The Official Newspaper of Marblehead High School
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman was in Boston last week – but not for a fun vacation or movie shooting. Instead, she was receiving her sentence in federal court for her role in the college admissions scandal that came out last year. Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison, 250 hours of community service,…
On September 17, 1787, a few remarkable men published an idea for a country based on “we the people.” Not “they the government,” not “he the king,” but “we the people.” They willingly relinquished power from their own hands and spread it across a new society: one that encouraged loyalty to the ideas of individuality,…
Anybody who drove through Marblehead this summer is aware of the numerous paving projects the town undertook between June and August. This is a common occurrence, as the town receives almost half a million dollars each year to repave damaged roads. However, this year, in an effort to save the town money and pave more…
Every Monday, Spotify updates its “Discover Weekly” playlist, a model the company describes as, “your weekly mixtape of fresh music,” featuring “new discoveries and deep cuts chosen just for you.” The playlist does not recycle songs, instead replacing each track once a week based on the user’s current listening patterns. Through a combination of algorithms…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend school in a foreign country? Possibly learn a new language or experience a different style of teaching? School systems vary greatly between countries, and one example of a country with a different educational system than that in the United State is France. Last year,…
I’m sure all of us have been in a situation, whether with a group of friends, in a group project, or somewhere else entirely, in which most people don’t want to do something, but everybody ends up doing it anyway. Maybe two friends want to go to the park, but you and three other friends…
Freshman year is an important time in any student’s academic career. Students become acclimated to a new school and environment. This typically includes standard “high school things,” such as a change in school policies, harder classes, and structured midterms and finals. Some changes, like a more lenient dress code and rules permitting students to carry…
Long story short, sophomore year is fun. If that’s not enough for you, read on… Every year in high school has its milestone. Freshman year is marked by the first day of school, senior year by the last, and every day of junior year seems to be important. Sophomore year just isn’t like that. It’s…
We made it. Junior year is officially over… almost. Here is what we’ve done so far this year: taken the PSAT, SAT/ACT, and AP tests, asked for teacher recommendations, made resumes, applied to jobs, pulled all-nighters to study for tests (looking at you, physics), procrastinated way too much (and regretted it later), drastically reduced the…
It is faster to download a song than it is to purchase a CD, simpler to read an article online than to buy a magazine, and easier to rent a digital movie than to check out a hard copy disc. The internet, in the simplest terms possible, makes pop culture consumption faster. As media is…