In New York on May 28th, four teens waged a competition to see who could hold their breath the longest–including the driver.
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Sean Woodworth poses stoically with his new haircut.

Kurt Luce revels in his newfound semibaldness.

No matter how good one’s study habits are, it’s unavoidable that he or she enters a period of cramming shortly before finals.  However, some students were not only adjusting the contents of their heads.
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With the arrival of summer, comes the freedom from school. 
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On Friday, May 21st and Monday, May 24th the sixth graders of Van Arsdale Elementary School finally got to show the result of their time and effort to friends and family.
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US President, Barack Obama, defends the American Government’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after a public opinion poll revealed 60 percent of America disapproved.
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The Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), also known as Delacour’s Little Grebe or Rusty Grebe, was a grebe endemic to Lake Alaotra and surrounding lakes in Madagascar. The last sighting (which may have been a hybrid with the Little Grebe) was in 1985 and the species was declared extinct in 2010.

The species was officially declared extinct in 2010, 25 years after the last confirmed sighting. Although some species have been classified as extinct and later have been found to still exist, Leon Bennun, the director of the conservation organization BirdLife International has stated that “no hope remains for this species” and blames the “unforeseen consequences” of human action.

This extinction brings the number of confirmed bird extinctions since 1600 to 162. Additionally, one bird species in eight is believed to be “threatened”, a total of 1,240 species. The previous confirmed extinction of a bird species was of the Liverpool Pigeon (Caloenas maculata) in 2008.

After nearly 7 months of many anticipated games, the 2010 NHL finals are finally here. Coming from the windy city representing the West are the Chicago Blackhawks and from the East is the City of Brotherly Love, the Philadelphia Flyers. Each team has not won a Stanley Cup in over three decades and soon one of the two team’s curses are going to be broken. After the Flyers stunning playoff run, defeating the 2nd seeded New Jersey Devils and from coming back after a 3 to 0 series league against the favored Briuns, the Stanley Cup seems to be in the rights of Philly. Chicago is also looking at the cup after sweeping the number one San Jose Sharks and add another Banner to their home rink. Game 1 will be televised on Saturday May 29th at  8′o clock eastern time. Place your bets.

International tensions mount, as North Korea is accused, by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, of intentionally sinking a South Korean Warship, resulting in the loss of 46 lives. 

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     Unfortunately snow days mean make up days and those are exactly what are rushing towards us. The schedule is as shown. Wednesday, May 26^th and Thursday, May 27^th are planned for finals. After that, the classes 2011-2013 have Friday off for graduation of the seniors. Monday is off for Labor Day.
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