A Ride on the Gravy Train

Isaac Stein, Web Editor in Chief
March 16, 2012  

I think that the economic principles of our town are best illustrated at any one ofWestport’s ubiquitous Starbucks coffee shops. It must have been about3:00on a Wednesday afternoon a few months ago when I last went to Starbucks. I went there because I wanted some caffeine to rejuvenate me... Read More

The Academic Industry: An examination of Staples’ teacher-to-student tutoring culture

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2012  

“It might be different if we were in, say, Podunk, Ark. But this is Westport, and the amount of money that people are willing to pay is not chicken feed. It’s a big business,” said Alan Jolley, a math teacher at Staples. The business to which Jolley refers is tutoring—namely teachers... Read More

The Plight of Predestination

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief
January 16, 2012  

A few weeks ago, I read a novel that brought my vision of contemporary American society, and of the Westport bubble in particular, to a series of ugly and contemptible realizations. My English teacher, Gus Young, assigned Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, for the class to read. In Brave New... Read More

Damaged Church Revived by Community Support

Isaac Stein, Web Editor in Chief
January 12, 2012  

In regards to the cause of the fire that destroyed a significant portion of the Saugatuck Congregational Church, Lieutenant Jerry Shannon of the Westport Police Department is uncertain. “The Westport Police is not involved with investigation of the issue, exempting the initial emergency response.... Read More

Roughin’ It: The Virtue of Mindless Labor

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-In-Chief
December 15, 2011  

As Staples students, we are often asked to think. The format of this prompt, which could take the shape of a literary essay, a “practical application” type statistics question, or a dilemma in any one of the multitude of extracurricular activities that this institution offers, is as varied... Read More

Crunch Time: An Investigative Look on Staples’ Cheating Culture

Isaac Stein, Web Editor in Chief
November 18, 2011  

It can present itself in a series of sneezes, a pair of knocks upon a desk, or the clicking of pens in a peculiarly ordered fashion. Cheating. While Staples has gone high-tech, symbolized by classrooms decked out with Smartboards and computers equipped with Windows 7, the technology used to... Read More

October 30, 2011 | Roughin’ It

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 30, 2011  

Oct. 1, 2011 │ To the Trenches!

Isaac Stein, Web Editor In Chief
October 1, 2011  

For passers-by on Saturday, the state of Compo Beach was reminiscent of a war zone. Along with the presence of rock debris and high sand dunes, two industrial size bulldozers were being employed for road construction.

The Invisibles: An Investigation into Westport’s Out-of-Shelter Homeless Community

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2011  

One Man’s Story They live in automobiles. They can be found in and around public facilities; the library, the pool, the Levitt pavilion. They are residents of the Town of Westport. According to Lieutenant Arthur Belile of the Westport Police Department, they number less than five. They constitute... Read More

Sept. 7, 2011: Creative Recycling

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief
September 7, 2011  

11: 15 a.m. Ryan Kirshner ’13 tosses a SmartWater bottle into a nearby recycling bin in dramatic fashion.