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Field house offers indoor facilities for athletes

Selina Koller
Reporter

For athletes, it is important to prepare year-round in anticipation for a season. However, training and conditioning are hampered by the cold and snow during the winter months. A solution has come in the form of the Sono Field House, an indoor facility with full-size fields on which players can practice lacrosse, soccer, football, and field hockey.

Located in South Norwalk, the Field House offers membership for just $49 a year for an individual or $150 for a family. Members can then pay extra for sessions to hone their skills in their respective sports…

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The Warm Room: That’s Hot!

Tina Tehrani
Senior Editor

You are on the second floor walking down a hallway. The following is on your right hand side: The Wagner Room, two fountains, four bathrooms, and two classrooms (rooms 231 & 232). You pause. There is a long door that has a rectangular window embed vertically into the door. There is a sign next to the door that has a handicap symbol with the following words underneath it, “Stair/Area of refuge.” You peak through the window and see the “warm room…”

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Girls’ Hockey redeems previous loss to Greenwich

Emily Greene
News Editor

On Saturday January 30th, the Varsity Girl’s Hockey team got sweet revenge against their Greenwich rivals, winning their second game against them by a final score of 3-2, New Canaan.

Coming off a 2-0 win against formidable Simsbury, the team was looking to avenge their one
loss of the season against Greenwich. On Saturday they got their chance. The Rams faced the Cardinals for the second time this season, this time at home at the Darien Ice Rink…

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Obama gives his first State of the Union Address

Danielle Sorcher
Reporter

In the recent State of the Union Address on Wednesday, January 27th, President Barack Obama aired his views on where America stands right now, and where it needs to go next. He touched on a multitude of issues including tax cuts, job stimuli, and the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” military policy.

The speech itself was different than most others in years past. “There’s been a tradition since Reagan of pointing out someone in the crowd and using an individual anecdote to illustrate a point or to create a moment in the speech,” Stephen Vehslage, AP US Government and Politics teacher said. “But Obama didn’t do that. It was the first time since the early 80’s that they haven’t pointed to someone in the crowd as part of the speech.”

Another difference in the speech was the fact that Obama challenged a decision that the Supreme Court had made recently, right in front of them. “An interesting moment was when the President directly criticized a recent decision made by the Supreme Court about campaign finance reform,” Mr. Vehslage said…

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Internet is just a click away

Lucia Molina
Reporter

A number of students are aware that internet access inside the school is very easy to obtain. When the mobile device is registered through a form available on the “Voice thread” computer in the library and 24 hours have passed, you have internet access just about anywhere in the school.

“Wireless internet is available almost everywhere in the school except the gym and in front of the VPI office,” Library Media Specialist Michelle Luhtala said. “It’s easy to access once the form is filled out…”

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