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Chick-Fil-A Becomes Central Obsession

Chick-Fil-A Becomes Central Obsession

Liam Jones and Jeff Lauer, Editor March 24, 2014

Walk into the recently opened Chick-Fil-A in Willowbrook, and you're bound to see a Central student. The current obsession is evident among Central students, but why? For one thing, the food, which...

Jenny and Lauren Mack

Family ties: Students with faculty-member parents

Anna Konstant and Jeff Lauer, Editor March 19, 2014

As senior Lauren Mack walks down the hall, she sees a familiar face. She shouts, “Mom!” multiple times as her peers give her confused looks. While most students and faculty members don’t expect to...

A Central legend: The origin behind the Voortman chant

A Central legend: The origin behind the Voortman chant

Cole Meyer and Jeff Lauer, Editor March 18, 2014

It is heard at every basketball game, pep rally, and school assembly – usually after the National Anthem. The “USA” chants die down, the crowd hushes and the seniors begin their strange, iconic chant. “Voortman!...

Berger and Groves develop ski/snowboard app

Berger and Groves develop ski/snowboard app

Daniel Holland and Kate Lee, editor March 10, 2014

Gliding down a mountain on a snowboard, Nick Groves pulls to the side to ascertain his location on the slope.  Looking around, he realizes that he has no way of knowing where he or any of his friends...

Lakić dances along with her folk

Lakić dances along with her folk

Anna Konstant, Kate Lee, editor March 3, 2014

Dressed in red knee socks, a mid-calf skirt, a white button down shirt, a red velvet apron and vest and shoes that resemble an elf’s, senior Tea Lakić stands on stage with 30 other dancers prepared...

Banke snaps his way into job with ASU

Banke snaps his way into job with ASU

Liam Jones and Jeff Lauer, Editor February 25, 2014

Like his classmates, Charlie Banke, senior, attends most Central basketball games. However, instead of confetti cannons and signs, he holds and uses two professional grade cameras. This...

Central vs. college: alumni share thoughts

Central vs. college: alumni share thoughts

Paige Pielet and Kate Lee, Editor February 21, 2014

With our seemingly never-ending series of tests and quizzes coupled with our homework load, one question always pops into our minds: will we, Central students, be ready for college? I decided to interview...

Kanangat researches blood biomarkers: becomes Intel semi-finalist

Kanangat researches blood biomarkers: becomes Intel semi-finalist

Danah Atassi and Kate Lee, Editor February 21, 2014

While most people hung out with friends during the summer, Smriti Kanangat spent long summers at a research lab at Rush University conducting research. She continued the work she began during her sophomore...

Scarpiniti taps into the spotlight

Scarpiniti taps into the spotlight

Christi Carras and Kate Lee, Editor February 19, 2014

When Anthony Scarpiniti, junior, tapped onto the stage, ears were filled with the rhythmic “clickety-clack” of tap shoes. The audience could not help but to nod along with Scarpiniti’s charismatic...

Singers prepare for Valentines’ Day

Sanjana Srinivasan and Jeff Lauer, Editor February 15, 2014

This Valentines’ Day, Katie Cushing, senior and singer for the Madrigals choir group, will go from class to class and deliver singing valentines. While the singing valentines are a tradition at Central,...

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