Roe v. Wade, 40 Years Later

Deanna Schreiber and Cheyenne Haslett
March 15, 2013
Filed under News

Forty years ago, a woman named Norma McCorvey was young, pregnant and seeking an abortion in Texas, a state that prohibited it, except to save the mother’s life. The name “Norma McCorvey” may not ring any bells for Staples students. But Norma McCorvey’s pseudonym, Jane Roe, and the court case... Read more »

Feb. 27, 2013 | Adding to the Wreckage

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
February 27, 2013
Filed under The Daily Click

3:39 p.m. Saugatuck Shores is no stranger to the high winds, coastal flooding and washed up debris that seem to be hitting the area more and more frequently this year. Many residents are still in the midst of repairing the damage done by Hurricane Sandy. Today, two and a half weeks after the Blizzard... Read more »

English Teacher Involved in Accident in Staples Parking Lot

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
February 24, 2013
Filed under News

A one-car accident in the Staples parking lot before school on Mon., Feb. 25, clogged North Ave. as half a dozen police and EMT vehicles arrived at the scene and blocked traffic just before the start of school. A faculty member, reportedly English teacher Jesse Bauks, drove his Toyota RAV-4 into a snowbank... Read more »

Crunching the Numbers: Does a Passion For Math and Science Create a Numerical Advantage?

Katie Cion and Cheyenne Haslett
February 15, 2013
Filed under News, Top Stories

High school is an anomaly, a distortion, an alternate universe. A piece of weekend gossip travels at warp speed, a 7-hour school day is scheduled down to each second. Having no friends in free: the end of the world. It is a bubble. Thus it is no surprise that matters such as GPA’s, AP’s, and the... Read more »

Termites Fall from Ceiling in Media Lab Hallway

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
February 8, 2013
Filed under News

At approximately 9:10 a.m. this morning students stumbled upon an unusual sight--scores of termites had fallen from a hole in the ceiling and were crawling on the tiles between the Media Lab and the theater hallway bathrooms. According to Custodian Gerard Watt, about 15 minutes after he first vacuumed... Read more »

The Rise of the Super Fams

Will McDonald and Cheyenne Haslett
January 23, 2013
Filed under Sports

They’re the 12th athlete on the football gridiron, the 10th player on the baseball diamond, and the 6th man on the basketball court. They don’t attend Staples, they cannot be found cheering on their high school peers from the student section, and they are not considered SuperFans. Instead, they’re... Read more »

What It Felt Like to Be There: A Newtown High School Junior Tells Her Story

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
December 21, 2012
Filed under Breaking News, News, Top Stories

Click here to view the most recent Inklings issue. “So I woke up Friday morning like it was any normal day... Got to school, saw my friends... The usual...” And so begins a recount of a morning that spiraled into a terrifyingly historical event. Kim Saltzman is a sophomore at Newtown High... Read more »

Greens Farms Academy A Cappella Group Sings to Support Sandy Hook

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
December 16, 2012
Filed under Breaking News, News

On Fri., Dec. 14, the Greens Farms Academy a cappella group, The Harbor Blues, was serenading a group of three-year-olds with the sounds of Christmas. At the same time that this group was singing jolly tunes of Christmas to enthusiastic children at Southport Congregational Church Preschool, a tragedy... Read more »

Examining Taylor Swift: Swiftly Becoming Obsolete

Cheyenne Haslett
October 26, 2012
Filed under A&E, Music

Lately, listening to the radio brings my faith in humanity down exponentially each time I tune into the most popular stations in the Northeast. Every minute that I am subjected to the ridiculous commentary on Z100’s “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” or 106.1 BLI’s nasally commentators “Dana... Read more »

Know The Debates Without Knowing The Debates

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
October 23, 2012
Filed under Opinions

As many of us should know, but likely don’t, the Foreign Policy Presidential Debate occurred yesterday, Mon., Oct. 22 at 9 p.m.. Lynn University, a college not much larger than Staples, is counting down the seconds to the debate, which they describe as their “introduction to the world.” While... Read more »

New Field Hockey Coach Cracks the Whip

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
October 5, 2012
Filed under Features

Ashley Delvecchio is blonde, blue-eyed and average height. She dons up-to-date athletic apparel and can often be found on Ginny Parker Field after school. As far as first appearances go, it may come as a surprise that Delvecchio describes herself as one of the toughest head coaches the team has seen.... Read more »

Variety Show 2012

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
June 6, 2012
Filed under Multimedia, News

Corny jokes by the Student Assembly, abundant talent and joyous laughter-- all three were present during the 2012 Variety Show. Acts in the 2012 Variety Show are as follows: James Bell '12 singing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Michael Sixsmith '13, Ryder Chasin '14, Josh Popkin '14, Danny Pravder... Read more »

Students Rally in Support of Fellow Classmate

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
May 14, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Over 100 students congregated in the courtyard before school on May 14. They were meeting to support their fellow classmate, Justin Slosberg '15, who was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. It began with a single Facebook post but quickly blossomed into a large support movement for Slosberg, whose favorite... Read more »

Getting Ready for Prom? Check out the Newest Supplement

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor
May 4, 2012
Filed under Top Stories

"Prom: An Inklings Supplement" has articles on the history of proms in Westport, great prom songs, how to navigate the prom process, an opinions piece on prom hype from a guy's perspective and much more! Go to the Issue page to see the full magazine, along with the the advertisements that helped... Read more »

Education Reform Proposals Create Controversy

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
April 14, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

In his State of the State address in mid-February, Governor Dannel Malloy spoke of fixing Connecticut’s weak economy and high unemployment rate. “Let’s think big. Let’s be bold,” he urged lawmakers, calling for “revival,” not a “recovery,” and he outlined how that revival would take... Read more »

Westport PTA Sponsors Forum Regarding Senate Bill 24

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
April 3, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

On Mon., April 2, the Westport PTA Council sponsored a forum in which a panel was set up at Town Hall to answer questions about Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposed Senate Bill 24, “An Act Concerning Educational Competitiveness.” On the forum and poised to field questions about S.B. 24 were Rep.... Read more »

Senate Bill 24 Moves Through Legislation

Cheyenne Haslett, News Editor
March 26, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Governor Malloy’s education reform bill, commonly known as the Senate Bill 24, has been met with both opposition and encouragement across the public education sector. On March 26, the legislature’s Education Committee took on the controversial bill. According to the CT Mirror, many changes... Read more »

On the Radar: KONY 2012

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
March 7, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

On Tues., March 6, the power of Facebook made itself known, yet again. 29 minutes of footage had gone viral—but this time, it wasn’t a Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale music video to “Call Me, Maybe.” This time, eight years of life-changing work was condensed into a video... Read more »

Feb. 27, 2012 | Hustle and Bustle

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
February 27, 2012
Filed under The Daily Click

1:07 p.m. The ever apparent hustle and bustle of Grand Central terminal in New York City is alive and well. Grand Central is just a short train ride away from Westport.

More than Just A Pretty Face: The Brains Behind The Pageants

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
February 19, 2012
Filed under Features

Most people commonly associate the title “Beauty Queen” with a contest for the prettiest smile, the most glamorous makeup, or the most impressive strut while clad in a swimsuit—yet these connotations may leave the most important aspect of pageantry out: the humanitarian role. “Everyone tries... Read more »

Feb. 7, 2012 | The Candy Kiosk

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
February 7, 2012
Filed under The Daily Click

8:17 a.m. Samantha Hodgson '12 works as a cashier for the candy cart located at the front of the school. The cart is open on Tues. and Fri., period 6, and Wed. period 7.

The More the Merrier?

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
January 17, 2012
Filed under Opinions

Hands trembling. Fingers aching. Mind racing. Eyes searching. My name is Cheyenne Haslett, and I am a multitaskaholic. I can’t help it. None of us can. We are all victims to its controlling grasp: we multitask, and we know it. (We’re also sexy, and we know that, too.) Some may think... Read more »

A Deli Revived in Downtown Westport

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
January 11, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Every food venue has its own story, and Art’s Delicatessen is no exception. Yet at Art’s, that story may be a little longer than the average deli’s. Richard Falcone Sr. has reopened the deli his father, Arthur Falcone, owner from 1969 to 1990. Falcone intends to begin anew, but he has also reopened... Read more »

Longboarders: Tearin’ Up The Streets of Westport

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
October 28, 2011
Filed under Features

From graphics of psychedelic sunflowers in all hues of the rainbow to racy women, draped suggestively over the bottom of boards, the colors and statements of long boards have brought new excitement to the streets of Westport. Whether it is a weekend or after school, if the sun is out, so are the boarders.... Read more »

Q&A with Kerry Long on the Release of “West Side Story” Poster

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
October 20, 2011
Filed under A&E

Staples Players will be presenting a production of West Side Story, to show on Nov. 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 7:30p.m.The poster to advertise the show recently made its Facebook debut. Kerry Long, photographer and creator of the poster, as well as wife of David Roth, the director of Players, gave Inklings... Read more »

Sept. 24, 2011 | BBQ and Blues

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
September 24, 2011
Filed under The Daily Click

1:09 p.m. A band performs behind the Levitt Pavilion during the Blues, Views and BBQ Festival. Preparation for the festival began up to 12 months ago, said head organizer and owner of Bobby Q's restaurant on Main street, Bob LaRose. A tradition that began four years ago, the festival provides opportunities... Read more »

Staples Girls’ Soccer Makes Difficult Cuts

Cheyenne Haslett, Web News Editor
September 15, 2011
Filed under Sports, Sports Center

Staples is known countywide for their talent on the soccer field, and this year’s girls varsity soccer team hopes, as usual, to uphold the standards they have worked hard to set. The difference in this year’s team is the rare and new team dynamic. This new dynamic has been brought about by the... Read more »