The James Logan Courier

By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Book Editor

Being one of the many Hunger Games fans that has waited for an eternity to see the movie, it seemed fitting for me to go to the midnight premiere. On a Thursday night, I sat outside for four hours and waited for this movie, one of the most hyped up movies in the world. I sat in the theater and waited with anticipation, hoping that my dearest hopes would be portrayed in the movie. I didn’t know what to expect, but now I know what I should have.

I can only say that the sacrifice that fans like myself and others made to watch this film was worth it.

Only a week since it has come out, and it has broken records, and has even surpassed the record set by the Twilight films for opening weekends. Old fans and new fans alike waited with high anxiety, for the film that was mentioned on almost every channel, and was hyped beyond belief.

By Rae Atabay, Courier Staff Writer

Many people know the story of The Lorax by Dr. Suss: a young boy goes outside of town to talk to an elder, called the Once-ler, about what once existed, trees, and how the Lorax went away.

The movie version has the young boy, called Ted (Zac Efron), and gave a reason for why he went to the Once-ler in the first place. Ted and his family, containing his disco loving mother (Jenny Slate) and a very superstitious grandmother (Betty White), live in Sneedville where air is sold in plastic containers and everything in the town is plastic. The one selling air is the greedy Mr. O’Hare (Rob Riggle). Ted has a huge crush on the girl next door, Audrey (Taylor Swift), who is a nature lover and has never seen a real Truffula Tree and only dreams to see one. Ted makes it his mission to obtain a tree, along with Audrey's heart, which takes him outside of town to the Once-ler (Ed Helms).

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of School and Community Relations
Anthony La Rue, principal at Eastin Elementary School for the past two years, will become principal of Cesar Chavez Middle School for the 2012-13 school year, and Jesus Varela, assistant principal at Alvarado Middle School, will be promoted to principal for 2012-13, per recommendations announced today by New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Kari McVeigh.

Debi Knoth, veteran principal at Searles Elementary School, will replace Mr. La Rue at Eastin, and current Alvarado Middle School principal Hui Stevens will replace Ms. Knoth at Searles.

Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 - August 1, 2009) was an African American model, businesswoman and author., who is widely credited as being the first African American supermodel.

Sims was born in Oxford, Mississippi, the youngest of three daughters born to John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father (whom she never knew) reportedly worked as a porter, but Sims' mother later described him "an absolute bum" and her parents divorced shortly after she was born. She was teased for her height of 5’10 at age 13. Mrs Sims later moved with her three daughters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where Naomi's mother was forced to put her child into foster care. She attended Westinghouse High School. There due to her height, she was ostracized by many of her classmates.