Mitt Romney: Constant Contender
Mark Schwabacher, Web Opinions Editor
February 23, 2012
This primary season has been extremely turbulent. Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry have all soared to first place amid local and national polling only to collapse just weeks later. This same phenomenon may be happening with Newt Gingrich right now. As all of this has gone on, there has... Read more »
Newt Gingrich: A Democrat’s Dream
Ellie Mann, Staff Writer
February 22, 2012
From a Democrat’s standpoint, Newt Gingrich is the best thing that could happen to the Republican Party. For twenty years, Gingrich was a member of the House of Representatives, giving him necessary experience with many top issues that even President Barack Obama did not have prior to becoming president. However,... Read more »
Boys Can Get It Too
February 21, 2012
Boys can get the shot, boys can get genital warts, boys can get girls sick. Many girls walking the Staples halls are protected from HPV, a virus that leads to various cancers and genital warts, by a vaccine called Gardasil. However, many boys don’t even know what HPV is. And if they do, they think... Read more »
How to Be a Fan without Really Trying
Amanda Piccolino, Staff Writer
February 20, 2012
The cheers, the jerseys, the fanatic Facebook statuses: these are all things I will probably never comprehend. I can understand football about as much as I can understand Chinese. Every Super Bowl, it’s the same scenario: me, sitting in a living room feigning camaraderie with fellow fans of the... Read more »
The Wrong Side of the Bed
Zach Speed, Staff Writer
February 19, 2012
Sleep. It is what we all long for. It is what we rarely get. Forced to get up at a time when it’s unclear whether it is night or day, there is little hope for a high school student to get the sleep necessary. Yet, somehow teachers still find the nerve to yell for sleeping in their classes. What is... Read more »
None of Them: The Barren GOP Field
Eric Essagof, Editor In Chief
February 18, 2012
In an election year with a high unemployment rate, an economy recovering at a snail’s pace and a dysfunctionalWashington, it is almost sad that the Republicans cannot produce a single electable alternative to Barack Obama. This is because the GOP is the embodiment of everything that American’s hate right... Read more »
Valentine’s Day Broken Heart
Deanna Schreiber, A&E Editor
February 17, 2012
Everyone remembers his or her first crush and his or her first broken heart. Mine was in third grade. On the most romantic day of the year for a third grader: Valentine’s Day. Well, it is not so romantic when you are eight and you don’t get a Valentine’s Day card. In elementary school we used to... Read more »
Mitt Romney: Constant Contender
February 17, 2012
This primary season has been extremely turbulent. Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry have all soared to first place amid local and national polling only to collapse just weeks later. This same phenomenon may be happening with Newt Gingrich right now. As all of this has gone on, there has... Read more »
Jon Hunstsman: The Solution to the Hunt for the Right Man
Ben Reiser, News Editor
February 17, 2012
In a heated race against unshakable, extremist right-wing politicians, Jon Huntsman, Jr. offered a refreshing dose of what this nation needs most: logic. Huntsman, unlike the other Republican contenders, holds more moderate—rational—standpoints on social... Read more »
Ron Paul: Punk Rock in an AARP Body
Charlie Greenwald, Web A&E Editor
February 17, 2012
U.S. Representative Ron Paul is old. He’s so old, his memory is probably in black and white. A guy his age should be retired, playing chess, or relaxing on a beach inFlorida. But Ron Paul is working his butt off. He’s 76, and yet he travels the country relentlessly, running for president for the... Read more »
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