Vampire Weekend’s latest album Contra, released in January is a reigning success. Surpassing their first album in ratings, Contra has been within the Top 5 spot on Australian, Canadian, French, United Kingdom, Irish, and United States charts.
The self titled debut album was a hard act to follow, but the success it brought made the anticipation for Contra worth the wait. Absolutely whimsical is a perfect way to label it; all the songs have a light upbeat feel to them.
In comparison to the first album, the songs aren’t quite as forceful. …

The 2010 Olympics started out a little rocky with the death of a Georgian Luger, but after some adjustments to the track the Olympic games were underway. The lighting of the cauldron included speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, basketball all-star Steve Nash, skier Nancy Greene, and legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky. Fans from all around the world came to witness their own piece of history as hard trained atheletes put it all on the line for one chance at Olympic success. And when it was all said and done, the best atheletes were heroes to the countries that they so proudly represented.

 You’ve heard the announcements, seen the signs, it’s the Muslim Student Association’s “Islam Awareness Week.”
“The objective is to clear up stereotypes and inform people about Islam,” said MSA member Faina Osman, junior.
   They’ve dedicated three days this week from Tuesday, Feb. 16 to Thursday, Feb.18 to a different theme all pertaining to helping more students understand their religion. The first day allowed any student to ask any member of MSA any question, without reservation.
 “The main question I heard was ‘why do you wear the hijab?” said MSA president Lena Gayar, …

The most important weeks of an athlete’s life have arrived with the 2010 Winter Olympics. The celebration of competition and good sportsmanship amongst every country of the world is currently one of the most viewed programs on television across America. But which events are drawing us to our television sets the most during these Olympic Games? Grand Blanc High School students were asked what Winter Olympic event they enjoy watching most. Leave a comment of your favorite event!

Ladies, we’ve all heard them; second-rate pick-up lines with content so appalling you wish you’d never been approached in the first place.

Now if you think Joey’s (from the sitcom Friends) famous, “How you doin’” is unoriginal, and you’re frustrated by the ever so over-used, “Did it hurt, when you fell from heaven?” Well, just wait.

Below are the ten raunchiest, yet print-appropriate pick-up lines heard throughout the halls of Grand Blanc High School.

There is a reason residents of Grand Blanc avoid the Saginaw Street, Holly Road intersection around 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Yet every teenager is stuck in the midst of the mass chaos known as the high school parking lot.
The parking lot is a mess on a normal day, but when a freak snow storm hits, it’s like us mid-Michiganders have never seen snow before. Arriving at the school at my normal time, I was stuck in the last row of the upper lot, when I should have been about …

Television may never be the same: Oprah Winfery is calling it quits. After 25 years the iconic talk show host will be turning the lights out on her daytime talk show in September of 2011. American Television will also be saying goodbye to the Tyra Banks show. After five seasons the model turned talk show host will end her award winning show. However, the country seems to be grieving, not over Oprah or Tyra, but over Simon Cowell’s announcement that after this season he will be exiting from the …

You know what grinds my gears? People, who attend Grand Blanc High, yet insist on wearing clothes that have other high school’s logo on them. It’s like, why wear that if you don’t even go there? Why support a high school you don’t even go to, or even support Grand Blanc’s rival, what’s up with that?
If your significant other goes there or something, maybe that’s different, but still. Out of all the sweat shirts, t-shirts, or sweat pants someone might own they chose to wear the ones that support a …

In the December issue of the Bobcat Banner, we posted some trivia for all you holiday lovers, and here are the answers for all the devoted readers out there. These questions were related to the many holidays in the holiday season, so please enjoy not only this, but all the hard work our Banner staff has put in to this December issue for you all to enjoy.

Happy Holidays,

Banner Staff