This winter season, L.L. Bean’s Bean Boots have become a wardrobe essential for many Staples High School students. The waterproof duck boots are handcrafted in Maine and sold with a guaranteed lifetime...
On Friday 12, 2015, a select number of Advanced Placement American Government classes competed in the annual We the People competition. Staples High School scored third overall in the entire competition...
The We The People sections of the A.P. U.S. Government and Politics course recently participated in the We The People competition at Central Connecticut State University last Friday.
We The People...
Anders Hovstadius, Assistant Web Creative Director
• October 25, 2015
Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Britain once said, "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain," so it...
Planned Parenthood is the largest health care provider for women in the United States. In 2013, it performed almost 865,721 pap smears and breast exams, provided 3,577,348 birth control services and...
Kit Epstein, Web Opinions Editor
• September 26, 2015
From first glance, the Iranian Nuclear Deal doesn’t look half bad. But then again, that’s been the case with about every piece of legislation throughout Obama’s presidency. Beating around the bush...
I’ll admit it: politically astute as I am, I’m a little tardy to the party on the issue of the Iran nuclear deal. Yet, given that weapons of mass destruction and the Middle East (the pressure cooker...
From rape culture to the wage gap to daily micro-aggressions, life for women isn’t so easy. Unfortunately, this doesn’t really ever stop, even for seemingly powerful women. Regardless of their political...
This summer, a select group of Staples students spent their time working in Bridgeport, Connecticut for Democratic candidates, Congressman Jim Himes and State Representative Jonathan Steinberg.
Nora...
