RUSTLER NEWS
The website for the CMR Stampede Newspaper
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Mar 5
by Dirk Lawhon
Have you ever wondered how filmmakers do the things they do in order to create such an astonishing visual experience for their audience? Have you ever considered the vast amount of creative thought and effort that is put into each scene of a single film? Tom Spencer’s Video Production class exists to help students better understand the film industry. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mar 5
by Tim Seery
When senior Trevor Jones talks about robotics one can almost see the gears in his head rotate.
Jones, now in his fourth year of CMR robotics, said that he would highly recommend the club to any student with an interest in engineering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Marimba Mania
Filed under NewsMar 5
Pictured Naoko Takada on marimba with Gordan Johnson close by. Photo by Zach Winter.
by Zach Winter
The Great Falls Symphony recently had a guest performer, and a select group of CMR musicians were lucky enough to experience the excellence first hand.
Naoko Takada, a performing musician out of Los Angeles, was invited to play the marimba for a piece with the symphony. She was born in Japan and ever since she first heard the marimba, she said she knew that’s what she wanted to play.
“The marimba looked fun,” Takada said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Speech, debate closes out a good year
Filed under NewsMar 5
Enjoying some down time between rounds, sophomores Katie Hodges and John Thomas discuss rounds. Photo by Melissa Colwell.
by Zack Jarvis
The speech and debate had a long season, but in the end the team finished on a high note for the year.“Our team just got better with each tournament, and I think that the team has real promise for next season,” Melissa Colwell, the vice president of the team, said.
The Talking Rustlers team had several people place at the National Qualifier tournament. Junior Tim Seery qualified in both his extemporaneous speeches, senior Mauro Read the rest of this entry »
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Bill Will gets new stage curtains
Filed under NewsMar 5by Dirk Lawhon
CMR’s drama department is well known. The work accomplished behind the scenes, however, often goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mar 5
Surrounded by a sea of pink shirts, CMR attendance clerk Lillian Senne held onto seniors Blake Stenzel and Brian Spencer on her way to center court Feb. 13.
Senne, who has worked at CMR for 12 years, is battling cancer, and the recognition she received at the boys’ basketball game is just one honor among many.
“I was honored to represent for cancer awareness,” she said. “I am very blessed and appreciative because I know it does help.”
Senne said she was surprised to be asked to appear at the game. The students chose to wear the color pink in support of the woman they’ve stood by all year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mar 5
Sgt. Damian McGee, who has worked for more than a decade as a journalist with the U.S. Marines Corps, spent two hours March 5 with the staff of the CMR Stampede. McGee has reported from 45 states in the continental U.S. and 14 countries, including Iraq, Germany, Thailand and Trinidad. McGee, along with Great Falls-based Sgt. Brian Smith, talked about reporting, photojournalism, layout and design and Marines Coprs publications. -
English classes put on the clock
Filed under NewsFeb 22
Senior Kelsey Doney writes her district assessment in Scott Clapp's AP English class.
English seniors Aaron Roberts, Brooke Porter and Josephine Coburn compose their district assessments. Photo by Zach Winter.
by Zach Winter
English students across the district sat down Feb. 18 to show off their skills in the English language (and to get back at the district for some policy making). Read the rest of this entry »
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The “Butterfly Project”
Filed under NewsFeb 20
Chloe Rogers' butterfly from "The Butterfly Project"
- Seniors in Jill Showen’s English class created butterflies in February.
by Chloe Rogers
For the past two weeks, English 7-8 Senior Project has been studying the Holocaust. Recently, students made butterflies in an effort to remember those whose lives were lost due to the atrocities of the Germans. Read the rest of this entry »
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Converting Creativity
Filed under NewsFeb 20This quarter in Stagecraft, students Mike Root and Bobby Ready are converting old instructional films for the benefit of future students. Each reel includes helpful information about the history of theater. They film the progression of each slide with a modern mini dv camcorder and will then lend their voices to narrate the newly updated films.
“This is probably one of the most interesting projects we’ve ever had in this class,” Root said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out.”
Monday, March 15