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Teens all over the country have had their lives cut short.

The Death of Teens: A Teen’s POV

Ava Nicole Shasha, Sports Editor February 2, 2023

Jan 6th, 2022, 16 year old Teddy Balkind died in a hockey accident.  March 6th, 2022, 14 year old Jaylene Gonzalez was killed by being hit by a car. May 15th, 2022, 17 year old Jimmy Mcgrath was stabbed to death. June 25th, 2022 17 year old Luke Roux died in a car crash.  October 4th, 2022...

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Dressing to Impress: The Importance of Formality

Dressing to Impress: The Importance of Formality

Jack Huot and Anna Stapleton December 13, 2022

Motivation to get back to work has become a chore amidst the aftermath of the pandemic. Workers who were used to working from home now have to get back into the routine of showing up at the office on a daily basis, paired with the expectation of appropriate dress wear. In the comfort of their own...

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Student Stress? Is it self-inflicted?

Student Stress? Is it self-inflicted?

Elizabeth Sinclair, Staff Writer November 29, 2022

Students at South Windsor High School are expected to have a stranded GPA of 2.0 or higher. While many students meet the school's criteria for grades, little is known about the amount of pressure that is put on the students and the amount of stress it causes. But, this is high school, which automatically...

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Accept all Cookies

Accept all Cookies

Max Schwartzman, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2022

‘Tis the season for the greatest ongoing debate in all of human history: are boxed frosted sugar cookies the greatest thing ever invented, or the most vile cardboard-esque snack? Today, we’re here to answer that question once and for all. The name brand version of these wonderful treats, Lofthouse...

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More Scares at Halloween Than the Costumes

More Scares at Halloween Than the Costumes

Samantha Pagliaruli, Staff Writer November 8, 2022

Halloween is right around the corner, which means your kids will be dressing up in their costumes, grabbing their plastic Jack-O-Lanterns and receiving a visit from the Grim Reaper this year!  However, the fear parents have is not that their child will be hit by a car or that someone will take them,...

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Parking Pass Problem

Parking Pass Problem

Shamyla Milner, Staff Writer November 7, 2022

Winter is approaching quicker than we know. Students should not have to walk all the way from lower Duprey just to attend school. This walk is approximately 5 minutes but in the cold most likely feels like 10. The student parking lot is very convenient. Although, a lot of students find that $100 to...

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Halloween costumes in this day and age.

The Oversexualization of Halloween

Jack Huot, Copy Editor November 4, 2022

Children dressed up as innocent witches and black cats while wandering the street, house after house, smiling with their pillowcases and buckets in hand. The thought of Halloween as a child is exhilarating. Dressing up and getting free candy? Count me in. Though for other age groups, the thought is less...

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Ned Fulmer

Ned Fulmer and other Networking Nonsense

Anjani Anamthoji, Staff Writer October 31, 2022

On September 27, 2022, the news broke out. Try Guys member, Ned Fulmer, cheated on his wife. *gasp* Why is this so surprising? Doesn’t stuff like this happen everyday? Aren’t celebrities’ cheating spouses outed on the regular? Haven’t we gotten used to…? Yes, this happens everyday to celebrities...

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Hollywood Influences View of Women

Hollywood Influences View of Women

Maria Verly, Staff Writer October 14, 2022

Beauty always rules the world no matter how much you try to fight it. Beauty has been, and always will be, on the top of the world with money, power, and glory. The only thing that changes is what is considered beautiful in the decade. It is constantly changing just like the clothes that you see in the...

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Florida Governor Ships Migrants to MA Island

Florida Governor Ships Migrants to MA Island

Katelyn Drenga, News and Politics Editor October 14, 2022

The shipment of 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard Wednesday, September 14th was unseen for both the island’s townspeople and the Venezuelan/Colombian immigrants. Temporarily living in Texas, immigrants were promised basic necessities by DeSantis if they boarded a plane to Massachusetts. They were unaware,...

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Trevor Bauer

Free Bauer

Eli Schwartzman, Staff Writer October 14, 2022

On February 11, 2021, Trevor Bauer was on top of the world. He’d just signed a three year, $102 million contract with the reigning Major League Baseball (Mchampion, Los Angeles Dodgers. Three months earlier, Bauer won the 2020 National League Cy Young Award, which is given to the best pitcher in each...

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Going Vegan Should Not be the Answer to a Healthier Life

Going Vegan Should Not be the Answer to a Healthier Life

Anthony Sosa, Staff Writer October 14, 2022

Being vegan isn’t a smart choice. Vegans like to talk about the benefits of being vegan and not eating meat but don’t like to talk about the negatives. There are a lot of reasons why someone might consider the vegan diet or go through with it. People become vegan because they think it’s the moral...

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