Katie Jenkins, Senior SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR As we enter the first week of May, students across America are preparing to sit in a room for hours at a time, taking AP exams. After a year of late-night studying, tests, practice tests, and more tests, it all comes down to this one day. Why do so…
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Legally Blonde: Behind the Scenes
Samuel Jendrysik, Sophomore Legally Blonde. The show that sold out every night at the high school and gave many of the actors stress headaches. But what does this masterpiece look like, not through the eyes of the parents, friends and classmates who flocked to the auditorium to watch, but from backstage with the run crew?…
Broadway in Boston: My Fair Lady
Aislin Freedman, Junior The Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston is currently playing My Fair Lady, a classic musical tale loosely based on the Greek Myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. For those who don’t know, the Story of Pygmalion and Galatea is about a talented sculptor named Pygmalion who found women distasteful. Pygmalion thought of…
Acappellooza XVII
Mona Gelfgatt, Junior ASSISTANT EDITOR Come one, come all, to this A Cappella Extravaganza! One night, and one night only, you can come enjoy an evening of a cappella, including student groups from Marblehead High School, Salem High School, Chelmsford High School, and one professional group, Ball In The House. All these groups have been…
Music Department Disney Trip
Benji Boyd, Sophomore ASSISTANT EDITOR On Friday the 14, as Marblehead High students eagerly awaited their release for April break, the Music Department started their vacation early. The orchestra, band, and choir classes spent the first five days of their break safe from the New England Spring in sunny Orlando, Florida, living it up at…
Senior Project from the Senior Perspective
Talia Schwartz, Senior EDITOR-IN-CHIEF While many seniors have felt burnt out and noticed a lack of motivation all year, senioritis is now afflicting all seniors as the year is almost over and graduation approaches. The weather is getting warmer, and fun senior activities such as assassin and skip days mark the end of the year….
Colorado River Water Cuts
Kate Twomey, Junior TECHNOLOGY EDITOR The Colorado River, which provides water and power to over 40 million people in seven states, has been hit hard by overuse and the ongoing drought in the region. This has led to drops in the water levels of Lakes Mead and Powell, huge reservoirs that power the Hoover and…
Military Brat
Aislin Freedman, Junior Having lived in marblehead for 12 years, I’m now used to the customs, but when I first moved here at age five, I was shocked. One of the biggest shockers was how many people have lived here their whole lives. I would ask where people were born, and expected to hear them…
A Simple Emulator
Michael Piper, Senior TECHNOLOGY EDITOR If you were to look back at my past articles, you would notice right away that I’ve been somewhat obsessed with learning about the way that computers work. Up until recently, however, my obsession was an entirely academic matter: I would read diagrams and datasheets for hours on end without…
The Princess Agenda
Benji Boyd, Sophomore ASSISTANT EDITOR When I was little, I loved Disney movies. I loved the songs, the lighthearted stories, and the beautiful outfits the princesses wore. My parents took me to a tea house in Wenham, where actors dressed up as Disney princesses would read books to lots of little kids and answer questions…