Benjamin Burns, Senior David Byrne’s True Stories could have been a satire very easily. He could have looked down or made jokes about the fictional small town in Texas he built his first and only movie around. But he didn’t. He made an exceptional movie that does more than that. It may be built around…
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The Tomcat
Ethan Horgan, Sophomore The Grumman F-14 was created during the cold war to combat soviet bombers and air-to-ship missiles. Two seats, twin engines, and swing-wing capabilities made this a revolutionary multi-role fighter that dominated against the Russian MiG-23 and SU-22. The F-14 was the predecessor of the f-4 phantom, which dominated the vietnam airspace. The…
Nuclear Fusion: A Breakthrough in Clean Energy
Katherine Twomey, Junior When people think about ways of generating energy, nuclear fusion likely isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But now, after a recent breakthrough by U.S. scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, nuclear fusion could eventually become a leading green energy source. Nuclear…
Reviewing the British Isles
Ila Bumagin, Junior Have you ever been to Ireland? Scotland? If you haven’t, you should seriously consider it. There’s ocean views, there’s castles, there’s history, there’s sheep and cows – who could ask for more! Oh wait, there’s universities. How could I forget? Over Thanksgiving break, I was lucky enough to go on vacation to…
If We Were Villains: The Perfect ‘Dark Academia’ Book
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;…
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…