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Neirad Enilno is a student-run online publication of Darien High School’s Neirad newspaper.
This online edition features news articles, profiles, and reviews written by students. Here you will find exclusive articles that were not seen in the Neirad print edition. Because Neirad Enilno is not constrained by size limitations we invite all Darien High School students to submit articles on any topic, in any format be it print, audio or video, at any time.
To submit articles contact Neirad Enilno by emailing the faculty advisors.
Web Editors-In-Chief:
Katie Grozier
Parker Lange
Neirad Advisors:
Stacey Wilkins
Sybil O'Hare
Sean Otterspoor
Principal:
Dan Haron
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Alex Reynoso's 1992 Jeep Wrangler
By Charles Spivey- 09/11
Looking through the parking lot you’re sure to see dozens of Jeeps. The American SUV seems to be the ‘typical’ Darien High School car. From Libertys, to Grand Cherokees, to Wranglers, DHS seems to have them all. There’s one that stands out: Senior Alex Reynoso’s 1992 Jeep Wrangler, which is Hot in the Lot this month.
By Samantha Wood
For this month’s edition of Cribs, we will take a look at different kind of place for DHS students to sleep and hang out. But here you are sleeping with the constant possibility of waking up to go save someone’s life. At Post 53, at least 70 teens sleep at the Post headquarters when they are on duty five times a month. Here's a look at their home-away-from-home.
Blue Wave's 6'4 Junior Varsity Football Force
When you're watching a . Darien football game it’s hard not to notice number 85. Anthony Donato is a 6-foot-4 inch wide out for Coach Rob Trifone’s Blue Wave. His height allows him to dominate smaller corners in one on-one-coverage. Anthony also has soft hands that help quarterback George Benitez throw it anywhere in his area and Anthony brings it down.
Procrastination is already a problem among high school students, but adding video games is escalating this issue. With new technology coming out and new iPhone features kids are getting even more distracted. Wake up, go to school, play a sport, go home and pick up your phone. Instead of doing homework, students are clutching their phones to play addicting games long into the night and well into the next school day.
Aspen Ramps up Academic Accountability
The new Aspen student portal is just days away from going live. Now kids can check their grades without asking the parentals for the secret Aspen password. Our tech team talks to students about the latest incarnation of Aspen Nation.
Top 5 Post-Halloween Horror Films
Yes, Halloween has just ended. But horror films are still the popular choice with DHS students who plan to keep on watching long after the witching hour has passed. Here are some of their favorite scary movies they advise you to watch to keep that Halloween fright fresh long past October 31.
Eco Citizens Turn Blue Wave Into Green
Junior Emma Tuzinkiewicz doesn’t just talk about saving the environment. She does something.
“Rachel McGlade, Amanda Dobler, Catherine Becker, and I started the club this year because we felt that the Eco-Citizens club would fill an unfilled niche at our school. There are no other clubs that take action in trying to help our environment and we feel that it is absolutely vital that the DHS students have an opportunity to do so,” Tuzinkiewicz said.
Shanghai Girls Discover New World
By Alice Wang- 09/11
China Exchange guest student Lucy Ying sat back in her chair and appeared to be deep in thought. “The worst experience of my stay here might have been at lunchtime,” she said. I tensed, expecting her to describe some social injustice she had witnessed or perhaps, one she had experienced herself. “The rice, I don't like the rice here!” Lucy said.
This Neirad reporter visibly relaxed: to think that out of all the disquieting things she would have had to get used to, the first thing that comes to her mind is American rice!
Wave Field Hockey Crushes competition
Many Darien High School students know about the sports dynasties that have developed over the years. The nationally ranked boy’s lacrosse team has won five straight state championships. The girl’s volleyball has been even more impressive, holding a 140-game win streak throughout most of the decade and winning the state title seemingly every year. But a new team is rising to dynasty status: girl’s field hockey.
Every year on Thanksgiving the Darien Blue Wave football team plays against their archrivals, the New Canaan Rams. This highly anticipated game is definitely the highlight of the season for both the team and the fans, bringing the two rival teams together on one field. Senior Captain Max Schreyer said, “Beating New Canaan is always one of our main goals, and if we beat them it would be a highlight of our season.”
Boys Swimming Not All Washed Up
With every new season, different sport teams have to make up for the graduated seniors. This season will be especially tough for the boys’ swimming and diving team. Last year the team finished third out of 22 schools in Class M, the second biggest class in the state, with a 7-3 record. This was “better than expected,” junior Chris Weihs said. This year the team will have to prove its strength without last year’s seniors Sam Archibald, Peter Waters, Robby Nevin, and Phil Treesh.
By Justin Pryor - 09/11
Imagine missing the week of school right before finals; being absent for tons of reviews and having to rely on friends for notes. This is exactly what I went though when I got the swine flu last year. But I was definitely not the only one.
The Swine Flu or H1N1 Flu has been erratic in both the tri-state area as well as across the nation. Connecticut has confirmed more than 19,000 cases of the H1N1 flu and nine deaths. The victims who died had underlying medical conditions.
DHS students get calligraphy Lessons
China's greatest mystery to some in the Western world may not be its culture or lifestyle. A curious person can just Google or look it up on Wikipedia. The intimidating list of more than 10,000 Chinese characters is what stops most people in their tracks. For a student to learn Mandarin from scratch, it can take up to 20 years to master this tonal language and written form of communication.
Theatre 308's "Curious Savage" Takes Center Stage
Theatre 308’s fall production may be about Ethel Savage, but it is the children who turn out to be the real savages in this dramatic production. Mrs. Ethel P. Savage is only a savage in surname.
In “The Curious Savage” the main character Mrs Savage is a widow who wants to use her $10 million inheritance to create a memorial fund that fulfils other people’s foolish desires and dreams. This plan does not please her greedy stepchildren who send her off to a sanatorium called The Cloisters. Here she meets interesting characters with quirky fetishes that set the play in motion.
C’est la Vie de Madame Kelleher
s I walked into room B-316 the first day of freshman year, I was immediately intimidated and slightly terrified. We filed into the classroom only to find our French teacher, Mrs. Angela Kelleher, to epitomize a true Parisian —great clothes, sophisticated, and with a certain je ne sais quoi.
However, as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, we knew that something was different. As she continued to speak and welcome us we figured it out—she had an authentic French accent.
Obamination: A look into the appointment of "Czars"
s I walked into room B316 the first day of freshman year, I was immediately intimidated and slightly terrified. We filed into the classroom only to find our French teacher, Mrs. Angela Kelleher, to epitomize a true Parisian —great clothes, sophisticated, and with a certain je ne sais quoi.
However, as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, we knew that something was different. As she continued to speak and welcome us we figured it out—she had an authentic French accent.
Lexi Ashcraft: The Arc of a Top DHS Dive Star
By Olivia Leunis - 09/11
Junior diving superstar Alexandra Ashcraft is not just a superstar in the pool. Lexi, as she is fondly called, is also an academic standout. She carries a 4.0 GPA even with a challenging transcript that includes AP Chemistry and Honors Spanish. “I like to work hard because it gives me a sense of pride,” Lexi said.
Transfer Students Jump in Number
At the start of each new school year, hundreds of new freshman faces fill our hallways as we all scatter to find our new classes after a long summer vacation. Many find themselves caught up in the commotion that veteran DHS students tend to look past: those lost expressions of new students. And no, these kids are not only freshman.
This year an unexpectedly high number of transfer students set foot in DHS in late August. The administration expected to have about 30 transfer students for the 2009-2010 school year. They received double that figure when 60 transfers enrolled.
French Duo Air Makes Breathtaking Return
Since their debut with the breezy bachelor-pad classic, 1998’s Moon Safari, draguer French electronic gurus Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel aka Air have been drifting slowly away from bubbly downtempo electro-balladry that they made their standard in their late 90s heyday in exchange for foggy atmospheric soundscapes (Virgin Suicides) and scarce robotic pop (10,000Hz Legend). Love 2 is basically a continuation in this departure.
DHS's Best Friends
Whether they’ve been friends since birth or just recently met, best friends are found all around DHS. It can be hard to find these buddies without the other by their side. But, what makes these best friends so close? Neirad was here to find out. So take a look at some of DHS’s most inseparable pairs.
Moonstruck: Search for Water in Space
NASA’s LCROSS mission may have disappointed some with the absence of its promised fireworks, but the groundbreaking effort still promises to shed new light on lunar science.
Scientists have believed since the days of the Apollo landings in the 1960's that the moon was completely dry. Samples coming back from those missions showed evidence of water, but scientists didn’t believe this finding and ignored it, writing the water off as contamination.
Compiled by Britt Gordon
Four DHS clubs faced budget cuts this fall. Advisors lost stipends they were originally promised. Neirad Reporter Jay Alter took a look into the problem in the November Print issue of Neirad. Here's a look at how much money, clubs were deprived of until the PTA stepped in with an emergency donation.
By Chris Carmody - 09/11
“J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS!” The New York Jets are back! After a disappointing 2008 season, Jets fans now have something in which to look forward: Mark Sanchez.
