The Podium

During the past seasons, BMHS football hasn’t been very strong.  Looking back into the history of the program, however, the word “lose” was non existent.  Every team in and out of the league knew and feared Brien McMahon.   The end results of those years were multiple FCIAC championships and a state championship  in 1994 (final was record was 12 : 0). Coach Albano’s goal?  To revive the old days into the present.        AJ himself is an alumnus of Brien McMahon.  But for the past five years, he had been the defensive coordinator (under former Senator coach Rob Trifone) for the Blue Wave in Darien.  “It feels great to be back [here]” Albano said.  “Especially because now I get to coach a long side with some very good friends of mine who have been around the game all their lives”.  Among the new additions...

The nation has been in an uproar about the so-called “ Ground Zero Mosque,” but have we gone too far?            The “Ground Zero Mosque” is neither at ground zero nor is it a mosque. The proposed plans are for an Islamic cultural center, Cordoba House, not a mosque. According to the official website of Cordoba House (www.cordobainitiative.org), the building will include an area for prayer on one of its 15 floors, but it is not strictly a mosque. Plans also include a basketball court, swimming pool, and banquet hall, and a number of community based programs and activities will take place that will be open to everyone. It is also not at Ground Zero; it is two blocks away. When the media refers to Cordoba House as the “Ground Zero Mosque” it gives the idea of a huge mosque right on top of where the Twin Towers stood, when in fact the Ground...

How are fights resolved these days? The majority of fights that occur at Brien McMahon begin on Facebook.Facebook has become a famous social networking site and most people have a page. On Facebook, people let their inner-most feelings out as their status, including the rage they have against people which causes fightsGirls fight girls over guys, cliques fight cliques, and boyfriends fight their girlfriends.  Some of these fights end in a physical confrontation.BMHS students think that fighting over Facebook is a proper way to resolve things. A sophomore ( 13’) said, “Once you sign in, right on your newsfeed, you see the bad things people say to each other or through status  and sometimes it’s funny, but you ask yourself, ‘Why are people afraid to say it upfront?’” This sophomore believes the problem would be solved quicker if people just confront one another.However this is not...

With thirty-five plus hours a week already dedicated to school, McMahon students have found the time to join Norwalk’s workforce in an effort to gain job experience and earn a little cash. Around this time of year, many students begin to think about the possibility of getting a job afterschool in order to provide for the expenses of being a teenager.             Some students find themselves having to pay for gas money for the family car or even saving up to buy a car for  themselves. Some are a little more lax with their money, choosing to buy clothes or spend it at Garden Catering. Other students, especially upperclassmen feel the responsibility of saving some of their money for college. No matter the reason, getting a job can take a lot of time and effort.             One...

It took a lot of time and effort from our amazing staff, we had a few hiccups along the way but its funally done and is being distributed by us. If you want one they are available free in the school store and other places that no one told me about yet. Real articles will be posted here short...

Monday we should in theory will have everything printed and looking amazing. Be ready for excellence. Christ...

T- minus 3 days until what a little less then month ago was merely words on a white board, is now the first of hopefully many issues of our soon to be critically acclaimed school newspaper. More REAL posts on the blog are to come soon. Christ...

Its actually been done since last Thursday but it is currently in the final editing stage being done by the administration of our great school with a creepy white guy as its mascot. We plan on having the paper 100% done and out for the student body to consume with their eyes by this Friday. WE HOPE. We do a lot of hoping at our little paper, but on average things don't tend to go as we plan. We have already begun our next paper, let's see if we can set a new record and have two out before 2011!!!!!!! Don't be to disappointed if that doesn't happen, so keep expectations low, so we can blow them out of the water even more!!! Christ...

This is the new home of Brien McMahon High schools The Podium online. The site will be subject to change via the wish of the best Journalism teacher at McMahon, Rebecca Dombrowski. The plan of the site will hopefully be a place for the articles that our amazing journalism students (me!) write that may unfortunately not make it the that months The Podium. No article will go to waste! Christian Go...