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The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

yellow circle signifies site of attack

Truck Attack in Sweden

Colin Hope, Staff Reporter April 7, 2017

Earlier today in  Stockholm, Sweden, a stolen truck slammed into an Åhléns department store around 3 p.m local time killing four people and injuring dozens more. The attack took place on Drottninggatan,...

CWTC’s First Annual OAP Festival

MaddyP, Staff Reporter March 28, 2017

This year has been a big one for Cypress Woods’ Theater Company. A record number of shows, a successful UIL season and a play recognized and performed at the state thespian festival. To end the year...

Escalator Malfunction in China

Escalator Malfunction in China

KaeT, Social Media Editor March 28, 2017

On Saturday afternoon in a Hong Kong mall, visitors were stunned when a tall escalator standing at roughly 150 feet suddenly malfunctioned. This sent the machine in the reverse direction at nearly twice...

Paige Sebesta throws the ball

Powderpuff Kicks Off

Felicia Hernandez, Managing Editor March 24, 2017

Every year the girls pad up, lace up their cleats and have the opportunity to take the field for the Powder Puff game. The Powder Puff game is an annual event (if weather permits) that gives junior...

President Trump has recently released his first budget proposal.

Trump’s First Budget Proposal

HannahN, Staff Reporter March 22, 2017

President Trump has released a partial outline of his 2018 budget plan. He has proposed major cuts to state and other development programs, Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency,...

Orlando Shooters Wife Denied Release

Orlando Shooter’s Wife Denied Release

TeresaH, Acting Online Editor March 10, 2017

The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter's widow will now remain in custody after a judge denied bail and an early release.  On June 2016, Omar Mateen walked into the nightclub and killed 49 people causing...

Park Geun-hye

Corruption and Park Geun-hye

TeresaH, Staff Reporter March 9, 2017

After being South Korean President since February 25th, 2013, Park Geun-hye has been impeached on March 10th after a unanimous parliamentary vote following her role in a corruption scandal. Elections for...

CIA and WikiLeaks

CIA and WikiLeaks

ColinH, Staff Reporter March 8, 2017

The notorious site WikiLeaks has uncovered one of the biggest secretive government programs since the Edward Snowden incident back in 2013. They uncovered a set of documents that details how the CIA...

Protests of Dakota Access pipeline

Dakota Pipeline Request Denied

TeresaH, Staff Reporter March 7, 2017

The Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.7bn project that would transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Last year, protests over the completion of the Dakota Pipeline reached their height after...

A horse at the vet

Horsing Into a Disease

HaleyB, Reporter February 28, 2017

Taking a horse anywhere with other horses around is a risk for them to catch any disease or infection. Horse owners are required by law to carry a negative Coggins with them whenever they take the animal...

Sophomores Eileene Lee and Tvisha Malik

Debate at Harvard

JustinV, Staff Reporter February 21, 2017

This past week, Harvard hosted their 43rd annual debate tournament for high school students across the world. The tournament had over 1,300 entries competing in a number of different events. Students came...

Mars

The Future of NASA

TeresaH, Staff Reporter February 17, 2017

Even with the increasing sci-fi movies, NASA has been quietly working on their next project, developing technology capable of sending humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. Currently,...

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