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Album Review: G.O.O.D. Musics Cruel Summer

Album Review: G.O.O.D. Music’s “Cruel Summer”

Ned Hardy, Editor-In-Chief October 1, 2012

I wanted to like this album. I really did. Based on the tracklist alone, the album should be flawless. Features range from hip-hop heavyweights like Ghostface Killa, Ma$e, and Raekwon to three of the...

Bus Drivers’ Strike Averted

Bus Drivers’ Strike Averted

Aaron Hendel, Sports Editor September 30, 2012

Buses will run tomorrow. On the evening of Sun., Sept. 30, thanks to a government agency’s help, bus drivers agreed to drive tomorrow, working under the terms of the current collective bargaining...

Senior Athletes Commit to Colleges Early

Senior Athletes Commit to Colleges Early

Jamie Wheeler-Roberts, News Editor September 25, 2012

It's the thing athletes fantasize about while at the gym; what they dream about every night; the light at the end of the tunnel that makes all the concussions, broken bones, and countless trips to the...

To Catch A Cheater

To Catch A Cheater

Bella Gollomp, Staff Writer September 21, 2012

Harvard University is currently investigating 123 students who were  accused of cheating on a take-home final exam in the spring. Nearly half the students in an introductory government class are suspected...

Dress Code Changes for Counties, Red & Whites

Dress Code Changes for Counties, Red & Whites

Deanna Schreiber, Features Editor September 10, 2012

On Mon., Sept. 10 rumors regarding a Counties and Red & Whites dress code change spread like wildfire within the junior and senior girl populous. All girls that attend the dance are required to wear...

A Return to the Sandwich Quo: Opposition to New Food Results in Restoration of Normal Sandwiches

A Return to the Sandwich Quo: Opposition to New Food Results in Restoration of Normal Sandwiches

Chris Ramey, Staff Writer September 6, 2012

Sandwiches in the cafeteria are back to normal after a temporary change following new federal regulations. Although the sandwiches’ bread variety and bulk have been restored, other cafeteria meals still...

Girls Track Member Hit by Car, Injures Leg

Girls’ Track Member Hit by Car, Injures Leg

Emma Muro and Ryder Chasin, Staff Writer and Web News Editor August 28, 2012

Caroline Koenig '14 had surgery last night to help repair her right leg, injured by an oncoming car. The car injured both her tibia and fibula, and the surgical action taken was to place a rod in the tibia. Koenig,...

AP English Students Find Their Thing, Protest SB 24 Amendments

AP English Students “Find Their Thing,” Protest SB 24 Amendments

Rachel Guetta, Editor-In-Chief June 4, 2012

In its May 25 editorial, Inklings urged Staples students to “find their thing,” to pick an issue that they feel passionate about and to take action. At 8 p.m. on June 4, members of Julia McNamee’s...

Staples Ranks Fifth Public School in State, 302 in Nation

Rachel Guetta, Editor-In-Chief May 30, 2012

In the 2012 U.S.News & World Report’s “Best High Schools” ranking, Staples placed fifth in Connecticut, and was awarded 302 out of the 21,776 public high schools in 49 states and the District...

Suburban Dictionary: Stein’s Top 14 Slang Phrases

Suburban Dictionary: Stein’s Top 14 Slang Phrases

Isaac Stein, Staff Writer May 28, 2012

As a writer, as a student, and as an individual, I have always been fascinated by language. However, there is one type of language that often goes unreported in official context. This is slang. I...

Memorial Day in Photos

Memorial Day in Photos

Cheyenne Haslett and Rose Propp, Web Managing Editor and Photo Editor May 28, 2012

The Memorial Day parade took place on Mon., May 28. The 80 degree weather and clear blue skies offered a pleasant morning for the community to sit by and remember their soldiers.

Where’s the Beef?

Ryder Chasin, Danny Cooper, and Reni Forer, Web News Editor, News Editor, and Staff Writer May 25, 2012

Is a stunt straight out of “Fear Factor”: drinking a bottle of Windex. That’s Windex, a cleaner featuring “ammonium hydroxide,” or the chemical ammonia, mixed in water. That’s ammonia,...

Baseball Loses to Trumbull’s Golden Eagles in FCIAC Semi-Finals

Ben Reiser, Managing Editor May 24, 2012

It started out as a sunny, warm day for a baseball game, but slowly turned into disaster for the Wreckers baseball team as clouds formed and the temperature plunged. On May 24 at Bridgeport’s Harbor...

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