Today is Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Today is Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Super Bowl, featuring the Giants versus the Patriots, had more individual match-ups than one could possibly count. But the most interesting and seemingly lopsided match-up was between the coaches: Tom Coughlin versus Bill Belichick.
The Broken Box Theatre Company opened with another exceptional production on Thursday, February 3 in the Eagle Theatre. Through the actors’ and actresses’ remarkable performances in “Never Mind What Happened, How Did It End?,” Broken Box members took the audience back in time to the Roaring Twenties, the Ravaging Fifties and the Groovy Seventies.
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” starring Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Thomas Horn, is the story of a young boy with psychological obstacles attempting to heal after the death of his father on 9/11.
While most students sit at home and merely drool at the sight of photos on Foodporndaily.com, sophomore Jacqueline Hoang already has the bragging rights of having one of her pictures, “Steamed mussels with shallots and garlic in a creamy broth with Kennebec French fries,” featured on the homepage of the website.
Unseeded, underrated, and a girl. The odds were stacked against freshman Hannah Teter from the very beginning, but that didn’t stop the wrestler from placing second at CCS in the 118 pound weight class, earning herself a bid to the girls’ State Tournament later this month.
Speaking to a notably mismatched Congressional seating chart, President Barack Obama spent his Tuesday night delivering the historic State of the Union Address. It was doubtful and frustrating at times, but beyond the politics Obama’s speech resonated with hope for newfound cooperation.
In the month of November, the school participated in a statewide recycling competition. The school recycled 10,840 pounds in total, winning first place in the Blue Whale individual school category. The Blue Whale category recognizes the school that recycles the highest gross poundage of recyclable materials.
The first thing I noticed upon entering Officer Neal Randles’ office was a SWAT vest next to this year’s Homecoming shirt. The vest made multiple appearances in the pictures and thank-you cards from schoolchildren. Looking at the cards gave even me the warm fuzzies, and I thought that they must be a huge perk of his job, which he referred to as “a school liaison officer to the public.”
Six teenagers across the country committed suicide this month. We cannot have another suicide.
The nationwide vigil—of wearing purple en memoriam—resonated true at LAHS today. With so many donning violets and lilacs I thought, for a moment, we had changed our school colors. It was moving and powerful: It gives me hope that acceptance has the strength to rally a school so notoriously lacking in spirit.
Social studies teacher Mike Messner, English teacher Galen Rosenberg and Special Education teacher Chris Phipps competed in the Trivia Bee Competition today, Friday, October 15 at Cañada College in Redwood City.