Auditions for the School Play

By Sara Prygocki, staff reporter

Auditions for the school play, "Rumors" by Neil Simon, had a very successful turnout. For a cast of eleven, nearly thirty confident students showed up for the event. After the greeting, she chose excerpts of the script and divvied the roles between the actors.

Following the usual routine, the hopefuls assembled into a theatre circle while the stage director Mrs. Botsford gave a short summary of each of the characters, and an overall gloss over of the play.

Although there were some ‘old faces’ in regards to theatre auditioning, incoming freshman and once-shy upperclassmen decided to participate.

The Lion King 3-D Review

By Lucie Palmeri, staff reporter 

Mufasa enjoyed the movie in 3-D.

When I was little, I remember watching The Lion King movies like it was my religion. Every time my brother or sister would put the VCR tape into the machine, I would get so excited, for who could resist the catchy tunes of “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” and “Hakuna Matata” and the invigorating plot line of a lion struggling to find his identity as the king of Pride Rock? I sure could not, and as I took my seat and watched the movie, I realised that that very same excitement came back to me. Along with the excitement came the other emotions that any kid would have felt watching The Lion King for the very first time: amazement, shock, anger, sadness, joy (basically any emotion). Over all, the movie was an A- in my grade book. The only thing that stopped it from getting an A or an A+ is because it was in 3-D. Usually I don’t mind 3-D movies because most of the time it makes all the action so much more exciting in action movies, but The Lion King isn’t much of an action movie,  so the 3 dimensional aspect was a bit too much. Plus, it made me dizzy. Other than that, well done Disney. You once again have made me a happy camper.

Hold it! Boys Bathroom Vandalized Again

Hold It! Boys Bathroom Vandalized Again with Graffiti 

By Ben Bressette, staff reporter

Photo by Hannah Driscoll, staff photographer

Picture this, you’re in science class, or music class, and you really have to use the second-floor bathroom. Well, girls, you’re all set. But guys, that’s a different story.

The door just used to be locked with no sign. But now there is a sign that says: “Closed for repairs.”

But what repairs? The bathroom was recently vandalized with graffiti. They originally closed it at the beginning of the year and painted over the damage, and re-opened it hoping that it would teach the lesson. But, it didn’t. It increased in the past week and a half and it remains closed while they do a full re-vamp of the space by placing mud over the damaged area, leveling it, and then repainting. It has been re-opened this week.