About Morgan Loy

Morgan Loy is a senior in CMA. She is the people's section editor for the yearbook and a staff writer for Manual Redeye. She hopes to use everything she has learned in communications and apply it to her future career.
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Opinion: Senioritis, or just relief?

The home stretch, the last inning, the final four: I’ve heard everything from my teachers to describe these last four weeks of high school for [...]

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Review: The Lucky One is another natural love story

Nicholas Sparks has done it again. Warner Bros. and director Scott Hicks worked together to turn Sparks’s award-winning book, The Lucky One, into a motion [...]

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The Effects of Tanning

Most students will be escaping the cooler weather of Kentucky to catch the warm rays of the sun in Florida during this spring break. In preparation [...]

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Opinion: Manual is an exception to the increase in bullying amongst teens (reported by NY times and CNN)

Bullying has always been a main concern of parents, administration, and especially students in high school. Children are bigger, stronger and in most cases, more [...]

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The Hunger Games Craze

“Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…” It was 12 a.m. on March 23, and these words filled [...]

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Filing Taxes

Tax Day was set for April 17 this year. Because many of the employed seniors are 18-years-old, they have the option to file their taxes.  [...]

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Pinterested in Pinning

Recently, many students—specifically the girls—have joined a website that has really caught their interest—or should I say Pinterest?  Pinterest is a virtual pin-board that allows you to [...]

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Opinion: A new driver’s life-altering experience

Getting a car back in June could not have been a happier moment for me. I was one of the last of my friends to [...]

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Manual student chosen to attend the Middle Level Education Conference

On Nov. 10, Parker Bowling (12) attended the Middle Level Education 38th Annual Conference with Jefferson County’s superintendent, Donna Hargens, and Kentucky’s Commissioner of Education, [...]

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Students vote for the first time in November election

On November 8, 2011, Election Day, several Manual seniors took part in voting for the upcoming governor of Kentucky. The student voters at Manual were [...]

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