Julia Harvey Student Coalition President Student Coalition is currently busy at work on NCHS Fall Homecoming 2010! Homecoming week begins Tuesday, October 26th. That’s right!
Month: October 2010
Homecoming week extended
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NCHS Theatre kicks off the season with laughter
Sara Levine
Reporter
From Oct. 21-23, the Drama Department will start off its new season with The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet and The Rules of Comedy. Both are one-act, 40-minute comedies that turn the traditional story of Romeo and Juliet upside down.
The Drama Department has been performing serious and dramatic plays for the past three years. This year, they plan to incorporate comedy. “It was time to lighten up the acts,” Theatre Director Deirdre Alexander said.
It’s time for college football players to get paid
Dan Popper
Editorial Director
In the past month, there has been a tremendous outburst of suspensions in college football because players breached the NCAA-established regulations and conditions of their amateur statuses. A.J Green, wide receiver for the Georgia Bulldogs and potential top five NFL draft pick, has been suspended for the first four games of this season for selling his game-worn jersey for 5,000 dollars. 15 UNC football players were ruled ineligible for their opening game against the No. 21 ranked LSU Tigers for alleged contact with an agent. Most notably, on June 11th Reggie Bush, during his two years at USC, was accused and convicted of violating NCAA policy by accepting improper benefits from outside sources after a year and a half long investigation by the NCAA. Because of his conviction, Reggie Bush willingly gave up his 2005 Heisman Trophy.
The Zumba revolution spreads like wildfire
Doug Reilly
Sports Editor
Have you ever taken a casual stroll past the New Balance store in town or have been working out at the YMCA and been rudely interrupted by the screams of Shakira and pounding bass of Pitbull? You’re either hearing things or right around the corner from a Zumba class.
Zumba is a dance fitness program created in Colombia in the 1990s by a dancer and choreographer named Alberto “Beto” Perez. Zumba uses latin dance moves and music in an effort to make working out more fun and less of a chore. Consequently, it has become one of the most popular forms of exercise in our town, especially in our high school…