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[Sept. 2016 News] Conservative underrepresentation persists as 2016 political dialogue intensifies

October 11, 2016

By Fritz Schemel '17 Editor-in-Chief and Zach Horowitz '19 As the 2016 election barrels towards the finish line, political dialogue surrounding it has grown increasingly tense. Out of 200 Staples students...

You’re fired, I’m hired...again

You’re fired, I’m hired…again

Margot Mather, Arts Editor May 19, 2016

*Satire* As “The Donald” secured the Republican presidential nomination many find themselves wondering who he will choose for his elected running mate. However, the populace clearly has forgotten...

Kasich’s high road to the highest office, and why the Never Trump movement should rally around the Ohio Governor

Kasich’s high road to the highest office, and why the Never Trump movement should rally around the Ohio Governor

Fritz Schemel, Editor-in-Chief April 27, 2016

The 2016 election has been plagued by negativity and personal attacks. Candidates have insulted each others’ wives and compared each other’s hand sizes. Debates (especially on the GOP side) have focused...

Bloomberg’s calculated decision not to run for president

Bloomberg’s calculated decision not to run for president

Megan Doyle, Staff Writer March 24, 2016

When I first found out that Michael Bloomberg decided not to run for president, I was devastated. I truly believe that he was our best shot at keeping this country intact. He is moderate, which is exactly...

Justice Antonin Scalia, whose vacated position on the Supreme Court is causing a partisan rift

Photo courtesy of Supreme Court.

Obama and Senate clash over Supreme Court nomination

Sophie Call, Staff Writer March 3, 2016

On Feb. 13, 2016 Justice Antonin Scalia died in Schafer, TX, leaving an eight person Supreme Court and a year for President Obama to fill the gap.   While it’s a rare thing for a justice to be appointed...

Concept of feminism provokes political confusion

Concept of feminism provokes political confusion

Izzy Ullmann, Features Editor February 23, 2016

Let’s face it: the 2016 presidential election, in many ways, is an absolute joke. Instead of opening the New York Times to be greeted by reactions from a recent GOP debate, I’m flooded by Trump's latest...

Democratic Debate yields mixed reactions from students

Democratic Debate yields mixed reactions from students

Fritz Schemel, Editor-in-Chief October 16, 2015

After a duo of Republican debates in Aug. and Sept., Democratic candidates got their chance under the spotlight in Las Vegas in their first debate on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Five candidates gathered on stage...

Who prevailed at the Democrat debate? Here’s a true blue’s rankings…

Who prevailed at the Democrat debate? Here’s a true blue’s rankings…

Zach McCarthy, Web News October 16, 2015

  As this paper’s blue-blooded resident liberal (Er, uh-most of the time at least), I thought it’d be important to bracket up the best of the best of the Nevada debate now that the dust has...

A mandate for normalcy

A mandate for normalcy

Claire Dinshaw, Editor May 12, 2015

It is election season. And no, by election season I do not mean that it is almost time to start reporting on the various adventures of Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio. I mean that two nights ago the United...

A man listens to Melissa Kane, the Democrat running to be second selectwoman, speaking.

Selectman candidates debate environmental issues

Caroline Cohen, Managing Editor October 24, 2013

On Monday, Oct. 21, the candidates for selectmen of Westport, Republicans Jim Marpe and Avi Kaner and Democrats Helen Garten and Melissa Kane, debated at Earthplace: The Nature Discovery Center to discuss...

November 2, 2010 | Election Day

November 2, 2010

  12:20 p.m. A woman and her two kids enter Long Lots Elementary School to vote while explaining to them that women did not always have the opportunity to vote. This polling place remained open from...

Emergence of a President: Leadership of Teachers’ Union Shifts in Recent Election

June 9, 2010
Social studies teacher, Kathy Sharp, has recently been elected president of the Westport Education Association.
Joseloff Defeats Anderson in Westport Election

Joseloff Defeats Anderson in Westport Election

November 13, 2009
Democrat Gordon Joseloff was re-elected for a second term of first selectman over Republican Gavin Anderson, winning 56 percent of the vote.
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