On Feb. 14 UCONN held their 2nd Annual Real Men Sing! High School Choral Festival, which aimed to recruit male singers into high school choral programs. Among their performers included Ledyard’s very own Final Cut. Being the only non-professional male a capella group, performing was quite an honor. “It felt awesome to sing in a… Read More Final Cut Proves They’re ‘Real Men’
The Oscars – the most iconic awards ceremony for film known around the globe. It is usually the most diverse, as well, but times change. “Welcome to the 87th Oscars,” host Neil Patrick Harris said to open up the show. “Tonight, we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest. Sorry… brightest.” Controversy over this white-dominated awards ceremony… Read More Were the Oscars Too White?
On Jan. 31, Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her Georgia home. An unnamed source tells People Magazine Brown “was under the influence of drugs the morning she was found.” Multiple sources confirmed the late singer’s 21-year-old daughter used heroin and Xanax frequently, and, in the mirror image of her mother,… Read More Bobbi Kristina Brown Fighting for Life
In June of this year, Harper Lee, the 88-year old author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has finally decided to release a sequel, “Go Set a Watchman.” However, the publication of her second novel is surrounded by mysterious circumstances. The decision to release the book came soon after the death of Harper Lee’s sister, Alice… Read More A Long-Awaited Sequel
Tabloids all over the world are publishing covers of Bruce Jenner’s transition to becoming a woman. “InTouch”, an Australian gossip magazine, even photoshopped Jenner’s head onto actress Stephanie Beacham. In other words, Jenner is at the center of the gossip circle and the press is buzzing about his new life. Bruce Jenner revealed to his… Read More Bruce Jenner Reveals Secret
Glitzy dresses, fancy tuxedos, a star studded theater, and recognizing amazing movie-makers is what the Oscars are all about. But this year the musical performances seemed to speak louder than all of that. In honor of the 50 year anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., which was just four days before the… Read More Did the Musical Performances Steal the Show?
The Arts Department has recently released a new website highlighting much of the work done by many art students in multiple courses including Art, Drawing and Ceramics. Featured on the new arts department website’s front page is a section about the art department in general and what the department means to the students. Quotes like… Read More Art Department Releases Website
The culture of the millennial generation is blossoming. Social media has become one of several new mediums of self-expression. The smallest works can catch attention (see #crawsquad), and like a mosaic, they can become one of many small moments that make up who we are today. Thanks to YouTube, Twitter, Vine, Tumblr, etc., our culture… Read More Does Pop Culture Negatively Influence Culture?
For hundreds of years in the US, people have been taught about the history of white people, but no one thought about teaching about African American history until 1920, when Carter G. Woodson, son of former slaves and the second African American graduate from Harvard, founded Black History Month. African American history has more content… Read More Really Teaching History?
With a lot of snow days in Ledyard and surrounding areas, one can get bored pretty quickly in just one or two days. Junior Ben Gardner and his friends had the same problem, so they decided to make a video. And out of the idea of making a video in the snow with a basketball… Read More Junior Ben Gardner Becomes Stuntman
