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The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

Coppell High School senior Akhil Aitha plays the marching bass drum on Feb. 8 in the CHS parking lot outside the band hall. In addition to percussion, Aitha makes music outside of school by singing and producing beats on his computer.

From tragedy to melody: Aitha evolving in music creation

Trisha Atluri, Advertising/Circulation Manager February 17, 2021

Three weeks after the release of his song, “Na La Lenu,” Coppell High School senior Akhil Aitha woke up to find the music video had been viewed 3,500 times. The song, released Jan. 10, is Aitha’s...

St. Ann brings the Harlem Shake

February 18, 2013

By Erica Rohde Staff Writer   Coppell High School KCBY student sees Harlem Shake videos on YouTube. KCBY student goes to Coppell's St. Ann Catholic Parish. KCBY student brings the Harlem Shake...

Graphic by Brian Hwu.

YouTube stars: an evolving class of entertainers

March 31, 2012

By Tolu Salako Staff Writer Sixty hours of video are uploaded onto YouTube every minute. Over four billion people view videos on this site per day. In 2011, this Internet hot spot had more than...

Aspiring rapper Raymond Hart, commonly known as “Lil' Ray”, poses for the camera. Hart released his first album “Relentless” last October and is continuing to release new rap singles every couple of weeks. Photo by Trevor Stiff.

Coppell student quickly developing as a rapper

November 10, 2011

By Seth Slover Staff Writer In a country where musical talent is abundant, it can be difficult for young musicians to succeed.  Coppell junior Raylon Hart knows that, but it is by no means stopping...

Hunt’s departure takes hilarious spin in student YouTube video

May 18, 2011

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Coppell High School has been mourning the loss of Brad Hunt as its principal - so much so that a student created a "Hitler finds out" YouTube video. For those who are...

YouTube: channels worth watching

February 18, 2011

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Over the years, YouTube has gotten the reputation of being a place to watch people fall down or cats play with toilet paper. However, since Hulu bought the company,...

YouTube Project for Awesome launches tomorrow

December 16, 2010

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Sure, YouTube has given us some quality comedy gems (Keyboard Cat? The Bed Intruder Song?), but amidst the humor, it can be easy to forget the power and impact the site...

Potter-mania revived with “A Very Potter Sequel”

September 3, 2010

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Last year, I wrote a story about a little YouTube production from Starkid Productions called "A Very Potter Musical". If you can't tell by the tone of the article (or...

YouTube beginning to charge viewers

January 21, 2010

By Julia Kim Staff Writer The world's most popular video site is planning to charge its users to watch videos. YouTube is considering introducing a movie rental system similar to Apple's iTunes...

Potter musical parody achieves fan base

September 24, 2009

While on mylifeisaverage.com this week, I came across an entry that talked about a Youtube video I’d never heard of: A Very Potter Musical. It seemed amazing to me at the time that a Youtube video...

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