Fresh, funny, and personal – straight from the Courant staff.
Harrison Burt
Reporter
In its thriving second season, ABC’s Modern Family has become the new face of network-television family comedy. Reconnoitering three types of a dysfunctional family, the show depicts the blossoming of a traditional, a homosexual, and an interracial marriage, all intertwined to create a new kind of family.
Steffi Badanes and Audrey Piehl
Reporters
Now has come the time where we take a look at who has shined in the world of politics today, and who has shocked us all. So who has earned a spot on our sanity meter this week?
1 = complete sanity
10 = could use a straight jacket
Lily Kazemi
Reporter
Staying home this April break with nothing to do? Looking for a book to read on the plane to and from inserttropicallocation here, but aren’t in the mood for all of the supernatural romance novels that fill the shelves at Barnes and Nobles? Get ready to fall in love with Lina, a 15-year-old Lithuanian girl separated from her parents by the Soviet army in Ruta Sepetys’ Between Shades of Grey.
Lily Kazemi & Ilene Anders
Reporters
As all you fellow Gleeks know, this Tuesday (April 19) marks Glee’s return from a seriously long spring break, and a seriously (not so)shocking win at Regionals. In honor of the upcoming story arch that’ll lead up to Nationals at the end of spring, here are our Glee predictions for the upcoming episodes. Be warned: some posts may contain spoilers (or predictions that are so accurate, they might as well be!).
Emma Hutchins
Opinions Editor
Gone are the days when Gisele Bundchen is considered to have won the genetic lottery. A recent study in The New York Times suggests that Alvin Wong, a 69-year-old Hawaii resident embodies the center of the happiness venn diagram.
