Rather than the typical mother-daughter charity league that can be found throughout the country, the Service League of Boys (SLOBs) of New Canaan is comprised of sons and parents of both sexes. Equally unique, SLOBs’ board of representatives is made up of both adolescents and adults, where sons and parents share leadership positions and attend meetings together.
Year: 2011
The Artist Notebook: Lexi Bodick
Logan Phillips & Sara Levine
Senior Editor & Reporter
When senior Lexi Bodick first began playing the bass in sixth grade with the dream of forming a family band, she could not have imagined she’d be jamming on a Broadway stage before graduating high school. Lexi, described by Orchestra teacher Leo Ficks as “one of the most improved players I’ve ever taught,” has already accumulated a resume that most aspiring musicians would envy. Not only is she second chair in the Western Regional Orchestra for the upright bass, but she was also the associate conductor and bass player in the Broadway show 13.
Anatomy of an All-Nighter
Emma Hutchins Opinions Editor 2:05pm: Time, glorious time! Feel inspired by quotes like “The world is your oyster.” Smell the flowers, breathe the air, you
(Don’t only) blame it on the alcohol
Teen drinking has been front-page news this past week. “Outback event shut down due to drunken youths,” “Teen Drinking: Police shut down dance at the Outback,” and “Intoxicated teens shut down Outback dance” are headlines from the New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan Patch, and New Canaan News, respectively, used to comment on the annual Rave Outback dance hosted by the YMCA “youth leaders” as well as the Outback Student Governing Board (SGB).
March raises awareness of Women’s History among students and teachers
Ilene Anders
Reporter
March, a time that marks the coming of spring, also marks the beginning of Women’s History Month. The month is dedicated to celebrating women; years ago, women weren’t able to vote, work, or do much besides become a stay at home mother, but now they can do all of that and more.