Humans are far from perfect. In fact, they’re quite the opposite. We’re almost single-handedly poisoning the environment, and nowadays it seems like we just can’t get along. However, humans do have...
Generally, February can be a difficult month because it’s still winter, teachers are cramming in homework before the break, and the snow days are making students crazy since they don’t want to lose...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, boys and girls all across Staples are scrambling to create the perfect day for their lover. Delicate chocolate and precious roses are a must, but if everything else isn’t...
Thirty years ago, Jim Honeycutt, one of the Media Lab advisers at Staples, began his career as a social studies teacher at Long Lots Junior High School.
Little did he know that three decades later he...
Allow one crying girl, one silent boy, a few misinterpreted texts and some angry words to simmer at high temperature. What do you have? A typical high school breakup.
Note: side effects may include awkwardness.
“At...
That long-anticipated bell finally rings. You slam your notebook shut, toss your pencil in your backpack, and dash out of the room, allowing all the thoughts of rational functions to disappear out of your...
For about 84 percent of the school day, Staples students and teachers are in class seemingly awaiting the bell to signal that class is over. In the 16 percent given to students, Staples comes alive.
Observing...
"That will be $4.56, but you already know that,” the Starbucks barista says.
Coffee is a drug, but Starbucks is an addiction.
Only at Starbucks it is possible to order a venti one pump caramel,...
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...
1. Dances. Girls wake up at the crack of dawn to prepare themselves for the magical nights of Counties and Red and Whites. They spend hundreds of dollars on makeup, hair, dresses, shoes, etc. Some people...
Winter has arrived. Darkness is upon us by 4:30 p.m. Shortly after that, the air becomes frigid as the temperature drops. With these dreary conditions, it’s easy to fall into the winter blues. ...
Ryder Chasin, Web Managing Editor
• December 18, 2012
For 11 months each year, the Saugatuck Bridge sidewalk is bare and gray. The occasional open bottle will fall onto it, leaving a dry shadow of spilled soda printed on the cement, and the periodic foreign...
