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		<title>PTO Scholarships For Seniors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week in Mrs. Fletcher’s office, room 315, seniors can pick up applications for PTO scholarships. The applications should be completed and turned in to Mrs. Fletcher by March 23rd.  On April 30th, at senior night, seven applicants will be announced. Three of the applicants will receive $1,000, while the other four will be awarded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/news/2012/02/06/pto-scholarships-for-seniors/</link>
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		<title>Stereotypes Shown in YouTube Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When logging onto Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or even YouTube, I’m pretty sure that everyone has stumbled upon a couple videos from the popular hits of Sh*t ______ say.
 The videos were typically pointed out as what to have been said by girls, Arab parents, Indians, what people don’t say, and so forth. They originated from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/opinion/2012/02/06/stereotypes-shown-in-youtube-videos/</link>
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		<title>Spirit Day Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Student Council has been very creative and original with spirit days in the last few years, there are still some ideas that are not so exciting. What ever happened to the classic spirit days? Pajama day, crazy hair day, hat day, mismatch day, and spirit days. To me, those are perfectly acceptable, they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/opinion/2012/02/06/spirit-day-stress/</link>
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		<title>Super Bowl 2012: Not So &#8220;Super&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people could vaguely recall the winning drive that Eli Manning put together to beat the New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl. Manning connected with Plaxico Burress on a 13-yard pass for the winning touchdown with 35 seconds remaining. The play that most sports enthusiasts remember is the famous David Tyree ball to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/opinion/2012/02/04/super-bowl-2012-not-so-super/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Trending?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now trending on twitter: #RulesInARelationship; #NotInMyHouse; and #Love Interruption. Those are the number three on twitter at the moment. What “trending” means is that a lot of people are doing it, and making references towards it. I also know a couple of months ago #ATB was trending, which was about a young high school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/features/2012/02/01/whats-trending/</link>
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		<title>Growing Technology Fascination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Generation has collided with planet Earth, and the explosion is the least of the problems brought up by our own neglect. With children becoming more immersed into the technology that is becoming a lifeline to the world. What the older generation sees is children playing with video games, or messing around on cellphones [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/opinion/2012/02/01/growing-technology-fascination/</link>
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		<title>Alumni inducted into new Hall Of Fame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the trophies, ribbons, pictures and awards sitting in the trophy case in the gym, a new display resides with the names of four former BV West student athletes. A committee selected these students to be inducted in the new BV West Athletic Hall of Fame. Travis Helgeson, ‘04; Matt Besler, ’05; Ryan Copp, ’05; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/sports/2012/02/01/alumni-inducted-into-new-hall-of-fame/</link>
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		<title>Album Review: Nightwish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 30th of this past year, the Finnish band Nightwish released their seventh studio album by the very long and confusing name of &#8220;Imaginaerum&#8221;. Like great albums such as Pink Floyd&#8217;s &#8220;The Wall&#8221; and Queensryche&#8217;s &#8220;Operation Mindcrime&#8221;, &#8220;Imaginaerum&#8221; tells the audience a story.
The story being spun is of an old composer on his deathbed, reminiscing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/arts-entertainment/2012/01/30/album-review-nightwish/</link>
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		<title>Scoring LaPointe: New Girls&#8217; Basketball Coach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shooting for excellence, the Lady Jags varsity basketball team is led and encouraged by Coach Frank Lapointe. Previously at Olathe East, Lapointe joins the BV West Girls’ basketball program, enthusiastic to help the team grow and to succeed this season.
Lapointe started coaching basketball nearly 30 years ago in Montreal, Canada after a mentor offered him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/sports/2012/01/30/scoring-lapointe-new-girls-basketball-coach/</link>
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		<title>Favorite Teachers: Mrs. Glenn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of cool teachers here at BV West, but my favorite teacher is Mrs. Glenn. She is the newspaper, yearbook, and journalism teacher and she always has creative ways to make the class fun. Newspaper is a great class, but it would not be as fun without her teaching it. To brainstorm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bvwnews.com/opinion/2012/01/30/favorite-teachers-mrs-glenn/</link>
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