The holidays are a special time of year when you can stop being stressed and celebrate, or at least have an excuse to celebrate.
Of course, each holiday has a unique theme and meaning behind it, which...
Before you know it, students will be forced to change their clocks forward an hour to accommodate daylight savings. Today, March 9th, marks the beginning of drowsy eyed, zombie like, half asleep Staples...
Defending the dangling modifiers
It is the end of the world. The sun has burnt out and the sky has turned into a sheet of heavy, blackened doom. Governments have been overthrown and anarchy has taken...
It’s 2:15 p.m., and the bell that ends the school day has finally rung after a thoroughly exhausting seven hours full of school work. As you quickly put up your chair, the only thing on your mind is...
There is a woman at the Edge who works out like an MMA fighter. She is short and lean, with tight muscle outlines sketched into her calves and shoulders. I watched her push-press a 50 lb. barbell one Thursday,...
Put down your (pitch) forks please.
My biggest complaint as a vegetarian has not been the food – which I’ve found to be every bit as savory and satisfying as meat–but the ridiculous questions,...
Each fall and spring, I manage to get a vigorous workout before practice even begins. Every day after school, my teammates and I are forced to flex our calves and tighten our glutes as we work in a finessed...
If you saw a fatigued student in class, you would probably assume that person didn’t get enough sleep and not think much of it. But what you may not know is that this person hasn’t eaten anything today...
Before the New Year’s ball had dropped, the halls of Staples were defined by a different atmosphere. The word “Common App” was typical vernacular. You could smell the sweating, stressing students...
It happens once every couple months.
I may have missed a class for a track meet or an illness, and when my teacher asks if I have the homework, I’ll respond that I missed class and couldn’t find...
“We have the best alumni database all over the country.”
“Our students have such special relationships with their professors.”
“We have every club you can imagine.”
Chances...
In a world where seniors and juniors are in the same AP English class, catastrophe reigns. A junior boy tries to talk about an appeal to ethos, but is drowned out by the unrelenting shrieks coming from...
Mat Jacowleff, Director of Social Media
• February 27, 2014
Members of the Facebook cult-community live off the motto: “pics or it didn’t happen.” At this point, Facebook’s sole purpose has devolved to helping kids show their friends how much fun their...
