Benji Boyd, Sophomore “You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.” – M.L. Rio What is dark academia? An aesthetic centered around the moody and gothic aspects of academic study, dark academia celebrates literature, history, philosophy, and other studies through their darkest elements. It’s the gargoyles that keep watch over a college library;…
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Prince and Princess of Wales Visit Boston
Ila Bumagin, Junior Recently, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princess Kate, visited Boston. While they were here, they met with President Biden and went to the JFK Library in Dorchester. At the library, they met with Caroline Kennedy and her son Jack Schlossberg to discuss the Earthshot Prize, a program the…
Georgia Runoff Elections
Talia Schwartz, Senior A lawsuit filed by Georgia Senator Raphael G. Warnock, who actively defended his position against Republican candidate Herschel Walker, resulted in an additional voting day for Georgia’s citizens. Incumbent Warnock fought for this extra voting day with the goal of attracting more voters than usual, mainly because Saturday voting gave people “greater…
The Demon Core
Peter Sullivan, Sophomore It probably goes without saying, but nuclear cores are very dangerous. Even without being used to create deadly bombs that level cities, the cores themselves still pose a threat to anybody who comes close to one. As such, only trained scientists should be the ones to handle nuclear cores. And when they…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Review
Benji Boyd, Sophomore For ten years, the Harry Potter franchise had the world in a chokehold. Fans eagerly awaited each new installment until 2007, when Harry’s epic lifelong battle with Voldemort came to an end. Or so we thought. Nearly eleven years after that – enough time for a baby to be born, raised in…
NASA’s Artemis I Mission Nears Completion
Michael Piper, Senior After nearly one month in space, NASA’s Orion capsule is set to splash down in the Pacific on December 11. Orion has flown out to and beyond the Moon as part of the Artemis 1 mission, which aimed to test the launch vehicle and spacecraft that will take the first astronauts to…
The Guise of Magic
Aislin Freedman, Junior What makes a book fantasy? Is it the magical creatures, or the sorcerers and witches with magical powers, or the imaginary world that only exists in ink on paper. I always thought that it was a combination of many factors, all focusing on an element of unexplainable things that happen, yet are…
Car Crash on Humphrey Street
Peter Sullivan, Sophomore Last Wednesday started off as a typical day for most citizens in Marblehead. People were going about their business, birds were chirping, squirrels were hopping from tree to tree, and the chilly November breeze was blowing through. However, any preconceived notion that it would be a normal afternoon was soon shattered when…
Powderpuff Review
Tucker Crane, Sophomore This past Saturday (11/19/2022,) the annual Powederpuff showdown between Swampscott and Marblehead went down. This was the tenth annual powderpuff game since it began in 2012. After four weeks of practicing, the all girl flag football teams took the field to continue our decade long rivalry. This time around, the coaches were…
Georgia Midterm Elections
Zoe Gast, Senior Many midterm elections on November 8th were won with very slight margins. Surprising democrat victories in Nevada and Arizona won with only 48.9 and 51.4 percent of the vote, respectively. Georgia, another recent swing state, had similar results with Warnock and Walker within one percent of each other. The difference, neither broke…