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Senior traditions passing me by

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The fall of senior year comes with all kinds of traditions. There’s the first day of school, spirit week, motorcade and the homecoming football game. At Staples, it sometimes seems as though we are living in a movie, with all of the stereotypically American high school traditions, with the posters for senior days, color wars and spirit.

I love Staples, and from my time here, I think that all of these activities make our day-to-day lives as students that much better. I just happen to be one of those seniors who forgot to do most of them.

Don’t get me wrong, I had good reason to. I was late to homecoming because I had rowing, but I did make a fashionably late appearance. I didn’t go as all out for spirit week as some of my more motivated classmates did. I made myself delicious cookies instead of going to CVS to find oversized glasses or a tutu that I could wear.

Maybe I just don’t have school spirit.

I like to think that I do because I think it makes me sound horrible to say that I don’t care. As a senior girl, I probably should be a little more peppy and feather boa-ed.

Senior year is all about choice. I chose, however controversial it might be, to relish my extra half hour of sleep instead of getting up at 6 am to paint my face and put on all of the red clothing I own.

I didn’t have the best track record as MVP of senior year for the fall. I’ll do better in the spring.  Just give me a few weeks to develop my pomp and circumstance.

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Alison Morrison, Staff Writer
What do you get when you add a “Hunger Games craze,” cookies and cream ice cream, an easy-breezy attitude, Canada, journalism and a deep adoration for peanut butter? The answer is staff writer Alison Morrison ’15. Let’s break down the equation. She admires the spunky attitude of Jennifer Lawrence, and is a die-hard fan of the “Hunger Game” series. She stands strongly behind fantasy, and is not capable of being friends with a person who has never read or seen the “Harry Potter” series. Morrison enjoys reading about Katniss Everdeen most when she treats herself to a bowl of cookies-and-cream ice cream. “There is seriously nothing better on this Earth,” Morrison smiles. “Except for peanut butter.” Well, not just American peanut butter. Morrison is proudly a Canadian, as it is one of her favorite places to visit, but the real reason she’s so fond is because of the Kraft brand of peanut butter that’s not available in the U.S. “Everytime we go to Canada, we come back with jars and jars of peanut butter.” Morrison has taken a strong interest in the art of journalism, and even though she couldn’t fit journalism into her schedule last year, “lots of people thought I was in the class because I was in the Inklings room so much,” she said. Now that she is in the class, Morrison looks forward to getting out there and talking to people. “Interacting with different people is not something you can get from just any ordinary job,” she said. “Journalism allows you to have a really interesting and useful skill set.” Well there it is, the full, broken down equation of Alison Morrison. However, unlike most equations, this one is fun-filled, eager and really looking forward to writing for Inklings in her senior year.  

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