Staff Profile
Katie Cion –– Opinions Editor
At first glance, Katie Cion ’14 seems like a typical Westport teenager – she loves camp, is part of several clubs, and is obsessed with her grades. But beneath the surface lies unique personality.
The first of many things atypical about Cion are her fingers: they are double jointed. In particular, her middle finger on her right hand is crooked because of a fracture. A typical teen would moan over this plight. Cion, however, is more upbeat than the average angst-filled teenager, and takes her disfigured finger in jest. Whenever she walks into a fellow student, she jokingly tells them that they have maimed her finger.
Cion is also in love with her dog, a 3-year-old Golden Retriever named Gracie. There are many “dog lovers” on this planet, but none top Cion, who claims, “I like her more than any human being.”
Of course, love of her pet wouldn’t interfere with her schoolwork or her work at Inklings, where she is the Opinions Editor for the Blue Staff. She is looking forward to a great, and unique year. In a school full of lemmings, one isn’t jumping over a cliff – and its name is Katie Cion.
Three Years Later: Scheduling After Arena
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
April 21, 2013
Filed under News
The word “arena” conjures an image of ancient warriors battling snarling, ferocious beasts, with adrenaline coursing, the stakes high, and the consequences of losing as threatening as the very opponent in front of them. Inside the realm of Staples High School, “arena” refers to a different,... Read more »
Author Mike Lupica Reflects on the Boston Marathon Bombing
Katie Cion, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2013
Filed under Sports
It’s “the capital of happy people.” It’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Except on a spring day. Mike Lupica has covered some 20 Boston Marathons in his tenure as an internationally-known sports reporter, so he would know. But Monday’s marathon had Lupica drawing a more haunting comparison:... Read more »
March 24, 2013 | Sunday Matinee
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
March 24, 2013
Filed under The Daily Click
4:27 p.m. Westport residents gather in the Town Hall auditorium to watch a screening of "Hello I Must Be Going" presented by the Westport Cinema Initiative.
Sexting via Snapchat Results in Legal Consequences
Katie Cion and Zoe Brown
March 15, 2013
Filed under News
A photograph is a memory frozen in time, capturing a moment for years to come—or, if it’s taken using popular smartphone app Snapchat, it is a captured memory for 10 seconds max until the picture disappears. In the hallways, during class, throughout the lunch waves, by the bus loop and everywhere... Read more »
Girls Basketball Senior Day
Katie Cion , Opinions Editor
February 15, 2013
Filed under Sports
Thursday night, the 7-12 Staples Girls Basketball team went up against the 17-2 Trumbull Eagles in a do-or-die match-up, ultimately suffering a frustrating loss with a final score of 41-27 and failing to earn a spot in the state championship tournament. Preceding the game, Allison April ’13, Fallon... 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 »
Why Doesn’t Staples Rank Students?
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
January 23, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories
High school is a numbers game. There’s the all-important GPA, the always-stressful standardized test score, the number of credits needed to graduate, the number of unexcused absences needed to not graduate.Even lunchtime at Staples is broken down into waves one, two and three. However, there is... Read more »
Finding Compassion
Katie Cion , Opinions Editor
December 21, 2012
Filed under Breaking News, Opinions
The night of the unspeakable tragedies in Newtown, I babysat for two elementary-school aged kids. When I was putting the little girl to bed, she stopped me before I left her room and asked me to leave the lights on, to ward away the monsters she suspected inhabited the darkness. At this request my chest... Read more »
Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Chanukkah
Katie Cion and Rachel Labarre
December 18, 2012
Filed under Features
Everyone knows that Chanukkah means eight nights of presents, but there’s really much more to this holiday. So here are eight facts to wow your friends with between games of dreidel. 1. Hanukkah is the only major Jewish holiday not mentioned in the Torah. 2. The letters on the Dreidel stand for... Read more »
Dec. 9, 2012 | Santa Claus is Coming Downtown
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
December 9, 2012
Filed under The Daily Click
2:30 p.m. Santa talks to a few of the kids on the nice list about last minute Christmas wishes.
The Ultimate Effect: Changes Made to Curriculum, Athletic Calendars
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
November 26, 2012
Filed under News
On Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy ravaged much of the East Coast and left many without power, heat, or shelter. Weeks later, Sandy’s effects continue to cause problems for the Staples community. The week of school lost due to Sandy used up the three days allotted in the calendar for school cancellations... Read more »
Staples Moves Towards Cost-Efficient Test Forms
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
November 26, 2012
Filed under News
It’s a hallmark of the test-taking experience; an established figure in the lives of Staples students; a perpetual convenience to teachers. Indeed, the Scantron has an unquestionable omnipresence at Staples. In fact, according to Principal John Dodig, Staples spends more than $5,000 a year on Scantron... Read more »
5 Clubs That Should Exist At Staples
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
October 9, 2012
Filed under Opinions
Staples has over one hundred clubs, teams, and activities to offer its students. Yet even this selection can’t fully encompass all of the diverse hobbies and interests of the student body. Thus, here are five noticeable gaps in the Staples extra-curricular community. My Friend is in Culinary Club... Read more »
A Matter of Time: Juniors, Seniors alike Take College Entry Exams this Fall
Katie Cion, Opinions Editor
October 5, 2012
Filed under News
As the school year begins, juniors and seniors are at very different points in planning for their futures. Whereas juniors are just beginning on the long trek that is the college process, seniors are starting down the final stretch. Yet increasingly, these two paths are crossing at one crucial point:... Read more »
Vacation, Families, and Excess Baggage
Katie Cion, Staff Writer
April 13, 2012
Filed under Opinions
According to the U.S Census Bureau, in 2011 the average family size was 3.18 people, (insert the required .18 of a person joke here). Multiply this by approximately four, and you have the number of suitcases my traveling party tries to shove in the back of a rented limousine. There are certainly... Read more »