Peter Lacerenza
Art Director
On September 30th, David Hartley was jet skiing on Falcon Lake, Texas with his wife, Tiffany. Straddling the United States-Mexico border, Falcon Lake seemed like a relatively innocent place to spend the afternoon, despite the ongoing turmoil in Mexico.
Peter Lacerenza
Features Editor
A little over a week ago, the usually quiet town of New Canaan was transformed into chaotic, tree-strewn confusion when a Nor’easter hit town and the surrounding area. Power lines were downed by wind gusts and falling trees, and streets became labyrinths, ending in blocked roads. Homes and students alike were left powerless for days. For the first time in a while, students experienced a blackout that bore no connection to an Outback dance, or a sports dress code spearheaded by Bussey’s Bomb Squad. This was the real thing…
Peter Lacerenza
Features Editor
It can be said on any Sunday afternoon while students are still holding off on doing their homework, that browsing through photo albums of the weekend’s parties on Facebook is an unofficial pastime of sorts. While the contents of the photos may range from squeaky clean to questionable, there is usually a common theme.
“When I go to my news feed, I usually see an album name usually involving an inside joke that consists of ‘ruit, loose girls in scanty outfits and gentlemen with profanities written all over their faces after they’ve passed out,” sophomore Thomas Rochlin said…
Meghan Guarnieri
Reporter
While the first week of March provides freshman, and many juniors and seniors with sleep-ins, it provides the remainder with number 2 pencils, scantrons, and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test, also known as CAPT.
Many upperclassmen who passed the CAPT enjoy the idea of an additional break from the school routine. “CAPT week is awesome because it triples our vacations,” senior Andrew Leslie said.
Some students are so gung ho over CAPT week, they see no reason to come to school…
Peter Lacerenza
Features Editor
In middle school, relationships had a simple formula. They consisted of merely calling someone else your boyfriend or girlfriend for a few days until things went tragically downhill. Now that we are in high school, relationships are often a little less formulaic.
Nowadays, we must worry about whether we are casually dating, FBO (Facebook Official), friends with benefits, having a no-strings-attached hookup, or caught in a dreaded love triangle…
