Monthly Archives: February 2014

Report by Annie Dunlap’15 and Kendall Silwonuk’15. Video by Elliot Nick’14.

On February 26, 2013, NBA hall of fame player, Dennis Rodman, made his first trip to the secluded, oppressive country of North Korea. And so began a year-long relationship with Korea’s young leader, Kim Jong Un. While most people dislike Rodman for making friends with such an oppressive dictator, I am all for it.

Academy classrooms  were filled with excited students on Thursday, February 20th as some teachers took time away from their lesson plans to watch the Olympics. The American women’s team played the Canadians, and in the third-quarter, the US was ahead  at 2-0. With only four minutes left, Canada scored–and then again with just under a…

We’ve all been there. You skipped breakfast or are just plain hungry. So we make the  desperate trip to the  vending machines, the “vendies,” which are lifesavers for just about everyone who has to wait 5 hours until lunch. It doesn’t matter what you’re in the mood for because with all 5 machines, they have…

Academy students were whisked back in time during Saturday night’s Winter Formal, thrown by none other than Jay Gatsby. The hallway between the gyms was transformed into an elegant boardwalk – complete with various casino games and a silhouette of New York City–ideal for taking photos of this memorable night. A string of lights softly…

Last Thursday, Facebook added 56 new custom gender terms, in addition to its traditional “male” and “female” options. Although all the terms are now available for use, Facebook has not released an official list on its website. To select one of these new terms, users must type in the term they wish to use and…

Businessman. Businesswoman. These words represent different genders in the same profession but have  different connotations. For too many people,” businessman” makes them think of someone strong and independent. “Businesswoman?”  Bossy and catty come to mind. 

Skating together for 17 years, Davis, 27 years old, and White, 26, set a record of  78.89 to bring home the gold.  As children, they lived ten minutes away from each other in Detroit and became a team when they were eight. (White figured skating would  help him with ice hockey.) 

A recent Forbes article shows that Netflix has the loyalty and attention of more viewers than any cable network. A BTIG analyst, Richard Greenfield, has found that the use of Netflix averages out to about 80 minutes of viewing per subscriber per day. As of the end of last year, Netflix accounted for more than…

What does it take to be an Olympic Bobsledder? It takes incredible strength. It takes fierce determination. It takes the ability to punch through doors?