe took me by surprise by telling the us that we had to go to an immigration march on Saturday for his History, Film, and Art Class, or we’d have to do some other form of activism. I opted to go to the protest, because I had tired of writing letters to Congress. [...]

New Poll- What do YOU want from NovaKnows?

May - 18 - 2010 Reporter: Jordan M View Comments

Not enough choices? Tell us what your “something else” is in the comments.

Beauty and the Beast at Broadway Performance Hall

May - 11 - 2010 Reporter: Leila Cheung View Comments

Those of you who have read my theater column from its inception at the start of the semester probably know that I reviewed the Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast awhile back, naming it as one of the top 7 musicals of the decade. And for me, Beauty and the Beast always will be a [...]

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