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DeAndre Oglesby

DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor

DeAndre Oglesby is a 17-year-old from Colonia New Jersey. He was born on December 7, 2000 at JFK Hospital. His nationality is African Bajan American (his mother is from the island of Barbados). Oglesby is the youngest of four children. He has two sisters and one brother. Currently, he is a senior at Colonia High School. Oglesby is quite active at school. Some of the clubs that he’s in are newspaper club, LGBT club, SLAC, Anime, and many more. A few of his favorite hobbies are art, photography, poetry, writing, and YouTube. Oglesby identifies as nonbinary, and wants to change his name legally to Andie J. Lewis after high school. One of his biggest dreams is to open a school for children who are more gifted in the arts rather than academics.

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Henry Ford says, "Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success."

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November 6, 2017

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November 3, 2017
Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice is bone chillingly good

By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
November 3, 2017
Henry James says, "It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
November 3, 2017
Will Rogers says, "It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."

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November 2, 2017
Prince says, "Compassion is an action word with no boundaries."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
November 1, 2017
John Green says, “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 31, 2017
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[Photo] Hotel Transylvania is hauntingly mediocre

By: Jada Davis, Senior Opinion Editor
October 30, 2017
Alfred A. Montapert says, "Expect problems and eat them for breakfast."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 30, 2017
Robert Frost says, “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 27, 2017
Theodore Roosevelt says, "Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 26, 2017
John Keats says, "I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 25, 2017
Fulton J. Sheen says, "Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals."

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October 24, 2017
Frank Zappa says, “So many books, so little time.”

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October 23, 2017
Albert Einstein says, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 20, 2017
Dr. Seuss says, “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

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October 19, 2017
Stephen Chbosky, "We accept the love we think we deserve."

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October 18, 2017
Mark Twain says, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 17, 2017
Walt Disney says, "If you can dream it, you can do it."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 16, 2017
Charles de Gaulle says, "Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown."

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October 13, 2017
Thomas Edison says, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 12, 2017
John Burroughs says, "The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 11, 2017
C.S. Lewis says, "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

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October 10, 2017
Milton Berle says, "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
October 5, 2017
W. Clement Stone says, "Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."

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October 4, 2017
The Dalai Lama says, "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

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October 3, 2017
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These skin care tips will blow you away

By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 29, 2017
Og Mandino says, "Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 29, 2017
Benjamin Franklin, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 25, 2017
Ernest Hemingway says, "But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 20, 2017
Amelia Earhart says, "You can do anything you decide to do."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 19, 2017
Albert Einstein says, "To succeed, we must first believe that we can."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 18, 2017
Michael Korda says, "To succeed, we must first believe that we can."

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By: DeAndre Oglesby, Senior Editor
September 15, 2017
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September 14, 2017
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September 13, 2017
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September 12, 2017
Lion King

The Lion King will change your life

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January 23, 2017
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Rogue One is out of this world

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