Find out what’s going on at NCHS.
Maureen Dinnie
Reporter
This past Friday, May 28, over 150 sophomores spent their day planning and debating answers to important worldwide issues. In a simulated Model UN conference that was held during the school day, each student was a representative for a different country in the United Nations, and debated issues relative to today’s society. The issues ranged from drug trade to global security.
Whitney Gulden
Reporter
On Tuesday, May 25, eleven members of the Police Club went to the Stamford Courthouse to go behind the scenes of the judicial system.
There, club members were given a tour by the courthouse Elite Marshall Sapienza and lawyer Mark Durkin, where the students saw holding cells where criminals are brought before trial, the public story law library, and the juvenile clerk’s office.
Between touring, the students exercised their right of access to the judicial system by sitting in on the proceedings of two active cases.
Taylor Dunstan
Reporter
On Tuesday, May 25, junior Marina Hoffman and freshman Rebecca Trinklein traveled to New York City in order to participate in a promotion for TLC’s new summer line-up. As members of the New Canaan YMCA Aquianas Synchronized Swimming Team, Marina and Rebecca, along with four of their teammates, had to opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a TLC camera and thousands of people passing through the city in a tank that was located on the back of a truck.
On Thursday, May 27, hundreds of students attended International Night in the cafeteria. Students brought dishes from different cultures to share in addition to putting on musical performances, both of which counted as extra credit in their language classes. Select students also received awards for their language classes.
Charlie Dorf
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Since the invention of the commercially produced synthesizer in the 1960’s, electronic music has expanded exponentially, from the new wave dance pop of Depeche Mode and New Order to more contemporary artists like Daft Punk and Girl Talk. Today, Friday, May 28, the live electronic band D-Numbers will be holding a concert/workshop in the auditorium during A and B periods.
