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The last time Charlotte, NC, received measurable snowfall was roughly the four inches that covered the city in January 2022 (left). January 2024, by contrast, was windy and snowless (right). As temperatures are climbing year-round, CSD students and Charlotte residents are becoming skeptical about the next time they will see a winter with measurable amounts of snow.

Snow Miser vs. Heat Miser: how climate change has altered perception of the holiday season

Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor
December 19, 2024
Rudolph and Hermey, two misfits, plot their escape in front of a Christmas tree with Santa watching. In many famous holiday movies, life lessons reveal themselves in characters and storylines.

Life lessons from holiday movies

Ben Gallagher and Dylan Sherman
December 16, 2024
Concert venues range in size, location and layout. The Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, GA (pictured), is a mid-size venue with a capacity of 12,000. However, the capacity of a smaller venue like Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte is 2,400, and the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, a large venue, has a capacity of about 75,000. All venue types come with their individual benefits and limitations.

Keeping music a-live

Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor
December 9, 2024
Colette Morell (‘25) holds an empty energy drink can, shocked by the news of the ban. “I was surprised they went as far as banning the drinks but I get my caffeine from coffee so it doesn’t really affect me,” Morell said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all that admin made the decision.”

Can ban (energy drinks banned at school)

Ben Gallagher, Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2024
CSD students are learning to balance cell phone use with the school’s new policy. Students can only use their phones during jumpstart (a 10 minute activity break following two daily early morning classes), class transitions, lunch and before and after the arrival and dismissal bells ring. Another way of putting it is that cell phones are firmly outlawed during instructional periods.

“No Cells Bell To Bell” policy goes live

Liam Bradley, Features Editor, News Editor
October 14, 2024
CSD’s entire class of 2025 celebrates the start of the year during the annual Senior Sunrise on August 14, 2024. This new tradition invites seniors to come together early in the morning on first day of school, rekindle friendships and enter the building before anyone else. (Image used courtesy of CSD Student Life.)

Excited, bittersweet and hopeful: CSD’s class of ‘25 seniors open doors for the new year

Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor
September 13, 2024
A 1976 Yale women’s rowing protest opened doors for women athletes. High schools like CSD now offer equal opportunities for girls to play the sports they love.

Yale women’s rowing protest remembered

Conner Shelton, Sports Editor and Podcast Editor
May 15, 2024
Computers in formation begs the question “is AI marching like soldiers into a battle to take over the world?”

Trust gets blocked when AI joins the chat

Callie Hobbs, Sports Editor and Opinions Editor
May 4, 2024
Nearly 20 million women in the United States will develop an eating disorder in their lifetime. And quite often, in an impossible quest for the perfect body, even seemingly simple decisions like choosing a bagel (with or without cream cheese) can cause stress and anxiety.

Body image, eating disorders and the imperfect quest for ‘perfect’

Ava Jordan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Opinions Editor
April 24, 2024
Before Title IX was passed in 1972, the banners that hung in high school gyms across America looked very different. At the Community School of Davidson high school in North Carolina, men’s and women’s banners now alternate.

EDITORIAL – If Title IX had not been passed, all sports would look very different today

Noah Roberson, Features Editor and Editorial Editor
April 23, 2024
ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence are changing the way high school students learn and complete assignments. But with this new learning tool comes confusion and abuse. Teachers and administrators must develop policies to help guide student learning.

AI or die

Noah Roberson, Features Editor and Editorial Editor
March 17, 2024
Red, a color universally associated with love, spells out a heartfelt message

Random acts of kindness inspire CSD students

Callie Hobbs, Sports Editor and Opinions Editor
February 14, 2024
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