Combine heartwarming ‘Blind Side’ with satisfying meal

April 24, 2010 • written by Molly Becker  
Filed under Entertainment, Stories

DINNER & A MOVIE It’s Friday night and you’re out of ideas. Well, here’s one. You could rent the newly released movie, The Blind Side, and make a meal fit for tailgating to accompany it. The Blind Side, based on Michael Lewis’ book, tells the true, heart-warming story of Michael Oher, a homeless... Read more »

Fairmont’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ is a cut above the rest

March 22, 2010 • written by Justin Miles  
Filed under Entertainment, Stories

When a man goes to his barber, he typically puts all his faith in him. Usually, he goes to the same barber every couple of weeks for years on end to get the same haircut and/or shave because he trusts that man to make him look good. And if a man must look for a new barber, it can be incredibly scary... Read more »

Twitter takes over the world, one tweet at a time

March 22, 2010 • written by Matt Metzler  
Filed under Entertainment, Stories

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the words “twitter” and “tweet” both meant something along the lines of “to utter successive chirping noises.” Ten years ago, few would have expected that these two words would soon take on entirely new meanings and be on the tip of an entire... Read more »

More restaurants open in Kettering

December 10, 2009 • written by Staff  
Filed under Entertainment, News, Stories

Despite the economic problems facing the nation and region, several restaurants have opened or will soon open in Kettering. All of them serve the kind of food that Fairmont students likely enjoy. By now, most Fairmont teens are aware that the highly popular Chipotle Mexican Grill moved south from 3910... Read more »

Holiday season brings a truckload of new movies

November 12, 2009 • written by Matt Metzler  
Filed under Entertainment, Stories

As the holidays draw close, movie theaters everywhere begin preparing for perhaps their busiest season of the year.  Many production companies save their biggest blockbusters for late autumn and early winter, knowing the holidays’ tendency to bring people together and the cold weather’s tendency... Read more »

Movie-goers just love to be scared

November 12, 2009 • written by Kevin O'Donnell  
Filed under Entertainment, Features, Stories

A helpless college student walks apprehensively to a door at the end of a dimly lit hallway. She reaches for the door, which opens with a creak, and steps into the dark. Suddenly, a deranged psychopath jumps out of nowhere and bludgeons her with an axe. The audience screams and the cycle continues. This... Read more »

‘Good Morning Fairmont’ continues tradition

September 21, 2009 • written by Matt Metzler  
Filed under Entertainment, Features, Stories

Everyone looks forward to Friday.  It’s the last day of the school week, and the beginning of the weekend, which brings football games, band competitions, hanging out with friends, and of course, sleeping in.  But at Fairmont, Fridays also bring another tradition – Good Morning Fairmont. On almost... Read more »

Cartwright comes home for fall play

September 17, 2009 • written by Molly Becker  
Filed under Entertainment, Features, Stories

Every year, Fairmont puts on a fall play, but this year’s play is extra special. Fairmont graduate Nancy Cartwright will have the lead role in the fall play, If I Were You. Cartwright is the voice of Bart Simpson on the popular TV series, The Simpsons.        Cartwright is excited to come back... Read more »

Oh, how we love our technological (de)vices

September 7, 2009 • written by Matt Metzler  
Filed under Entertainment, Opinion, Staff Columns, Stories

Think for a moment … how many “technological devices” do you use in an average day? I can count six that I use almost every single day. My cell phone, my computer, my TV, my DVR from Time Warner Cable, my stereo and my iPod. I have two iPods. One is a 20-gigabyte model from at least four years... Read more »