After spending 69 days in the depths of a collapsed mine, all 33 miners were successfully rescued on October 13th, having been trapped since August 5th, when the mine first collapsed. 

     After August 5th, 17 days past before it was realized that the miners were still alive, due to the 7 inch hole discovered through which food, water, letters from family and friends, hydration gels, soccer videos, and even bibles were passed. 

     For the other 52 days, rescuers spent their time building the shaft intended to rescue each miner.  The shaft was barely wider than a person’s shoulder width, held one person at a time, and the journey to the surface was about 15 minutes.  One by one, the miners each were  brought back to the real world and were reunited with their families and friends.  They were made to wear special sunglasses to prevent damage the sudden brightness might cause their eyes after spending so long in a dark tunnel.  As they fell to the ground, a few prayed, and one professional soccer player was tossed a ball and he juggled it for a while; his first pleasure of being given back his life.  Others hugged their loved ones for a long time, crying in gratitude.  The Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was at the mouth of the  hole, waiting to hug each man as he surfaced.

     The rest of the world has seen this remarkable save as inspiration, and Chilean Pinera voiced his agreement. 

     “We have lived a magical night, a night we will remember throughout our lives, a night in which life defeated death,” Pinera said.

     In the first game, the girls beat A-West 25-17. Soon after, 25-13, and the final game 25-21.

     Coming into the game the Mustangs were ranked second, and on a six game winning streak.

     Jordan Banich leads the team with 158 kills and an average of four per game.

     The Mustangs have only one game left against Brighton, who is ranked number 4 in the state. Hopefully they can bring out the same energy.

The teens, three aged 19 and one aged 16, were driving through the town of  Garbutt near New York City when they staged their competition.  The driver, Brian Parslow, passed out, causing the car to hit a boulder.

The three were treated for injuries; fortunately, no one was seriously injured.

Sean Woodworth poses stoically with his new haircut.

Kurt Luce revels in his newfound semibaldness.

No matter how good one’s study habits are, it’s unavoidable that he or she enters a period of cramming shortly before finals.  However, some students were not only adjusting the contents of their heads. 

Among a few other students, Sean Woodworth (left) and Kurt Luce (right) entered finals week sporting a new ‘do.  Shortly beforehand, the duo sheared off their hair for authentic mowhawks to inspire themselves and others to conquer their tests. 

Said Luce, “I just kind of wanted to shake things up.” 

However, now that finals are over the two have cropped down to the buzz cuts shown here.  “I had to wake up really early to style it,” Luce refers to his more hirsute time.  “It was too much work.” 

Woodworth explained, “I had to crouch down to drive to school in the morning.”  He could also be seen in chemistry, attempting with difficulty to don the required safety goggles. 

When asked, Luce professed not to miss the style.  “I feel like this [buzz cut] could lead to great things.”