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Attention Disorder Affects life
He wants to cry. As he runs through the list of things he needs to do in a day, he feels the pressures build. Across the building, the buzzing of fluorescent lights above her drowns out her teachers words. Later when she’s taking a test, she feels the robot-like effect that her ADHD medication [...]
Dealing with depression
With her parents fighting through a custody battle she convinced herself that overdosing on sleeping medicine was her only option. “It was horrible. Probably the worst year of my life. It just consisted of going in and out of the hospital,” says Senior Alex Porter, who is one of the eleven percent of teenagers who [...]
Florence and the Machine new CD
This British alternative artist has done it again. On November 1, 2011, Florence and the Machine released the album, “Ceremonials,” the much awaited sophomore CD to their first album, “Lungs.” Florence and the Machine is an alternative band with tracks significantly different than many of the top 40 artists. “Ceremonials” is just as [...]
Johnston diagnosed wtih neck injury
Social Studies Teacher Vivian Johnston is bracing for the new school year. “I want to be the best I can be for my students and I worry about not being the best I can be right now,” says Johnston who was required to wear a neck brace after discovering an injury toward the [...]
What’s the sitch on switching lots?
Seniors, your wish has been granted. “It is a preferred parking [lot] for the seniors,” admits Principal Rob Durecka, who approved the switch of the student parking lots earlier this year. “It’s just one little bone we can give them because they are not driving between campuses now.” During the 2010-2011 school year, [...]
It was great to be a Baron
The East Hills Middle School Cavaliers captured one of our own. “I still feel connected to the building,” says former Andover Administrator, Coach and Teacher Jason Rubel. “I don’t necessarily see myself as separated from it really, maybe because it’s new and the actual act of not working there doesn’t quite feel that [...]
Competing with a small squad
Andover Football team faces a unique situation. “Most teams that we play against are twice our size but we are in better shape than most. Regardless, it’s a challenge that the guy you are competing against is fresher and had more breaks,” explains Varsity Football Senior Co-Captain Paul Walker. “By the second quarter, most [...]
Unethical recruitment
A dream of playing in front of thousands of fans seems to now be overshadowed by the incentives that are being offered to incoming college athletes. Many of these athletes are already getting full rides at large universities worth thousands of dollars. Is this not enough? For many players and coaches, the booster programs [...]
Injury halts senior runner
For Senior Alex McBean, the cross country season ended before it had begun. “I didn’t think it was real,” says McBean. “I didn’t think that it was actually happening.” During a practice in mid-August, McBean was running through a relay race and felt a bone in his pelvis pop. Doctors concluded he was [...]
District receives money for environmentally-friendly improvements
Government grant provides funds for ‘green’ building upgrades
