Staff Profile
Joe Greenwald –– Web Sports Editor
As a soccer player, dog-lover, gamer, volunteer, Latin Club president, and self-proclaimed jokester, Joe Greenwald ’13 is a jack-of-all-trades. And he can now add Web Sports Editor of Inklings to his repertoire.
It was pure chance that Greenwald ended up in Inklings at all; a scheduling mishap threw him into the Journalism for Publication class last year. It was in that class, however, where he found his love for writing, and writing for an audience in particular.
Greenwald is also a starting striker and co-captain of the boys’ soccer team, and carries his love of soccer to the virtual world in FIFA Soccer for Xbox. He has several intense rivalries with other Staples students, and his preferred team of usage is Spain’s Atletico Madrid.
Outside of school and sports, Greenwald volunteers at the George Washington Carver Center in Norwalk, helping under-privileged kids with their schoolwork and acting as a mentor.
“It is an incredibly humbling feeling,” Greenwald said of his experience at the Carver Center. “It’s moving to be able to help them; in a sense they’re giving back to me.”
As well as his love for volunteering, Greenwald also has a love for none other than mashed potatoes.
“I like a little gravy with my mashed potatoes,” he said. “Not a lot of gravy. But a little.”
A New Website: Staples’ Reactions
Joe Greenwald, Staff Writer
May 9, 2013
Filed under News, Top Stories
Anyone who consistently goes to the Staples homepage for homework, news and guidance of any sort certainly will notice the site's makeover. At first look, the site appears a bit grayer than it used to, with a change of the calendar on the right side of the page. After further inspection, it is clear... Read more »
10 Essential Tracks
Joe Greenwald
April 13, 2013
Filed under A&E
Destined for those “top-down 70-and-sunny days” as well as the outdoor night parties, where grooving on the patio is second nature. 1. Sweet Honey – Slightly Stoopid A fast-paced, catchy tune by this unique reggae-rock band. The two lead singers, one a fast-paced rapper and the other a harmonizer,... Read more »
Tommy Palumbo: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
April 9, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories
On a drowsy Monday morning at Staples High School, Sir Thomas Palumbo '13 (also known as Tommy, but a self-proclaimed knight) sat alert in math teacher Jane Levy’s period 7 Pre-Calculus class. Levy routinely asks students for their choice of an exponential letter, and the common answer is “x.”... Read more »
Southland: Review
Joe Greenwald , Web Sports Editor
March 7, 2013
Filed under A&E, T.V. Shows
In its fifth season running, the TNT cop drama Southland has its audience in a stranglehold, as gripping and suspenseful as ever. The characters are still as fresh and diverse as the crime they handle in the streets of Los Angeles, and, though it is tough, sometimes heartbreaking, to watch, Southland... Read more »
Feb. 14, 2013 | Valentine Excitement
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
February 14, 2013
Filed under The Daily Click
10:00 a.m. Two girls, Nikki Bukovsky '13 and Nicole McNees '13 find joy in a romantic cupcake treat.
Sad Day for Super Bowl Commercials
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
February 5, 2013
Filed under A&E, Opinions
In America’s biggest sporting event of the year, where bathroom breaks during commercials are considered by many to be a felony, Super Bowl commercials are lauded and celebrated nationwide. This year, however, could not live up to the hype. Before Super Bowl Sunday, I was assigned to write about... Read more »
Jan. 28, 2013 | Braving the Storm
Joe Greenwald, Staff Writer
January 28, 2013
Filed under The Daily Click
4:00 p.m. Staples soccer players enjoy some soccer at Wakeman despite tough weather conditions and after school activity cancellation.
The Senior Grind: Struggling to Stay Motivated
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
January 2, 2013
Filed under Opinions
After conversing with several classmates of mine, we discovered the inconvenient truth about a demon we face as we approach midterms and our final (meaningful) quarter of high school. Some call it senioritis, others call it disgraceful or just plain lazy. But no matter what label is used, those who are... Read more »
Newtown on My Mind
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Writer
December 21, 2012
Filed under Breaking News, Opinions
Last summer, after a long day at soccer recruitment camp, I returned to the hotel my mom and I were staying at. Meeting up with my mom in the lobby, I noticed a small crowd in front of the TV by the bar. A massacre at a movie theatre in Aurora, Col. had left over a dozen dead and over 50 injured. Despite... Read more »
Twitter vs. Facebook: Have Tweets Surpassed Status Updates?
Joe Greenwald , Web Sports Editor
November 28, 2012
Filed under Features, Top Stories
The Isaac Stein’s of the world are a dying breed. Few active members of Facebook participate in the action known as “Writing a Status”, and even fewer care to write something worthwhile. The constitution of Facebook Statuses is deteriorating so much that people have been hacking onto each other’s... Read more »
Athletics Beyond the Field: When Sports Isn’t About a Team
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
October 26, 2012
Filed under Sports
Some would say Max Kantor ’14 is a small fish in a big pond. Not many know the Staples junior has caught over 400 bull and over 200 hammerhead sharks in his accomplished fishing career. As a gamesman, Max embraces the nature of the sport of fishing and thrives by the water. Max has fished all... Read more »
Oct. 24, 2012 | Army Sergeant of Natl. Guard Visits Staples
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
October 24, 2012
Filed under The Daily Click
11:30 a.m. Sergeant Chris Rottner of the U.S. Army National Guard rests his head in the College and Career Center during 1st Lunch. He has visited Staples in the past and comes here to recruit.
Staples’ Struts: Walks of Wonder in the Halls of SHS
Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor
October 1, 2012
Filed under Features
There are the chest-out jock struts. There are the shy paces of the head-in-book intellectual. There are the classic class clown sprints. They’re are symbols of the raw, electric vibrancy that courses through the jungle of Staples’ hallways. They are the different ways in which Staples... Read more »