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By: Aaron Siebert It’s the most exciting, yet, aggravating time of the year for film nerds, the Oscar nominations have been announced and everybody’s mind is running amok to make the correct guess. If you’re not a cinephile, just think of it like March Madness bracket making but for movies instead of basketball. If you... Continue Reading →
By: Aaron Siebert Aaron and Jourdan interview JHS Trojans during their daily routines, no prep time necessary. https://youtu.be/uJnR5f7qmJE
By: Aaron Siebert I’m making a list, I’m checking it twice (or more), and I’m gonna find out which Christmas songs are overrated or nice. Ok, that’s a lie. I’m not gonna “find” anything out, because I already know the top 25 best Christmas songs objectively. This is the “definitive” list. As a matter of... Continue Reading →
By: Aaron Siebert You read the title correctly: the "Jenks High School Slave Week." This was a fundraiser/school dance event that actually took place at Jenks for a whole week every April, from the years 1968-1975 (At least those were the years recorded from the yearbooks). As I was going through old Trojan Torch archives,... Continue Reading →
By: Aaron Siebert What’s your favorite thing about Halloween? It’s a question that you’ve without a doubt heard multiple times in your life, but what’s always the first answer? Besides the costumes, decorations, weather, pumpkin spice everything, and candy; that’s right, horror movies! No Halloween night is complete without a chilling piece of cinema made... Continue Reading →
By Aaron Siebert There is a vast valley dividing the people of America today. It can be seen from any news outlet or media. The entire country has dissolved into an us vs. them mentality. Whether it’s red vs. blue, right vs. left, or any other spin we can put on those two sides. While... Continue Reading →
By Aaron Siebert It has been 1 year and 5 months since the last stage play from the Jenks High School Theatre department, Deadwood Dick, wrapped up. The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to last year's Spring show, The Game’s AFoot. But with the world opening up again, it is finally time for the stage... Continue Reading →
By: Aaron Siebert Welcome to The Better Version with Aaron Siebert! A film podcast hosted by a snobby high school film student and his guests. In the better version we take two films very similar in multiple regards and compare the two in order to find out which version did it better. In this pilot... Continue Reading →
By: Emma Zeller As our world returns to normalcy, everyone is finally able to get back into their normal routines- even though they may be different. We’ve switched from restaurant dining to takeout food, hugs to elbow bumps, and sadly, movie theaters to T.V.’s. Last year, many anticipated releases were postponed. This year, we reap... Continue Reading →
By Aaron Siebert What word comes to mind when you think of downtown Jenks? Some would say quaint, others would say photogenic; I, for one, would say Vintage. And what fits that criteria more than a local coffee shop? Vintage Key is a young craft coffee place located on Main Street Jenks. It first opened... Continue Reading →
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