Parents’ Night 2012 Preview

Emily Brand & Isabel Lawrence
News Editors

Tonight, Sept. 6, the annual parents’ night will be held at NCHS as an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teachers. From 6:30-7 in the auditorium, there will be an orientation for parents of 9th grade students to welcome them to the high school.

NFL Preview Part I – The NFC

John Berger
Senior Editor

After a short summer hiatus, your favorite College and Professional sports blog is back. The return to school means that the NFL is about to start up again. Recent data has shown that the NFL is America’s most popular pro sports league, especially popular in the Northeast, which means it’s pretty popular at NCHS.

RNC 2012

Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor

Even the torrential rains of Hurricane Issac could not prevent the GOP from holding their national convention, a successful one to boot. Party operatives set out to make a convention that both re-introduced Governor Mitt Romney to the American people, and buff out the ruff edges of his public image. On both these counts they succeeded, but was it enough?

Henna leaves its mark as summer art

Julia Hardy
Arts, Entertainment and Technology Editor

Since the summer days when drawings of “This is Bob” covered the hands of every elementary school student, using skin as canvas has always been popular. “When there’s more skin showing in the summer, there’s more room to decorate yourself,” junior Olivia DePalo said. More recently, Henna ink has replaced the Crayola markers as the new medium for summer art.

Summer Lovin’

Lizzy Burke & Tyler Kendall
Features Editors

Movies such as The Notebook and Grease have influenced generations’ thoughts about relationships over summer vacation, showing the romantic and carefree aspects of love outside of school.

For some students, summer lovin’ isn’t always as perfect as the movies. “I was gone for most of the summer and my boyfriend was at home, which made it hard for us to be together,” junior Sara Wilson said. “The break from school was certainly a challenge for us.”