Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Mu Sochua, Comes to Staples
November 19, 2010 • 1 views
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A feeling of awe circled the room as Mu Sochua, an accomplished human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and Cambodian Parliament member stepped in front of the class. As she began her presentation, she did not list her accomplishments, nor did she instruct the students on how to help her... Read more »
October 28, 2010 | Haze
October 28, 2010 • 1 views
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11:27 a.m. Students watch in as the Teen Awareness Group shows the video, "Haze." This video showed the possible outcomes of binge drinking.
Staples Takes A Stand
October 27, 2010 • 1 views
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GLSEN Protest|Image by Sam T (samm4mrox) via Flickr Cheyenne Haslett '13 Web Feature Editor Society isn’t perfect, as was made clear this month by the flurry of suicides by homosexual teens. The suicides ranged from middle school students to college students, but each suicide made just as much... Read more »
Teen Vital Voices Helps Women Around the World
June 21, 2010 • 1,458 views
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Alexis Teixeira Guest Writer Like many Staples students, there are mornings when I wake up and wish that I didn’t have to go to school. I can assure you that this would never happen in a place like Kenya because girls end their education at a very early age or don’t... Read more »
Green Teen Finalist, Brian Hershey to Work with Polar Bears
June 9, 2010 • 1,652 views
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Kelsey Landauer '12 Sports Editor This Oct., Brian Hershey ’12 will pack up his winter coat and hand warmers as he gets ready to make his trip to the Leadership Camp in Manitoba, Canada, amongst the planet’s target species of global warming—polar bears. Not only will he be... Read more »
J.D. Salinger, Author who Captured Teen Voice, Dies at 91
January 29, 2010 • 766 views
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Lexi Preiser '10 Web Editor-in-Chief J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" died of natural causes at 91 in his Cornish, N. H., home, according to his literary agent as reported in an obituraryin the New York Times. The news had English Teachers poking their heads in each... Read more »
Disney’s Good-Girl by Day, Scandalous Teen By Night
January 7, 2010 • 1,480 views
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Stevie Klein '12 Web Features Editor I was walking down Main Street in a very good mood last week, but the smile was wiped off my face as soon as I passed the sweetest looking girl wearing a Hannah Montana shirt. I looked the other way until the girl was behind me, desperately trying to... Read more »
Failed Attempts to Interpret The Teen Mind
December 3, 2009 • 972 views
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Shannon Moss ’11 Staff Writer The phrase, “say what you mean and mean what you say,” may be ideal for most situations, but when I talk to my parents, it just doesn’t happen. Take, for instance, an average night at the Moss household. When my dad calls to tell my brother (Grant) and I dinner... Read more »
Krazzy for Kamikazz
October 21, 2009 • 966 views
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Dana Rappaport '11 Web Opinions Editor On Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 the Kamikazz Festival will take place at 100 Arch St. in Greenwich, CT. The two day festival is featuring artists such as DJ Felli Fel, who sings the popular hit “Get Buck in Here”.... Read more »
New Alterations to Teen Driving Laws
May 21, 2008 • 1,145 views
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Image via Wikipedia Elizabeth Vance '09 Web Editor-in-Chief The Connecticut government is continuing to adjust the new driving laws for teenagers. Under the latest changes, teenagers (under the age of 18) who get their licenses before Aug. 1, 2008 will not be required to follow some of the... Read more »