Letters to Santa?
November 24, 2011 • Hannah Chen
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Winter
Vikings give back to Make-A-Wish Foundation through letters On Friday, November 18th, ASB members visited advisory classes to pass out letter stationery for a joint Macy’s/Make-A-Wish Foundation’s “A Million Reasons to Believe” campaign. Participants in the campaign can write letters to Santa... Read more »
Elicit Clothing Line
October 21, 2011 • Brandon Lam
Filed under Features, Opinions
The Art of Expression Recently, there has been a growing trend gaining momentum throughout the halls of Irvington. The Elicit movement has gathered enough attention for founder Jeremy Park to set up a facebook page as well as a website to accommodate the growing interests of Irvington students. Jeremy... Read more »
The End of the World is Really Coming
March 28, 2011 • Shirley Lin
Filed under Entertainment, Features
Looking at all the natural disasters happening, doesn’t it all make sense? The end of the world—December 21, 2012. Everyone talks of it. Many believed that the end of the world will arrive on the day that the Mayan calendars ended. Skeptics scoffed at the idea; the end of the world cannot be... Read more »
Pink Slips? No,Thank You
March 28, 2011 • Raji Ramanathan
Filed under Features, Irvington News
While Victoria’s Secret might love PINK, Irvington staff definitely does not! Ms. Allyson McAuley is one of the most well-known and appreciated teachers on campus. She is a librarian, a speech and debate coach, a master in French, a technician, and most of all, a sincere person with a smile on... Read more »
Pen Twirling to Relieve Anxiety
February 6, 2011 • Albert Chin
Filed under Features
Pen twirling has recently become a very common nervous habit that students have taken up A few years ago, twirling pens was not common, but it is now happening everywhere. Just how did such a strange habit come into existence and what does it do for students? ... Read more »
Stop Biting Those Nails!
February 6, 2011 • Francesca Mirabile
Filed under Features
One of the most common nervous habits: everything you should know about it Compulsive nail biting is a fairly common and underrated nervous habit that can become quite serious when it leads to bleeding, infections, or permanent damages. The cause of compulsive nail biting is a combination of biological... Read more »
Snap, Crack, Pop
February 6, 2011 • Maryam Khademi
Filed under Features
The breakdown on knuckle-cracking You would be shocked to know that some people crack their knuckles up to two hundred times daily. Why? According to Dr. Steven Beldner, people relieve stress by cracking joints, releasing gas trapped inside them and causing a popping sound. ... Read more »
United We Grind
February 6, 2011 • Irving Hsu
Filed under Features
Teeth Grinding and other Oral Habits Have you ever wondered why your best friend in class can’t seem to stop biting her lower lip, or why you constantly grind your teeth together when you are worried? These behaviors are examples of oral habits. Oral habits are classified as motor... Read more »
Got the Giggles?
February 6, 2011 • Shilpa Sharma
Filed under Features
Nervous laughter is no laughing matter What may start off as a soft chuckle or two can aggregate into a series of intense, uncontrollable laughing fits. I’m talking about nervous laughter, also known as inappropriate laughter syndrome, that has been affecting people all... Read more »
Jitter Bug Legs and Toe Tapping Tendencies
February 6, 2011 • Eugene Wong
Filed under Features
A Nervous Habit that’s almost impossible to shake off Have you’ve ever noticed that many of your fellow classmates seem to be bobbing up and down with their rapid leg shaking? Their absent-minded shaking is actually a fairly common nervous habit that’s distracting to see, yet irresistible... Read more »
