Rhyme and Reason
June 16, 2011 • 1 views
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Rhyme or Reason
June 6, 2011 • 1 views
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Staples Raises AP Exam Fee by Three Dollars to Offset Administrative Charges
March 16, 2011 • 1 views
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This year, the administration charged $90 per AP exam, three dollars higher than the price listed in the AP exam booklet distributed to all students taking an exam. This was due to increases in administrative costs from administering the tests. “Last year we came up short at administrative costs,”... Read more »
I Promise, You Don't Know Them
November 12, 2010 • 1 views
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Kelsey Landauer '12 Sports Editor "Hi! How was your day?” “It was good, Mom. I went to my friend’s house with a couple of people.” “Oh, who was there?” “Don’t worry, you wouldn’t know them.” “Just try me.” It is a question so simple, yet so irksome to teenagers with thriving... Read more »
Music To Make You Seem Cool: British Dubstep makes its way to American soil
October 22, 2010 • 1 views
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Spencer Fox '11 Staff Writer Heavy metal, violent gangster rap, and now, newly added to the list of genres that will make your parents proclaim “MY god, what ARE you listening to?,” Dubstep. Using its heavy bass lines as a weapon-of-choice, Dubstep is sure to make a large impact... Read more »
The Feature Presentation: A Look at Master Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez
October 1, 2010 • 1 views
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Cover of Robert Rodriguez Sammy Warshaw '12 A&E Editor For film junkies everywhere, director Robert Rodriguez is a hero. For those who aren’t familiar with his history, Rodriguez is known for raising $7,000 to shoot “El Mariachi,” a Spanish action movie that had no celebrities,... Read more »
The College Credit Crisis: Examining the Relevance of AP Classes at Staples High School
September 29, 2010 • 953 views
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Isaac Stein '12 and Brendan Rand '11 Senior Writer and News Editor No matter what classes they are taking, a mountain of AP textbooks is not an uncommon sight for students like Sean Christie '12, who study in the library. | Photo by Isaac Stein '12 According to the College Board AP classes... Read more »
Procrastination Probing
June 16, 2010 • 1,788 views
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Finals week is supposed to be a time of intensive studying and commitment to mastering massive amounts of material. For me, it’s generally that (depending upon the night), but it’s also many other pointless, self-destructive, time wasting, and somewhat obsessively repulsive things. I have... Read more »
Failure of the Republic: Beyond the Roots of the Bridgeport Bomber
May 29, 2010 • 974 views
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Image by Getty Images via @daylife I have no experience with being oppressed by the United States government; I’m a white, religious, liberal 16-year-old girl living in one of the most affluent towns in America in the 21st century. I have never had to present proof of my citizenship anywhere but... Read more »
LMC Gamespot: Where Robot Unicorns Live
May 28, 2010 • 327 views
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A student rushes to the library, worried that his Chemistry PowerPoint didn’t post to his Y-Drive. To his dismay, every computer is taken – not only by hardworking students, but also by online gamers. A May 3 Inklings poll of 112 random Staples students showed that 33 percent play computer games... Read more »