Documenting history, one tile at a time

Megan Joyce
Executive Producer of the Ram Review

Look up from your tuna sandwich in the cafeteria and you should notice a colorful mural of students covering one of the walls. Take a walk outside of the Wagner Room and a painted tribute to the Class of 2009 seems to pop out of the otherwise bare tiles. Or, if you attend next week’s NCHS winter musical, Edwin Drood, immense portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England hanging on the stage may catch your eye…

Drood takes musicals to new heights

Francesca DeRosa
Reporter

This year’s winter musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be the first NCHS production in which the actors literally take to the air.

Though it lasts only briefly, a few members of the cast will be hoisted into the air by a system of pulleys, which are manned by a troop of athletic students recruited especially for the purpose. The scene is played out with graceful somersaults and a lot of effort by the crew pulling the ropes…

Spring Wardrobe 101

Lucia Molina
Courant Blogger

It’s still winter, yet I cannot stop thinking about spring. There are so many fun and flattering trends forming that the industry is buzzing with excitment. I’ve spotted the following spring pieces on the runways, celebrities, and in the fashinon industry. Be careful when pairing these pieces together becasue of the chunky accessories and bright coloring of the clothing– clashing may occur…

Rave brings upperclassmen out on a school night

Taylor Dunstan
Reporter

On March 1, the YMCA High School Leadership Board and the Outback Student Governing Board (SGB) held the second annual CAPT week Rave at the Outback Teen Center from 8 to 11 pm.

Last year, the Y High Leadership Board held the CAPT week dance, using The Rave as the theme of the upperclassmen-only dance. “The title stuck, so we chose to do the same theme,” Y High Leader Co-President, senior Dolly Meckler said. “At the dance, we cover the windows and use black lights. We also play a lot of techno music,” she said…

CAPT testing begins this week

Emily Greene
News Editor

Tomorrow kicks off CAPT week. All classes will meet and it will be considered a Day 4, and for period E, an even day. Mandatory testing for sophomores only will begin Tuesday, March 2nd, and continue through Tuesday, March 9th. Lunch will only be served for test takers the first week, excluding Monday…