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Students’ New Years Resolutions

Kelsey Shockey, Web Sports Editor January 1, 2014

Students hail saferides

Students hail saferides

Amina Abdul-Kareem, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

You start the night with a beer in one hand. You’re feeling a little light headed and slightly loosened; you feel a sense of euphoria. By the end of the night, almost all self-control has been lost....

Christmas day gets done the right way

Christmas day gets done the right way

Jordan Goodness, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

You can practically feel the excitement throughout Staples as the days count down to December 25: the air gets chillier, Christmas carols echo through the hall by the choir room, and students arrive at...

New years resolutions remain unresolved

New years resolutions remain unresolved

Alexa Di Luca, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

  “I have had the same three or four New Year’s resolutions every year,” Christine Kaszanek, a science teacher, said. Through the years, her resolutions have remained staying organized, spending...

When followers become friends

When followers become friends

Claudia Chen, Features Editor December 20, 2013

Sarah Bookbinder ’16 walks out of Bow Tie Royale 6, laughing and chatting with her friend about Catching Fire, the box office-topping blockbuster that they just watched. The discussion moves on to Urban...

Social media divides students

Social media divides students

Grace McCarthy and Margaux MacColl December 20, 2013

As Kaela Fodor ’16 approached the boy, she felt the jittery anticipation that goes hand in hand with a teenage crush. This was the boy who she had been texting for over a week. She had been scolded...

On vacation, big families become big struggles

On vacation, big families become big struggles

Erin Munley, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

Most families consider a vacation to be a rejuventing and much-needed break. However, this is not the case for big families. For families with six or more people, going on vacations can seem more stressful...

Students create their own vocabulary

Students create their own vocabulary

Katie Reynolds, Staff Writer December 20, 2013

Imagine a world in which “flying” has nothing to do with traveling through the sky, or in which “violent” has little relation to someone’s physical threats. This is the world that Staples students...

Students feel the need to drive despite bad weather

Claudia Chen, Features Editor December 20, 2013

On Tuesday December 17th, the roads were slick with snow and black ice. Throughout the day, the snow continued to fall, making it hard for drivers to see. Neither students nor parents received any formal...

The friendly debate rages on

The friendly debate rages on

Michael Mathis, Web Opinions Editor December 20, 2013

Even after the buses clear in the afternoon, the halls echo with the roar of the students. In room 2038, politics persists as members of the Junior Statesman of America (JSA) debate today’s political...

Doomsday debunked – Looking back on the 2012 apocalypse that wasn’t

Katie Settos, Creative Director December 20, 2013

Somewhere underground thousands of boxes of Spam sit untouched. Dec. 21, 2012 began as the prophetic day conspiracists believed would usher in the cataclysmic collapse of life. Monstrous tsunamis, fiery...

With Hanukkah coming early this year, winter break for Staples Jewish students is a time for family.

How Jewish families spend Christmas Eve

Julie Bender, Web Opinions Editor December 19, 2013

Most people know the stereotypes. Ask anyone what Jewish people do on Christmas and they’ll respond, “movies and Chinese food” without hesitation. What else is there to do? Everything from grocery...

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