DIY Creations for your Valentine

Katie Mazanec
Staff Writer

Be unique this year and make something for your valentine.

If you have a bunch of pictures, you can put them together into a picture frame or photo album. If you do not have any pictures of both of you, you can draw cute pictures of anything. To make it even more personal you can add cute captions.

Having a simple homemade cut-out heart card with a cute description inside. Taking the time to make a card really shows that you care. Also creating heart garland is surprisingly easy and can be placed anywhere to add a cute touch to your Valentine’s Day plans.

If you cannot afford flowers for your valentine you can create your own paper flowers. Instructions are all over the web to create all different types of paper flowers such as roses, daisies, and tulips.

Body cameras to be implemented into Charlotte police force

Jessica Stiehm 
Staff Writer

Charlotte police officers will be expected to wear body cameras while on the job in the near future. More and more police agencies are using body cameras in light of repeated public complaints against officers. The American Civil Liberties Union, local civil rights activists, and police unions are all advocating the use of the cameras in the police workforce. Due to the urging of the public and continued reports of unnecessary use of force, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police will record police activities when approaching a subject. The seven million dollar purchase is expected to be fully integrated among officers by October 2015.

Email scam strikes UNC students and faculty

Michael Lyday
Features Editor

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently warned students and faculty of two email scams affecting the university.

One scam targets students through their student email with fake offers of work-from-home jobs to gain their bank account information. Another scam also done through university email targets faculty members with a phony message from human resources about a change in payroll, prompting the victim to give up their log-in information. This can be used to direct pay to the scammer’s bank account rather than the victim’s.

The FBI is currently investigating the situation.

UNC coalition pushes to rename building named after KKK organizer

Maya Horton
Staff Writer

#KickOutTheKKK is a movement on the UNC Chapel Hill campus to rename Saunders Hall. Participating students claim the hall’s moniker glorifies William L. Saunders, alumni of UNC and chief organizer of the Klu Klux Klan in North Carolina during the 1860s.

Students have taken offense to the University’s historic hall and have created a Facebook page to make their grievances clear.  According to the page, along with renaming the hall, the group is asking for a plaque on “Silent Sam” explaining the racial history and for curriculum to be placed in first year orientation that would contextualize the racial history at UNC.

Civil rights group acquitted of all charges 54 years after arrest

Henry McKeand
Staff Writer

The Friendship Nine, a group of nine African-American men arrested for protesting against racial segregation in 1961, had their convictions vacated this Wednesday.  The group consisted of eight college students from Friendship College at Rock Hill and one civil rights activist.  They were charged with trespassing and given a labor sentence for 30 days after they sat at a whites-only dining counter.  The group’s arrest was important for the civil rights movement, and the fact that they chose not to pay bail after their arrest led other civil rights organizers to follow their lead and actually serve their jail time, easing the financial burden on protesters.  The national attention that the case received helped start other civil rights protests around the country.

Highlights of Obama's State of the Union Address

Aaron Koch
Staff Writer

President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union Address to Congress on January 20, 2015. He spoke of how the economy is improving to 1999 levels, how we’re moving away from using foreign oil, how our upcoming generation is more educated than ever before, and our shift out of Afghanistan. The major focus points of the speech were education and the economy. Obama brought attention to families that had bounced back from the Great Recession in 2008. He brought up stories about Rebekah and her husband, Ben Erler, struggling to make ends meet after his business dried up. Through it all, the family of three still landed on their feet with Ben picking up jobs where he could and Rebekah taking out student loans to go back to college.  Obama was eager to use this family as a poster-child for his idea of the middle class. It was clear that his vision of optimism was fueled by the American family, but the American family also fueled his need for change. “Middle class economics works,” Obama emphasized, “expanding opportunity works, and these policies will continue to work as long as politics don’t get in the way.”

Newspaper and other electives looking for applicants

Alexandria Sands
Arts & Entertainment Editor

There are a number of electives that require an application. One of those classes, is newspaper.

“My years in newspaper have been great ones, I've developed essential writing and interviewing skills needed for my future.  Other than that, newspaper has a more laid back atmosphere than other electives, if you meet your deadlines.” - Sarah Kebea (three year veteran, editor-in-chief)

Here at Apex Legacy, we update students on worldwide, local, and school news. If you enjoy journalism, sports, reviewing music or movies, sharing your opinions, photography, or cartooning you could be a valued member of the newspaper staff in the 2015-2016 school year. Applications are available in student service. Please complete and return to student services by February 10.