After careful consideration, Principal Badalament has decided that the high school would be a more effective learning community if traditional Disney cartoons are incorporated into classrooms. “We don’t want to use Hannah Montana or any of that modern junk,” he explained in a recent interview, “But we hope to bring the magic of old-fashioned...
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CC has many strong sport teams, but our softball team has achieved especially notable successes this season. The list of the team’s accomplishments is long (and incomplete as of yet, with playoffs for the state title still in progress) and is demonstrative of the immense commitment the coaches and players have for the sport....
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I’ve always been a fan of book-to-movie adaptations, unlike many bookworms who rail against how films corrupt the original story. Personally, I feel that witnessing a scene through visuals can actually make the plot more engaging for the audience. So I had no inherent complaints with Hollywood’s decision to turn The Great Gatsby by...
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Ann Tran: My top picks are The Great Gatsby, Looking for Alaska, and The Catcher in the Rye. I think all these writers know the little corners of my soul. These books pull on your heartstrings and make you feel really depressed, really happy, or both at the same time. Jessica Lu: I absolutely love...
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A week before April break, CC made history at MICCA, a prestigious music festival. Our Concert and Repertory band, as well as various choral groups, represented our school with pride by earning a collection of awards. MICCA, the Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association, is designed to be a competition where each group is...
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With the constant noises of rumbling trucks, every CC student has without a doubt noticed that construction on our new school has finally begun. By June, foundation work on the new building will begin. Hopefully when we return to school next fall, as Mr. John Lindner of the Art Department, a member of the...
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Seniors have started to reflect on their time spent at CC and are now lending praise to an essential facet of their high school careers: the unsung hero, as it were, of their education. “I don’t know where I would have been without Facebook,” says one student, tear-stricken as she reminisces on all the...
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CC’s winter musical, A Chorus Line, premiered this past weekend, and I’m sure anyone who has seen it was blown away by the obvious hard work put into the production. I visited the show in its final days of rehearsal, and I was astonished by not only how much time went into practicing the...
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US President Barack Obama hit several high points in his hour-long State of the Union speech, rallying the crowd to drive his points home, and he seemed more focused now than four years ago. It’s time, as his promises seem to indicate, to roll up his sleeves and get down to work. With only...
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On January 21, 2013, Obama was sworn in for his second term, in an inauguration laden with optimism for the future, but noticeably more subdued than his first. Gone is the limitless hope of 2008. We saw a clearly tired (look at those gray hairs) president giving a speech that laid out very clear...
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