Country Day alumni give Seniors invaluable accounts of their experiences which range from running the world’s largest student-run nonprofit corporation and working in Research Laboratories at Yale University, to managing, editing, and printing a literary magazine. Read on for an inside scoop of each seminar, and get a glimpse of what your own future may hold!

By Caroline Gentile ‘13, News Section Editor, and Avery Maier ‘13, News Section Editor. Whether you’re in the car by yourself or at a school dance, learning that the lyrics you’d been proudly belting out are wrong is flat out embarrassing. On the other hand, sometimes learning the right lyrics opens up a whole new level of understanding to the song. To save you from uncomfortable situations and to help you decode confusing lyrics, here is a list of a few songs whose lyrics are commonly—or not so commonly—misheard (real lyrics are included as well).

By Audrey McCartney ‘12, Contributor. I’ve tested out all the Real Housewives series. Orange County. New York. New Jersey. DC (a flop). And even Atlanta. My absolute favorite? Beverly Hills. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are, simply put, fabulous.

This is the third series of ten words you can use in everyday life to properly express yourself (when you’re searching for the elusive word), to impress a teacher or to show your parents that that CCDS education is really going somewhere. The challenge is use every word during school in one week, and the ultimate challenge is to use all of them in one day! Good luck!

Sally Portman ‘13, Contributor. Looking to escape the winter blues? Here are some fun ideas to spice up your social life throughout the next few months, without even leaving Cincinnati!

By Josh Motley ‘12, Contributor. Give us an hour or two and we’ll show you what all the “bang bang” is about. We want to bring back one of the skills of our forefathers that has been long-forgotten in our modernized world, and perhaps demolish a few pumpkins along the way.

By Edwin Sam ’13, Sports Section Editor. On a fateful night when pink attire covered the fans and players in support of breast cancer, Country Day and local high school Seven Hills battled for supremacy in the heated conference rivalry. Each school took a share of the spoils as the Lady Indians were defeated and the Boys’ Basketball team triumphed each in close, suspenseful affairs.