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  Billie Jean King

  

  By regwriter, Fairfield, CT

  “I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life,” tennis superstar, Billie Jean King, once said. Billie Jean King was perhaps one of the most important female tennis players ever, and not only because she was a phenomenal athlete. Without Billie Jean King, many women’s sports, i...
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  The Baffling Bus Route

  

  By regwriter, Fairfield, CT

  I’m sure you all remember taking the school bus as a kid. I’m certain you have some decent memories about your bus, we all do. For the most part, I bet you have horrible memories of your bus, just like me. This year, you put your re-districting plan into action. Well, sort of. You decided tha...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  The United States Involvement in the Vietnam War

  

  By regwriter, Fairfield, CT

  Imagine a world where you were forced to move or be bombed. Where your “friends” were poisoning your precious water, killing your friends and family, cutting down trees, and destroying your crops. We made this exact scenario a reality for the people of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The ...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  The New Deal

  

  By regwriter, Fairfield, CT

  The unemployment rate during the Great Depression reached a high of 24.9%! How do you solve such an issue? Well, the answer was certainly not Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Great Depression was a tragedy that started on October 29, 1929, and put millions of Americans out of work. Frankl...