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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.
John Berger
Reporter
The NBA season may have been shortened this year from 82 games to 66 games due to the lockout, but the playoffs are the normal length. You need to win 4 best of 7 series in order to win the NBA championship.
When you’re with friends, a car ride without music is about as awkward as those kids in math who realize it’s your birthday and try to get the class to sing to you. Now unless I’m already aware of my passenger’s musical preferences, there are some general guidelines I try to follow. First things first, shuffle is a feature that should only really be used when you’re by yourself. 9 out of 10 times the song that comes up on shuffle is either a weird slow jam or a banger from 7th grade. The result is a very awkward few seconds while you desperately shuffle some more to find a better song.
Steffi Badanes
Blogs Editor
In 2002, Mitt Romney was pro-choice. He strongly believed in protecting women’s rights to choose. Now in 2012, he’s pro-life and carelessly tells America that he plans on “getting rid” of Planned Parenthood and instead give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. So the man who once believed in protecting women’s rights now believes that women shouldn’t be able to have access to cancer screenings, pap smears, STD tests/treatments, and other forms of basic health care? He would rather help Americans who need it the least?
