By Fritz Schemel '17 Editor-in-Chief and Zach Horowitz '19
As the 2016 election barrels towards the finish line, political dialogue surrounding it has grown increasingly tense. Out of 200 Staples students...
Quinn Hughes, Breaking News Managing Editor
• June 10, 2016
When I was first notified by last year’s coordinators that I got the job I was ecstatic. Every student at Staples knows about the excitement of AP Assassination, the stakeouts, the betrayal, the heartbreak,...
The Song of the Summer is the one song that seems to follow you everywhere. It’s the world-dominating track that happens to sound better before the leaves turn.
These first two tracks are examples...
Although “The Jungle Book” (1967) and “The Jungle Book” (2016) are based off of the same set of short stories, they could not be more different. The original version is a whimsical, lively, comedic...
Staples rugby has become one of the school’s top-tier teams. After going undefeated in the preseason, they started their season 3-0, including a close win over Aspetuck and a dominant 54-0 win over Darien....
On the weekends of May 20 and June 2, the majority of Staples Players’ seniors will perform in their final high school production. Some seniors will perform in “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later”...
In 2015, an all new reality TV show premiered across America: the presidential primaries. This primetime hit may have provided us with an all-we-can-eat buffet of embarrassment, idiocy and bitterness,...
The Republican National Convention may be holding its first contested convention since 1976 from July 18 to 21. A contested convention occurs when no single nominee has obtained the necessary number of...
The 2016 election has been plagued by negativity and personal attacks. Candidates have insulted each others’ wives and compared each other’s hand sizes. Debates (especially on the GOP side) have focused...
After a duo of Republican debates in Aug. and Sept., Democratic candidates got their chance under the spotlight in Las Vegas in their first debate on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Five candidates gathered on stage...
I was fine with being in the Class of 2016 when we had to take CAPT. I didn’t mind being in the Class of 2016 when we had to write our research papers sophomore year. I was even fine with being in the...
