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...

Toquet Hall was alive and electric Saturday night as several Staples performers came forth to lend their encouragement (and their talents) to a great local cause: the funding and production of “Where...

I took the SAT last weekend and it was fun! No, just kidding. It was actually a gruelling experience where my only guide was the disinterested Fairfield-Ludlowe proctor scanning the room for cheaters...

Congress finally (sort of) agreed on something! It’s too bad it’s something Americans don’t quite agree on. This week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that greenlighted the Keystone XL...

Last week, you may have felt some of those familiar back-to-school feelings that I’ll do my best to recount here. Now, being a junior (the fun, easy grade), I may have no idea what stress in school is,...

The end of the school year may feel like a barrage of AP tests, SATs and the usual standardized suspects for many, but at least we can look forward to a smorgasbord of movies for this summer. This cinematic...

On the evening of Oct. 24, around a hundred students, teachers and local politicians shuffled into the cafeteria to watch the debate for the position of first selectman. The candidates were heavily focused...

Do we celebrate Ponce de Leon? How about Marco Polo? The countless Native-American tribes that trod this land long before any Europeans did? No, in fact, these figures go without cities named for them,...

Last year, political turmoil in Egypt erupted into revolution and developed into more than a year of violence. This summer’s violence, though, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured, disrupted the...

Throughout the week freshmen orientation tours continue.  The tours consist of the ninth graders lead by juniors and seniors who show students all their rooms, information about extracurriculars, the...