November 2009 Issue
Although the Boys' Soccer team drastically improved on its overall performance last season, it once again found itself looking in on the state tournament from the outside.
The fall soccer season has come to a close with the Girls' Soccer team unable to qualify for the state tournament. The program took a step back from a strong 2008 season with a 5-10-3 record this year.
The monitoring of library computers upholds their educational purposes
By Ben Chelmow | Published: November 2009
During a free block the other day, I logged onto commonapp.com to check the status of my college applications. Seeing that all was well, I opened up a new tab to nfl.com. In a matter of seconds, the screen went dark, and I was locked out of the system.
The monitoring of library computers infringes on students’ right to privacy
By Julia Sklar | Published: November 2009
If you think that what you use the library computers for is solely between you and the computers, think again. No, the person sitting next to you is not slyly glancing over your shoulder, but, metaphorically speaking, the librarians are.
Planning for this year's Spirit Week leading up to the annual pep rally and Powderpuff Game has been victim to a number of miscommunications between the administration's leadership team and the Class Officers, who have been responsible for its preparations. The student body was notified several times of three different plans, each one involving fewer spirit days than before and culminating in a disappointingly short two-day Spirit Week.
Every student is taught from toddlerhood that cheating is dishonest, morally reprehensible, and wholly bad. Every year, the idea is reinforced via first-day-of-school lectures, disclaimers on the syllabus describing the consequences of cheating, and periodic warnings from teachers.
I know it is annoying that every year you have to hear someone argue against Powderpuff. You're probably thinking, “Why can't you just let us have fun?
As the clock quickly approaches midnight, senior Naveen Sridhar can hear his parents head to bed. Lying quietly on his bed, he has his parents fooled–they think he's asleep.
What they don't realize is that their son is actually awake and working on an AP European History project by nightlight.
View from the Top: Nick Caggiano, Alec Sherman, and Max Vasiloff
By Denebola | Published: November 2009
DISCLAIMER: We cannot guarantee you will enjoy this as much as the last View from the Top, but we will do our best.
Fewer than 200 years ago, the institution of slavery was legal, a matter that divided the nation and sparked the Civil War.