Spray Tans, Fake Teeth and Diapers
Claire O'Halloran, Features Editor
October 6, 2011
It first came to my attention one Friday night in August, in the midst of watching the famous Shark Week on Discovery Channel. I was pulling the usual check-every-channel-to-see-if-anything-worth-my-time-is-on, when all of a sudden an abnormally tan girl, plastered in makeup, wearing a wig that looked... Read more »
The PSATs: Does Practice Really Make Perfect?
Leah Bitsky, Features Editor
October 4, 2011
Looking back at the PSAT I took in my junior year, I can say with a great deal of confidence that I would have much rather taken a screwdriver to my eye and give it a few spins than wake up at 6:00 a.m. to take that dreadful practice test. Ok, a bit of an exaggeration there, but I will admit that the... Read more »
Mom, Where’s My Ferrari?
Molly Barreca, Opinions Editor
September 30, 2011
Imagine this: you wake up on the morning of your 16th birthday, and as you walk outside to catch the bus, what do you find? A brand new, 4 door Jeep. Your mother happily hands you the keys and says “Happy Birthday!” And you ride off into the morning sunrise and pick up all of your friends along the... Read more »
Reverse Stockholm Syndrome: Why Global Themes Might Not Be So Bad After All
Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
September 29, 2011
I’ll never forget my only late nights of freshman year. Whether it was cramming for a Western Humanities test or putting the finishing touches on our most important paper of the quarter, my social studies class was the source of all my panic attacks and undue amounts of stress. There was an endless... Read more »
A Letter to the Editor: Student Assembly Does Not Represent Staples Students
Jacob Meisel
September 27, 2011
Dear Inklings, I think that the Staples Student Assembly is becoming increasingly irrelevant in the hearts and minds of the student body. Before I go into detail about this organization, I will explain what it is; I assume that the majority of Staples High School students were unaware of it before the... Read more »
Are We the World?
Alix Neenan, Managing Editor
September 27, 2011
Staples’ social studies department has recently drastically changed their curriculum. Instead of a euro-centric, American-centric, and really white-person-centric syllabus, the social studies department has opted for a more multicultural curriculum. These changes are certainly an improvement. Staples... Read more »
‘The Valley of the Shadow of Death’
Dan Geraghty
September 9, 2011
On 9/11/2001 I stared into the gates of Hell … survived … and for that I am thankful. I probably should not be here writing to you, but I am. And when I go to that day, traveling through time, through all the moments of the past decade, I see myself there, questioning, wondering why I had survived... Read more »
Nothing compares to Staples
Farrel Levenson '11, Fmr. Features Editor
July 3, 2011
It’s easy to complain and gripe about how hard the classes are, the unfair teachers are, and the gross cafeteria food. And then you remember how proud you were when you pulled off an A- in that class for the quarter. And that unbelievable teacher, who made you feel like putting away your phone during... Read more »
The real Staples curriculum
Ross Gordon '11, Fmr. Managing Editor
June 28, 2011
I sit in my room staring blankly into my computer screen. I haven’t been this rattled since my first day in AP Calculus BC. It was a crisp September morning. I sat down next to my friend in the back row gripping a summer homework packet that took four hours to complete. I was expecting a calm class... Read more »
To Drink or Not to Drink?
Robert DeLuca, Staff Writer
June 25, 2011
That is the dilemma. That’s all it is, just another decision to make, just like millions of others we all face every day in high school. Like most propositions, it’s not a “black and white” issue that can be simplified to an argument of good vs. bad. However, the dogmatic idea that choosing... Read more »
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