Eliza Goldberg '17
An open letter to underclassmen who park on campus without a permit
I’m going to preface this by saying that as a junior, I parked at Wakeman. Come April, while other people...
Izzy Ullmann '17
For three and a half years of high school I found myself refreshing the MyHAC app, anxiously calculating how many points I needed for an A and begging my teachers to round up my grades.
It...
Elliot Kaufman '19 and Ben Stein '18
The BBVA Rising Stars Challenge exposes the future of the NBA. It displays many young players from all around the league to show what new talent, and who we may...
Cate Casparius '19
In an attempt to please the students and parents of Staples High School, the administration seems to be damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
I have an incredible amount...
Christopher Andrews '18
Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017. Ever since then, much of the country has been unhinged. People are rioting in the...
Max Appell '18
Why fix something that isn’t broken? It may be a cliche, but it’s true. The new midterm schedule takes everything that was already stressful and makes it ten times worse. Having to...
Margot Mather '17
You hear midterm stress before you see it.
The tapping of nervous feet, the violent scribbling of trig identities and derivatives and occasional sniffles as tears well up around...
Kit Epstein, Web Opinions Editor
• December 23, 2016
Kit Epstein '17
When I was a junior, I truly believed that I was at my wit’s end. In my mind, I couldn’t possibly be more stressed out than I was among AP classes, SAT prep testing and college touring....
Chris Andrews '18
It’s official – Donald Trump is president-elect and soon taking office. Like me, upon the announcement, I’m sure many Democrats have gone through the grief stages of denial,...
By: Alex Reiner '18
Many people around the world, but especially in our Westport community, were shocked to learn that Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America, despite all...
By: Alexa Moro '18
This Tuesday, November 1, was the first (of supposedly three) senior skip days of the 2016-17 school year. Each year, the senior class coordinates a day where they don’t attend...
