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Month: September 2010

Features Headline

Students spend summer around the world

Maureen Dinnie
Senior Editor

Summer is a time for relaxation, a time for students who spend 10 months of the school year stuck inside with homework and projects to finally get some rest. But for a few students, the summer held different, more active plans. Summer pre-college programs are common in high schools, drawing interest from a couple of students each year.There are many different reasons why students are drawn by these programs across the country. For senior Elbek Abasov, who participated in the NYU Pre-college program in New York City, the interest in the program began early. “I really wanted to start getting a feel for college and split away from the whole high school feeling and start doing my own thing,” Elbek said.

Featured

What’s Poppin’: How to handle pitching prospects?

Dan Popper
Editorial Director

Stephen Strasburg, one of the greatest pitching prospects in the history of the MLB in the eyes of scouts, managers and owners, heard the words that no young pitcher, or pitcher of any age for that matter, wants to hear. After suffering what was presumed to be a strained ligament in his throwing forearm in a start against Philadelphia on August 22, MRIs showed a significant tear in a ligament in his elbow. On August 27, it was reported that Strasburg is likely to undergo Tommy John surgery, a procedure that would leave him out for 12 to 18 months.

Opinions

The Long and Winding Road

Emma Hutchins
Opinions Editor

When I was younger, the only life guidance I needed was from the game MASH. It predicted I would have 1,000 kids, own a red Ferrari, live in a shack, and work at McDonalds. Sweet life, no?

Flash forward a decade – through the pubescent awkwardness of middle school; the procrastination time hole that is Facebook; and the development of a coffee addiction…and Voila! A quintessential high school student!

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