“Do you ever get tired of this view?” I inquire, while gazing at the glorious Duomo of Florence, situated just outside my Aunt Letizia’s apartment window. Glancing fleetingly at the same scene I rejoice and she answers, “Eh, I guess I’ve gotten used to it. I just don’t even really notice anymore.”
And so, as I spent my summer, not as a lifeguard, not as a camp counselor, but as both a tour guide and a tourist, I began taking note of some interactions with art.
Kit Clemente
Opinions Editor
With many issues currently surrounding the political arena, and the intensifying effect the upcoming elections have on politics, one issue, gay marriage, has come to the forefront of many debates.
Kit Clemente
Reporter
Let’s all be real, waking up on Monday morning to start off a new week at the hellfire we so endearingly call NCHS is already enough of a bane on a teenager’s existence. In fact, it’s most comparable to the levels of inferno only Dante has enough literary skill and cynicism to describe.
Kit Clemente
Reporter
Every Wednesday, junior Molly Stine teaches third graders as a Walter Schalk instructor. Every moment is bittersweet, knowing that when she moves onto college she will miss the program and all it has offered. Other NCHS students are less dejected about moving on, as some admitted to participating in certain activities or taking certain classes solely to build their resumes.
Kit Clemente
Reporter
When sophomore Liz Gordon was diagnosed with scoliosis, she learned she would have to alter her daily routines to accommodate her treatment course, and help put an end to her back pains.
Many others, like Liz, have to accommodate to life with scoliosis. According to Boston Brace, one in every 1,000 children between ages 3-5 develops scoliosis, and girls especially are affected, as the condition is more prevalent among females.
