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Excuse Me, But How Polite Should We Be?

Excuse Me, But How Polite Should We Be?

Anya Geist, Editor-in-Chief April 7, 2024

Always thank someone for coming over to your house. Always thank your host for having you. Don’t talk behind people’s backs. We all grow up with rules of conduct drilled into us, whether consciously...

Jane Eyre Still Matters to Teens Today. Heres Why.

Jane Eyre Still Matters to Teens Today. Here’s Why.

Natalie Boucher, Contributor March 8, 2024

If you are a girl and are delusional, read Jane Eyre. As one of the original coming of age tales, or bildungsromans, or YA novels, if you will, Jane Eyre illustrates exactly how it feels to be in love...

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The Decline of Overwatch 2

Brendan Bacon, Contributor March 1, 2024

Over the course of February vacation, I’ve been playing a lot of games, especially one of my favorites, Overwatch 2. Unfortunately, the game is a shell of its former self, so to explain why, I believe...

Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Anya Geist, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2024

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is aptly named. The lives of its title characters, cousins Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, are fascinating and sprawling—as they forge their comic book empire,...

From left to right: Avantika Vandanapu (Karen Smith), Reneé Rap (Regina George), Bebe Wood (Gretchen Wieners)

Movie Review: Mean Girls

Jugeiry Perez, Contributer January 26, 2024

In January of 2020, it was announced that there would be a brand new Mean Girls movie that would be based off of the musical, which was based off of the original Mean Girls, which was released in 2004....

Miniseries Review: Sharp Objects

Miniseries Review: Sharp Objects

Lila Tallagnon, Arts and Entertainment Editor December 21, 2023

I first saw Gillian Flynn’s hit novel Gone Girl in the movie adaptation several years ago and I was immediately engrossed by the grim, at times sardonic, atmosphere, biting dialogue, and captivating...

Book Review: Patient, by Ben Watt

Book Review: Patient, by Ben Watt

Sarah Jeffers, Social Media Manager December 21, 2023

Patient, by Ben Watt, a British musical artist, illustrates a story on what it is like to be a patient, more specifically; a patient with a rare disease. He shows what it is like to live in what seemed...

Five Fun Books to Read Over the Summer

Five Fun Books to Read Over the Summer

Anya Geist, Opinions Editor June 12, 2023

As summer approaches, many people find themselves with more time to read (or, they tell themselves this will be the summer they finally enjoy reading). To make your summer even more fun, here are five...

Book Review: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas

Book Review: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas

Anya Geist, Opinions Editor June 1, 2023

Before I discuss Funny in Farsi, I want to share how I learned about it. 2022-2023 AP Lang students may recall that on the exam, the first reading passage was an excerpt from a memoir by an Iranian-American...

Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

Anya Geist, Opinions Editor May 24, 2023

The Catcher in the Rye. An intriguing title, it doesn’t give much away. Instead, the reader is left wondering about the words. What does catcher mean? A baseball catcher? Or some other type? The title...

Book Review: All the Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven

Book Review: All the Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven

Maryam Badmos, Contributor May 19, 2023

Synopsis: Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for—and manages to find—something to keep him here, and alive, and...

Book Review: It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover

Book Review: It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover

Rania Amallah, Opinions Editor February 8, 2023

It Ends With Us. A book that has occupied many readers' worlds; appearing on Booktok, the book became a sensation throughout the internet since its release in 2016. Seeing as how popular...

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