Your friends are skiing in Colorado, tanning in the Bahamas, and sightseeing in Paris. You on the other hand, are bored out of your mind, stuck at home catching up on Breaking Bad and watching The Walking...
In my family two is the magic number: it is the month that four of the five family members were born in and the number of dogs we have. And, finally, the number of second semester seniors who live under...
The week before spring break most Staples students are just about done. Tests, homework, projects and just about anything school-related have taken their toll on students who made it through March—the...
Simon Stracher, Social Media Managing Editor
• April 8, 2013
Before I begin this review, I would like to point out that I was forced against my will to read this book. My co-editor, the ever-imposing Bailey Valente, decided that she wanted to read Daria Snadowsky’s...
I’m Catholic. Always have been.
I go to church, and I celebrate the holidays. However, I’m not like Amanda Bynes’s character in Easy A, who practically shoved religion down people’s throats..
I...
For millions of people all across the globe, April 1st will be a humor filled day of pranks and jokes. However, some dean of admissions must have a real sense of humor, as it is on this day that many Staples...
Taking the school bus in the morning should be illegal.
In the past I used to excitedly sprint down my driveway each morning to score the back seat of the bus. I felt so grown up, going to school without...
Let’s be real: no one likes waking up for school in the morning.
However, according to School Transportation News, every morning 53% of all students between Kindergarten and 12th grade in the country...
Considering the near $100 million Westport Public School budget, one would think an adequate climate control system would be a given inside the modern Staples High School building.
Think again.
Not...
There are some people, over the past couple years, to whom I have found myself unintentionally devoted to despite how painfully aware I am of all the gritty details in their mundane lives.
Our relationship...
The Harlem Shake. YOLO. Tanning.
One of these trends is not like the others.
(Hint: It’s tanning.)
While the Harlem Shake and “YOLO” might be grating on your nerves, they’re hardly harmful....
Once again, a blistering epidemic has swept through the halls of SHS. As in past years, a shocking number of seniors have been felled by the rather debilitating affliction known as senioritis.
Its...
My great grandparents toiled and stomached the turbulent Atlantic Ocean on their voyage towards America so that future generations could live free of the oppression and constant unjust persecution that...
