Fishing for a championship
June 17, 2014
by TIMMY JOSEPH Staff Writer Derek Fisher, five-time NBA champion, was assigned the head coaching position for the New York Knicks on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Fisher retired from his playing career just nine days before getting hired by the Knicks. He is the second player to accept a coaching job immediately... Read more »
Star on stage
June 17, 2014
by SOPHIA D’ADAMO Staff Writer Prima ballerina Polina Semionova has been exciting her audience since she first took a step on stage. This is especially evident in one of her recent roles as Nikiya in “La Bayadère”, performed Monday, May 26 in the American Ballet Theatre in New York... Read more »
PLL back for season five
June 17, 2014
by SASHA RISKO Staff Writer Season five of “Pretty Little Liars”, a teen drama on ABC Family, started off with a bang on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. After five months of waiting, PLL fans finally got to see the season five premiere, which revealed tons of shocking information, including who was... Read more »
U.S has slim chance in this year’s World Cup
June 16, 2014
by NICK SALES Staff Writer With the World Cup just recently starting, the anticipation for the United States’ first game is only increasing. American culture has led us to strongly believe that our teams must always win. That should not be the case with the World Cup this year because the... Read more »
Donald Sterling to sue the NBA
June 16, 2014
by STEPHEN PISZAR Staff Writer By now, everybody knows the story of Donald Sterling, the 80-year-old owner of the Los Angeles Clippers who was banned from any NBA events for life and fined 2.5 million dollars after a taped phone call between Sterling and his mistress was leaked to the public. One of... Read more »
Horrors of the India gang-rapes
June 16, 2014
by HALEY MILLAN Editor-in-chief Outrage is spreading across India and many parts of the world as the Indian gang-rapes have continued. In December of 2012, a student boarded a bus with her male friend. Once on the bus, five drunk men and the bus driver beat up the male friend and raped the girl in the... Read more »
How to ace your interview
June 16, 2014
by EMILY SZPAK Staff Writer If you’ve read my latest article on how to ace your application, you were probably able to successfully obtain an interview. If you haven’t obtained an job interview, I don’t know what to tell you – you’re probably the problem. However, for... Read more »
Tracy Morgan car crash leaves one dead and four injured
June 16, 2014
by CAROLINE GAVURA Section Editor Tracy Morgan remains in critical, but stable, condition after his van got into a deadly accident with a Walmart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike on June 7. The accident happened around 1 am in a northbound lane at mile post 7a near Cranbury Township, New Jersey. The... Read more »
MTHS blood drive
June 11, 2014
by EMILY SZPAK Staff Writer The auxiliary gym here at Monroe Township High School held a blood drive this past Wednesday, June 4. The New York Blood Association came into our school and set up a donation center to collect blood from students and staff. The blood trucks arrived at the school with a clear... Read more »
New York gets electric
June 11, 2014
by HALEY MILLAN Editor-in-chief The trains were full of neon and daisies on May 24 and 25 as the Electric Daisy Carnival New York hit the east coast at the MetLife Stadium. The festival opened at 12 in the afternoon and lasted until 11 o’clock at night. About 100,000 people attended the festival... Read more »