Fall TV lineup brings variety to viewers
September 3, 2010 • written by By Jake Sutton
Staff Writer
Filed under Features
You’re sitting at home, bored, watching TV, and wondering when your favorite TV show will be back on again. Fall TV previews are a great way to tell people what upcoming TV shows are coming out in the fall. They also help viewers find whether their shows are going to be cancelled, delayed or extended. According... Read more »
Hidden gem Crisp and Juicy offers ethnic delicacies
September 3, 2010 • written by By Helena Rodriguez
Staff Writer
Filed under Features
Crisp and Juicy is one of those undiscovered treasures that this writer predicts will soon acquire the same fame as Five Guys. The Rockville Pike restaurant opened about 20 years ago and offers platters that centralize around Peruvian style chicken and side dishes. The restaurant is located on a dreary... Read more »
Many AP classes design shirts, display devotion
September 3, 2010 • written by By Elizabeth Chen
Circulation Manager
Filed under Features
It may seem strange to see a person wearing a highlighter yellow T-shirt with a cartoon fly on it that bears a complicated Latin binomial nomenclature in the hallway, but in fact that student is only one of many who took AP Biology last year. Advanced Placement classes, such as AP NSL, AP Biology and... Read more »
Backpack ’swag’ shows who you really are
September 2, 2010 • written by By Charles Cook
Thomas Geenen
Staff Writers
Filed under Features
Many students see the new school year as a clean slate. New stories to tell, new classes and new teachers. However, one item of a students life which never seems to change is the backpack and along with it, the way students choose to “rock” it. The bond between a backpack and a student is... Read more »
Please people, save the traffic for the road
September 2, 2010 • written by By Natalia Derechin
Production Editor
Lori Koenick
Staff Writer
Filed under Features
Nine o’clock strikes. The bell rings and once again innocent freshmen must face a terrifying jungle known as the CHS hallways. Walking through the halls and trying to get to class can be a frightening experience for people who don’t know how to deal with it. Before this story continues, freshmen... Read more »
All the essential items to bring for surviving high school
September 2, 2010 • written by By Allison Srour
Contest Manager
Katy Verboncoeur
Staff Writer
Filed under Features
It’s that time of year again. Back to the backpacks, pens, pencils, and endless supplies of lined paper. As we enter the new school year, school supplies are crucial to ensure a good high school experience. Aside from the standard back-to-school supplies, here are some of the bare necessities to survive... Read more »
Breakfast is key to staying alert during the day
September 2, 2010 • written by Olivia Parven
Contest Manager
Filed under Features
Everyone has experienced a rush in the morning when breakfast is forgotten and the stomach is letting out huge growls. Eating a healthy breakfast in the morning keeps teens full until lunch, and can even help them focus better in school. People say breakfast is the most important meal of the day because... Read more »
Student motivation must not subside throughout year
September 2, 2010 • written by By Danny Weiss
Megan Scanlan
Staff Writers
Filed under Features
Every year right before school starts students make a goal for themselves that may or may not have the potential to carry out through the school year. Some students make goals to get straight A’s, some simply make it to try their hardest. Whatever a student’s goal for the year may be,... Read more »
The ‘Look at Me’ Generation
June 3, 2010 • written by By Andrea Mirviss, Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Features, featured
A typical teenager girl turns on her computer, signs on to Facebook and updates her status with what she did that day and what she will do for the rest of the day. She may spend the next hour or two flipping through her friends’ Facebook pages, and she will probably check the top of the screen constantly... Read more »
Prom awards
May 28, 2010 • written by Carly Rotter, Online Breaking News Editor
Filed under Features
Welcome to the Observer’s first ever How-She-Got-Asked-To-Prom awards. These are the stories that make girls swoon and reveal the more sensitive sides of the boys at CHS. This year, the senior boys displayed great creativity in finding ways to ask their dates to prom, earning a chorus of “aaawww”... Read more »
