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Final performance today at 1800.
Yesterday's show was awesome so be sure to congratulate actors you liked. Also,
senior Celeste Crawford actually wrote one of the plays, so congratulate her
too. If you haven't seen it yet, tonight's your last chance. There are some
twists and turns that you will not see coming.
A
Joke From T. Higginson
What's the difference between a well
dressed man riding a bicycle and a poorly dressed man riding a tricycle?
.... ǝɹıʇʇ-ɐ ʇsnſ
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CONGRATULATIONS
To all the seniors who comitted to schools
yesterday somewhere downtown. I know of Max, Jake, Andrew, Sierra, Jill,
Natalie, Raeann. Good job!
Reminder
Tomorrow is November 15th. That
means more early application deadlines...
Nessa
Knows
That Tesla is a brand not a specific car. So
although it would be more accurate to say the Tesla Model-S everywhere in her
article, she just said the Tesla because there's only one car you can get right
now anyway.
Yesterday
in Physics
Colin Garon actually finished a pun I was
making. Gravity also took a break, F became ma2, and the test on
Potential Energy was easy and everyone finished on time. Just kidding, none of
that happened.
Lyrics
Quiz
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9
Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected and stepping out
over the line
Articles
Tesla Takeover
By Nessa Garcia (DU Car Enthusiast)
Dear all other electric/hybrid cars: your 15 minutes of fame
are up. Unfortunately, a newer, more
sleek electric car now serves as the paragon of its race. While those sassy
Priuses (Prii?) and bold Chevy Volts will still dominate the roads, the Tesla
model, as of recent, rules above them all.
As a proud
Chevy Volt owner who actively brags about not paying for gas, I refused to come
to terms about the Tesla for a while. First of all, the Tesla certainly is not
yet accessible to the majority of the population. More blatantly, the pricing
of this car starts at a hefty $70,000
(a little more than two years at Bishop’s ;) ). But then, due to curiosity and
a massive crush on Elon Musk, I began to look more into the car. Don’t get me
misunderstood, I’ve mostly considered cars as simple methods of transportation
and I’ve consistently had to ask my friends what brand certain “alien-looking”
cars—my personal identification of a luxury car—are. Still, the Tesla, due to
its frequent spot in the media, has captured my interest.
Personally,
the coolest feature of a Tesla is that it has a range of 300 miles per charge.
Oh yeah, and it can be charged virtually anywhere. If that isn’t extremely
threatening to oil companies and gas stations, I don’t know what is. Without
getting too political, I hope we can all agree that this is a good thing. However, recent videos of
Teslas catching on fire due to various battery malfunctions have raised
reasonable questions about the car’s safety. In one video, the cameraman can be
heard saying “Oh ****! That’s a Tesla!”, showing his surprise that such a car
would be engulfed in flames. Despite throwing off Tesla’s stock, I would argue
that Mr. Musk—I mean—the car, is still doing just fine.
In efforts
to avoid sounding like a Tesla spokesperson, I think its important to discuss
how inescapable the brand has become. A few weeks ago, on a trip to UTC where I
planned to eat Thai food, I noticed that Tesla had its own store. While it
isn’t unusual for car brands to have stores, the Tesla store was placed in
between two apparel stores, painstakingly trying to blend in with common
consumerism. That being said, the store was crowded with people, all of whom
eyed the model Tesla with reverence and wonder. All hail the Tesla.
Even if you
hadn’t seen the store, you must have heard Tesla in the news, and if this is
still not the case, you’re hearing about it now. A Tesla, for now, is currently that refined
piece of technology that the public is aware of, yet can’t fully grasp due to
costs; the solar paneling of the next five years. Perhaps, when Musk eventually
lowers the pricing of his innovation, more people will be able to experience
the benefits of a cleaner ride as opposed to just staring at it.
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