What are you wearing to prom?
As the school year winds down, the most prominent event on students’ minds (other than graduation for seniors) is the prom. The extravagant affair leaves no room for error, especially when it comes to...
View ArticleRavena-Coeymans-Selkirk 2012-2013 Budget!
Residents are voting today on Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District’s proposed $41,729,185 budget for the 2012-2013 school year. The proposal would increase the tax levy by 6.8%. Major budget...
View ArticleNot everyone likes Gaga as much as I do..
As most of you know, I love Lady Gaga and recently she has been in the news for a rough couple of weeks. What should have been a celebratory kick-off to her “Born This Way Ball” has been masked in...
View ArticleNorth Carolina pastor wants to put gays in camps
Pastor Charles Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C. openly condemned homosexuality in a sermon on May 13th. Now I’ve seen many pastors preach against “the sin of homosexuality” but...
View ArticleListen Up!
It is pretty common for finalists on American Idol to get record deals, it is also common for them to do better than the winner of that certain year. I mean look at Daughtry! One of my favorites from...
View ArticleNap-tel!
Being the brilliant entrepreneur that I am and also the wonderful napper that I am, I would like to pitch an idea. Picture this: You had a rough night. Your husband wouldn’t stop snoring, the dog...
View ArticleInterview with Coleen Murtaugh Paratore
Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to sit down with local author, Coleen Murtaugh Paratore in the Saint Rose studio to talk about her new book, Dreamsleeves, that was released in April 2012 and is...
View ArticleGoodbye RCS
As the last days of New Visions are flying by, there is an even stranger and scarier notion; Monday is the last day ever in the school district at which I have spent ten years. I didn’t think I would...
View ArticleFare well
I thought it would be appropriate to post my last blog on a Sunday considering I have been referred to as the Sunday blogger all year. This is in fact a goodbye to the best year of my life. This blog...
View ArticleBut really, I can’t
I’ve dreaded and looked forward to writing this since the first day of classes, but mostly dreaded. I avoided confronting the fact that the year was closing in on me, that I’d never walk through the...
View ArticleCapital Region students give thanks this holiday season
Each year it feels as though the meaning of Thanksgiving is getting less important. Christmas begins to take over before Halloween even happens so it is easy to forget what it is we’re thankful for....
View ArticleThe art behind Prom flower designs
Spring is in the air and prom season is in full bloom. With countless things to check off your list for the big day it’s easy to get lost in the chaos and forget about the little details that make prom...
View ArticleNostalgia from a new generation
The elderly are always starting conversations with “Back in my day…” and “I remember when…” leaving us kids standing there smiling, nodding, and chiming in with an occasional “huh” or “wow that’s...
View ArticlePunk wrecks Pop for the 6th time
Monday marked the sixth installment of Fearless Records‘ album series “Punk Goes Pop,” and all the bands absolutely killed the songs they covered. Every band that’s on a “Punk Goes Pop” album is signed...
View ArticleFinally, a Star Wars trailer!
As of right now, there are 384 days left until the December 18 release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. Yesterday, however, the first footage of the movie was released in the form of an 88...
View ArticleWindham Mountain is impressive this season.
Among me and my friends, Windham Mountain is not known as a high-end resort. Its conditions aren’t very good, their terrain is limited, and their terrain parks are god-awful. But this season, they seem...
View ArticleParents, don’t decode your kids’ texts
I lol’d a lot when I read “28 Internet acronyms every parent should know” off of CNN Living today. Not only because of its complete stupidity, but because it was amusing to hear from the “parental...
View ArticleWho really cares about sampling?
It’s been established by now that music is my biggest hobby. I play drums and make drum covers of the songs I play, I listen to music non-stop, and I appreciate all the different things that people can...
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