Fatalities reported at Connecticut elementary school

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

This morning, at least one gunman entered an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut. While details are still unofficial, many news sources are reporting between a dozen and twenty seven dead, many of them children. One gunman, who has not yet been identified, was found dead. 11:16 am - The Wall... Read more »

Bad Week For Bad-for-You Foods

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

It's a bad day for junk food. The 5 Hour Energy shots of "that three o'clock feeling" fame are being fingered in up to thirteen deaths over the past four years, and Twinkie makers Hostess are filing for liquidation after strikes shut down their production lines. 5 Hour Energy is a familiar sight among... Read more »

Live Election Blog: Decision 2012

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2012
Filed under Breaking News, News, Top Stories

We will be updating here constantly! Keep an eye out. Also, check us out on Twitter @fhsroyalbanner and #fhselection2012. AS OF 9:15 TONIGHT, THE RACE HAS BEEN CALLED BY ALL MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS AS AN OBAMA VICTORY. CURRENT ELECTORAL VOTE TALLY ROMNEY: 203            OBAMA: 303  10:56 - Obama... Read more »

Westminster girl remains missing

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

An elementary school-aged girl who went missing Friday morning on her way to school is still missing after a weekend of searching by police, FBI, and local volunteers. Jessica Ridgeway, age 10, never showed up to school Friday. Her mother reported her missing that afternoon, setting off a massive... Read more »

Breaking News: Syria and Turkey face off in deadly artillery exchange

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 3, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

In the last 24 hours, the border tensions between Turkey and Syria have escalated to the point of exchanged artillery strikes. According to the Wall Street Journal, Syrian mortars hit a Turkish border town on Wednesday morning, killing five people. In retaliation, Turkey targeted multiple areas within... Read more »

Obama charms crowd at CU

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
April 24, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

The mutter of thousands of people filled the baking hot Coors Event Center. CU's band played everything from the school's fight song to a medley of Lady Gaga tunes. The minutes ticked away, the crowd growing more impatient until -- at last -- the president appeared, pushing through blue curtains draped... Read more »

Obama to speak at CU

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
April 24, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

President Barack Obama is appearing at CU this evening to speak about student loans in front of an 11,000 person audience. It will be the first presidential visit to the school in 58 years. The visit will tackle a controversial economic issue: the problem of rising loan interest rates, and has already... Read more »

New school officers elected

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
April 10, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Elections for head boy, head girl, and school secretary and treasurer were held on Friday, March 23. The winners were notified by the end of school the same day. These all school officers work with student council and Student Senate members to ensure students at Fairview have not only leaders and representatives,... Read more »

The Fabulous Fashion Time Machine

Eliana Goldstein, Web Editor-in-Chief
April 6, 2012
Filed under Entertainment

Let's be honest here: people in the past have worn some pretty horrible clothing. The flowery, fluffy dresses of the 60s, the upsettingly wide pants legs (and suit lapels) of the 70s, the eye-singingly bright spandex of the 80s, the teased hair and shapeless shirts of the 90s... faaaaaaantastic. But... Read more »

Surviving Your Facebook Addiction 101

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
February 21, 2012
Filed under Student Life

I think I spend approximately as much time on Facebook as I do on homework. I can tell you this with a reasonable amount of certainty, because I always have Facebook open while doing work. I sit and do my math with a laptop open next to me, just in case something interesting shows up. While writing... Read more »

The Fabulous Fashion Time Machine

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
February 15, 2012
Filed under Student Life

Let's be honest here: people in the past have worn some pretty horrible clothing. The flowery, fluffy dresses of the 60s, the upsettingly wide pants legs (and suit lapels) of the 70s, the eye-singingly bright spandex of the 80s, the teased hair and shapeless shirts of the 90s... faaaaaaantastic. But... Read more »

Urban Method’s a cappella induces awe

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
February 8, 2012
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories

My mom is a die hard fan of NBC's "The Sing Off," an American Idol-esque show that pits a cappella music groups against one another in front of a panel of music-savvy judges. Even after this past season ended, she has continued to obsessively (creepily?) peruse the blogs, YouTube channels, and blooming... Read more »

Fairview staff practices “Active Harmer Scenario”

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
January 27, 2012
Filed under Featured Multimedia, Multimedia, News, Top Stories, Video

On Tuesday, January 3rd, five shots rang through the student center. The intercom blared a little over a minute later. The school was ordered to lock down. The usual drill is familiar: shut doors, turn off lights, and stay silent. But this was not the usual drill. Mike Heath, school resource officer,... Read more »

NBC’s “Grimm” puts a human twist on classic fairytales

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2012
Filed under Entertainment

Nick Burkhardt (played by the beautifully-cheekboned David Giuntoli) is your average police detective, hunting down the criminals of Portland, Oregon with his partner, Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby). Unfortunately for Nick, his family has a dark secret that is about to change his life forever. In... Read more »

Jared Polis speaks to Fairview students

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
November 10, 2011
Filed under News, Video

Congressman Jared Polis spoke to a group of students in the science lecture hall during block lunch today, Wednesday November 9th. He addressed issues that Fairview students have written to him about, including government sponsored college loans, alternative energy, and legalization of marijuana. Polis... Read more »

Diaries of a Cartoon Critic: Narcolepsy and True Love

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2011
Filed under Entertainment

Editor's note: Diaries of a Cartoon Critic is a recurring feature written by staff reporter Eliana Goldstein in which she re-reviews classic Disney flicks from a high schooler's perspective. This week she writes about Disney's 1959 animated film "Sleeping Beauty." When reviewing Cinderella about... Read more »

Tech crew prepares the stage

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2011
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories, Video

Four days a week, the giant wooden frames that sit on Fairview’s stage swarm with activity. Students wield power drills, table saws, and hammers with practiced ease. Students screw fronting onto giant set pieces and carefully apply paint, and slowly, a small plywood world begins to take shape. These... Read more »

Students get pumped for rivalry game

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2011
Filed under Student Life, Video

School spirit runs high this week in anticipation of seeing our Knights in shining armor facing off against our biggest rival, the Boulder High Panthers. Today during block lunch, members of Fairview's student council (the Beefeaters) lead a large group of students in a short session to teach the school... Read more »

Fairview’s Marching Knights perform with flair at CU Band Day

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2011
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories, Video

This Saturday, Fairview's marching band put on a fantastic show at CU Band Day. The Marching Knights' piece this year is called "The Dragon" and blends Pan-Asian sounds and visuals with sharp marching and strong drumbeats. Their performance was crisp, colorful, and aurally pleasing. It's hard to... Read more »

Diaries of a Cartoon Critic: Revisiting Cinderella’s Glass Slippers

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
September 22, 2011
Filed under Entertainment

Editor’s note: Diaries of a Cartoon Critic is a recurring feature written by staff reporter Eliana Goldstein in which she re-reviews classic Disney flicks from a high schooler’s perspective. This week she writes about Disney’s 1950 animated film “Cinderella.” It's been years since our parents... Read more »

Wall Street protests enter fourth day

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2011
Filed under News

On Saturday, September 17th, roughly 2,000 people marched on Wall Street in an attempt to bring “power to the people, not to the banks.” Part of the group, which calls itself the 99 percent, has been camped out in the New York Financial district since then. The name of the movement is derived from... Read more »

FHS Marching Band Prepares for Competition Season

Eliana Goldstein, Eliana Goldstein
September 16, 2011
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories, Video

The hills around Fairview echo with the pound of drums, the blasts of trumpets, and the trilling of flutes. On the football field, just over one hundred students stand to attention, their instruments reflecting the pure white glare of the field lights. Orange and red flags flutter gently among their... Read more »

Hole in the wall hits the spot

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2011
Filed under Entertainment

Tiffins, which serves authentic, vegetarian Indian street food,  is an unassuming little restaurant in the far corner of the strip mall at 28th and Iris. Through the window, the place looks shabby. The lights are industrial fluorescents that light the plain tables and chairs with a white glare. Orders... Read more »

Those who forget history…

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
September 12, 2011
Filed under Op-Ed, Top Stories

Ten years ago, thousands of people died when four passenger jets were hijacked and crashed by extremist terrorists. Ten years ago, thousands of families lost fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and friends. Ten years ago, our nation sat in fear as the iconic skyscrapers of our biggest... Read more »

The Social Nightmare

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
August 28, 2011
Filed under Op-Ed

Everyone has a Facebook profile. It’s where things happen, a veritable IV of gossip about who’s dating whom, when your BFF’s birthday party is, and who’s wearing what while taking profile pictures in their bathroom mirror. But while it seems that Facebook is connecting us in new and crazy... Read more »

Math Department Shake-Up

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
August 23, 2011
Filed under News

This past week, some students may have found a different teacher at the board in their math classroom. The math department took on a long term math substitute while teacher Brad White is absent. The sub, Marcy Roberts, is a veteran of the Fairview math department who taught math at Summit Middle School... Read more »

Back to school boogie welcomes freshmen

Eliana Goldstein, Staff Reporter
August 22, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories

This past Friday, Fairview students dug up their bell bottoms, geared up their disco dance moves, and shimmied the night away at the back to school informal dance. The dance, which was ‘70s themed, was put on by the Knight Crew in honor of the incoming freshmen. Yet it was far from only freshman who... Read more »