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Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor
Even the torrential rains of Hurricane Issac could not prevent the GOP from holding their national convention, a successful one to boot. Party operatives set out to make a convention that both re-introduced Governor Mitt Romney to the American people, and buff out the ruff edges of his public image. On both these counts they succeeded, but was it enough?
Julia Hardy
Arts, Entertainment & Technology Editor
School is here, but that doesn’t mean that getting a good night’s sleep has to end. Maximize your rest with the Sleep Cycle alarm clock by figuring out the hours of sleep you need to feel as rested as you do in the summer.
Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor
Its official: the presidential race is all tied up. Recent polls have put President Obama and Governor Romney in a tight race, with polls showing their leads within the margin of error or tied. However, even though the popular vote is extremely tight, the electoral college map at this point heavily favors President Obama. If the election was held today, Obama would win the electoral college 294 to Governor Romney’s 244.
Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor
On April 24 the republican presidential candidates courted the vote of students when Connecticut hosted its round of the Republican Presidential Primaries. However, turnout for the primaries in New Canaan was extremely low, clocking in at only 13 percent. These numbers suggests little interest in the primaries, let alone the presidential race as a whole. So the question arises, do students in the high school care about this election?
LOVE
1) Dropping your iphone face down and picking it up *no crack*
2) Using the Rangers as an excuse for incomplete homework assignments
HATE
1) When the madre walks into my room while your bumping a song with explicit lyrics
2) The guy from optimum commercials. So damn smug.
