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College culture critiqued by Staples community

College culture critiqued by Staples community

January 29, 2018

By Molly Mahoney '18 and Maddy Sell '18

Special note to seniors awaiting college decisions: take a chill pill

Special note to seniors awaiting college decisions: take a chill pill

January 15, 2018

By Ian Bernstein '18 Attention anxious seniors, It’s mid-January; the leaves are long gone, the air is bitter and the birds are no longer chirping. The days are short with long hours of darkness,...

Taylor Swift is back...Ready For It?

Taylor Swift is back…Ready For It?

September 16, 2017

By Erin Lynch '18 The long awaited return of Taylor Swift has finally arrived, and it happened fast. Given the fact that it has been almost three years since Swift released any new music, and roughly...

Graduating seniors say goodbye to their instruments

Graduating seniors say goodbye to their instruments

May 15, 2017

Amanda Kaplowitz ’19   So many seniors take advantage of the music program offered at Staples and have played instruments throughout their entire high school careers. However, some of these...

Senior Retrospective: Four Tips for Incoming Students

Senior Retrospective: Four Tips for Incoming Students

Zachary McCarthy, Staff Writer June 16, 2016

It’s the eve of graduation (gulp)! Though I may be out of the building and toiling away at important projects like my internship and putting a dent in Game of Thrones (Valar morghulis), I’m sure...

Facing Senioritis

Facing Senioritis

Alix Sommers, Assistant Business Manager April 14, 2016

It’s 7:30 and the line of cars on North Ave. continues the length of several football fields in both directions. It’s not underclassman, nor teachers or administration driving to school; it is in fact...

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone

Justine Seligson, Photo Coordinator June 20, 2015

As I write this article, I am in the midst of my senior internship. It’s been awhile since I was rushing from class to class and actually taking notes. I find myself with very mixed feelings. I’m almost...

Why I Couldn’t Handle AP Assassination

Why I Couldn’t Handle AP Assassination

Claire Lewin, Associate Managing Editor June 4, 2015

Step One: Take an AP class during your senior year. Step Two: Pay $20.00 to take part in AP Assassination. Step Three: Find out who your target is and strategize. Step Four: Stay in your house...

Let my room live

Let my room live

Alison Morrison, Staff Writer May 26, 2015

Let me start by saying that my room has been painted the same color since I was around six.   It’s pool party blue, and I picked it out at a paint store in Fairfield. I had never been more...

Our favorite things

Our favorite things

June 20, 2014

Where do you picture yourself 10 years from now? Getting that big promotion that you worked so hard for? So hard that you made phone calls on the weekends. So hard that you sent e-mails while you were...

“F” is for friends who do stuff together

“F” is for friends who do stuff together

Will McDonald, Managing Editor June 20, 2014

Four years ago, a group of then-seniors came into my freshman health class to speak to us. While most of what they said went in one ear and out the other as I daydreamed at my desk, something that one...

Take note, life without knowledge falls flat

Take note, life without knowledge falls flat

Katie Cion, Editor-in-Chief June 20, 2014

I used to sit in my living room at seven on weeknights and watch my brothers get all the answers right on Jeopardy. Realistically, I was too young to know the emperor at the start of the Pax Romana (Who...

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