Miss USA killed Chivalry

By Jane Smith
Everybody has heard of the Miss USA pageant show, many of us might also be great fans. But the truth is pageant or not, it makes no sense to me whatsoever. Somebody please explain to me how fifty young women getting judged by their looks all the while spitting out superficial and unoriginal [...]

Humanitarians Under Siege: Tragedy strikes in the Mediterranean

By Hassan Rassmy, Staff Writer
It was dark over the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean late in the evening of May 31st, 2010. A convoy of ships sailing from Cyprus and bound to Gaza were met with fatal, and deadly force. The convoy, a part of theFree Gaza movement, was attempting to break the blockade over [...]

What the Fakih is going on? Rima won Miss USA

By Hassan Rassmy, Staff Writer

One student’s take on this year’s Miss USA winner

Rima Fakih, a Lebanese American, recently won the title of Miss USA this month at the Planet Hollywood Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rima is thought to be the first Arab American and immigrant winner of the pageant, as past records are [...]

Halo Reach Beta Review

By Harry Smith Staff Writer

The Halo Reach Beta took place from May 3rd to May 19th and was pretty cool, to say the least. The beta presented several new and exciting features, games, and a few new weapons to the Halo world arsenal. Lets start with the maps; there were four maps used in the [...]

Overheard at FV

By Anonymous
Teacher: This shamrock has gone weeks without water, and it still hasn’t died!
Student #1: We should name this plant.
Student #2: Let’s name it Beyonce, because she’s a survivor!
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Teacher: And on that day you will have student workshops. You know, they used to have senior trips on Star Testing days for seniors.
Students all look at [...]

Dirt and Sky: Oh Me, Oh My!

(A short story by Annette Latora)
“You call that music?” Carlitos wailed as he threw his Ipod across the room. Never before had he been so frustrated with one of his ideas. “Calm down, Carlitos!” begged Percy, his assistant. “Come on, let’s take a walk to clear your mind.” Reluctantly, Carlitos followed Percy up the [...]

Armenia’s genocide: What recognition means

By Hassan Rassmy, Business Manager
Recently, the American Foreign Affairs Committee voted to address war activities during the Ottoman War as means of genocide. What does this mean?
It means that Turkey and the United States are at a diplomatic standstill, as Turkey recalled its ambassador to Washington, outraged regarding the newly found American [...]

Health Care Horror Story

By Meagan Faller, staff writer
When Alyssa Williams*, devoted employee of a prominent retail company, heard her employers were changing their health care policy, she felt no reason to be worried. “They told us that, essentially, nothing would change,” she says. But when she got her hands on the pamphlet outlining [...]

Empty Soap Dispensers = Preventable Ailments

By Briana Nickol, staff writer

With flu season once again in our midst, it is important that we all take precautions to avoid getting sick, especially to avoid anyone getting the H1N1 virus. Although it is primarily our responsibility to do whatever we can to avoid the flu, it is also the [...]

Detentiophobia in FVHS?

By Scott Poston Staff Writer

No Barons. Detentiophobia isn’t contagious. In fact, it’s not even a real word.  But for some reason there seems to be an endemic in FVHS and it might be here to stay.  Most people don’t see the big deal in having to waste class time to go get a tardy [...]

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