Sarah Maddox
Reporter
The anticipated arrival of the predicted Doomsday is finally upon us, and with it comes strong, opposing beliefs. Many people relate December 21, or the supposed end of the world, to the ancient Mayan calendar, which ends on the winter solstice of 2012. According to NASA, the entire story began with claims that a supposed planet was headed toward Earth in the year 2003. This was completely false, and when the predicted Doomsday in May 2003 didn’t happen, the date was moved to 2012.
Category: Features
Shedding light on student trends and culture at the high school.
Scarring Childhood Moments
Lizzy Burke
Features Editor
Childhood is a time for change, because each day, we grow and experience new things. However, some of these experiences may not have always been the most pleasant. Every high school student has had their fair share of embarrassing or traumatizing incidents in those pre-pubescent years. Flannery O’Connor once said, “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” For one of your fellow classmates, this scare to their survivalcame at the ripe age of nine years old.
The best places in town to get holiday drinks
Molly Stine
Reporter
The holiday season brings for New Canaanites gift shopping, house decorating and sledding (weather permitting). But the most anticipated part of the season appears in coffee shops around town. The love of holiday drinks runs deep and as you can imagine, things can get pretty heated (no pun intended) over who makes them the best. NCHS students have evaluated where they think the best spot in town is to get a holiday drink during the season. Whether it’s Zumbach’s, Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, everybody has a personal preference.
Holiday Travels
Monica Nair Photos & Graphics Editor The holidays are a time of cheery celebration, quality time with friends and family, and classic holiday tunes that
TV exec directs broadcast students
At 10 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 18, a crew of television broadcast students were hard at work in the auditorium preparing for the filming and production of the Salant Lecture. By 3 p.m. the students had only taken a break for lunch, and were still hard at work behind heavy equipment and under hot lights. Every step the students executed was crucial for the preparation of making the event run smoothly. The mounting pressure of the names they would be working with echoed periodically throughout the auditorium. The Salant Lecture was moderated by Brian Williams and guest panel members included Joe Scarborough, David Gergen and Peter C. Goldmark Jr. These panel members arrived around 5:30 p.m. to prepare for their discussion about the consequences of the recent election and the next four years. At 7 p.m. the show started and the students went live.