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…
Category: Culture
Mario Kart Updates
Ila Bumagin, Junior, ASSISTANT EDITOR and Luke Menslage, Junior For nearly a decade now, fans of the Mario Kart series of Nintendo games have been stuck playing the same characters on the same tracks. But as of March 18, 2022, everything has changed. On May 29, 2014, Mario Kart 8 came on for the Wii…
Music Review – Barrence Whitfield and the Savages
Benjamin Burns, Senior Today I am reviewing the 1987 album, “Ow! Ow! Ow!” by Barrence Whitfield and the Savages. This is one of their earlier albums, just as good as their more recent albums. They started off in the 80s, stopped making music for a while, but have returned somewhat recently and have been putting…
Shadow and Bone: Season Two Review
Benji Boyd, Sophomore The decision to adapt a book series to the screen is perhaps one of the bravest things a director and producer can do. While movies and TV can tell stories in ways that books can’t, it takes a lot more than good source material to make an adaptation work. It takes a…
Discovering Vintage Computers
Michael Piper, Senior If you asked me to list my hobbies and interests two years ago, the last thing on my mind would be vintage computing. The typical pathway into vintage computing consists of being old enough to remember using BASIC, a DOS prompt, and floppy disks, but having grown up surrounded by the Internet…
Driving: From a Learner’s Perspective
Benji Boyd, Sophomore Alongside hot Dunkin coffee and an insistence on wearing flops, driving on bad roads is a classic Massachusetts winter tradition carried on throughout the generations. However, for new drivers learning to parallel park on sidewalks heaped with ice, the experience is not nearly as glamorous as it sounds. As a teenager beginning…
Earth, Wind, and Fire Music Review
Benny Burns, Senior Even if you don’t know their name, you’ve probably heard some of Earth, Wind, and Fire’s music. For example, most people have heard their hit “Boogie Wonderland” or their song “September,” which calls for a yearly replay on September 21st. The group, including musicians Junior Wells, Philip Bailey, and Maurice White on…
North Shore Young Writers’ Conference
Benji Boyd, Sophomore On Friday, the third of February – yes, the one with record temperatures that had everyone over forty reminiscing about the blizzard of ‘78 – the fires were stoked in the homey halls of the Waring School as students and visitors alike ran for the doors. As the winds raged outside, a…
The Funk Will Prevail Album Review
Benny Burns, Junior Kaelin Ellis’s album THE FUNK WILL PREVAIL starts with the song BUCK, giving you a message to not skip the song, as “any other movement will disrupt the force that is now about to enter your bloodstream, that force is known as The Funk.” the song then starts the album with a…
Tips and Tricks from a Part-Time Ally
Rachael Albert, Junior Guest Writer Good job. By reading this article you are already one step up from being willfully ignorant. I can also assume that you either consider yourself an ally, or are trying to be one, and the last thing you want is for people to label you as a bigot. Being a…