Monthly Archives: October 2014

Service Board made history in this year’s annual Begging for Cans event. Academy students gathered at the Morford’s house on the same night as trick-or-treating and went door-to-door  for canned goods to be donated towards the food drive. 40 students  finished in a record 1.5 hours. Written by Nida Pervez’16  

Halloween: a fun little holiday at the end of October, in which goblins, ghosts, and witches appear in front yards, pranks are played, copious amounts of candy are consumed, and everyone runs around wearing costumes. Unless, of course, you are in the upper school.

Wes Moore grew up in a single parent home in a rough neighborhood and became a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, a White House Fellow, and one of the top business leaders in New York. The other Wes Moore grew up in a similar household in a similar neighborhood and is now serving a life sentence…

When she announced her debut pop album, Swift faced mixed reactions. Some were relieved that she finally admitted she was no longer loyal to her original genre, country. Some were skeptical of the switch and thought it meant her music would be nothing different than that infuriating pop repeated 24/7 on WNCI, especially after her…

Jake’s Women, in its entirety, is set in the apartment (and part psyche) of the protagonist, Jake, who is played by Nathan Salon’17. Jake, a playwright, has uncontrollable thoughts that ruin his close relationships with his wife, sister, psychiatrist, daughter, and “late wife.”

For over 18 years, students at North Carolina University boosted their GPAs through fake, “paper classes.” Many of these students also participated in athletics, as their inflated GPAs helped them retain eligibility. It was recently discovered that many of the school’s top officials, including members of the athletic department, were aware of the cheating.  Clearly,…

At the Internet of Things World Forum, held in Chicago from October 14-16th, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that in three years taking a computer science course will be mandatory to graduate from high school in Chicago.

With the commencement of tournament season two weeks ago, our girl’s team embarked on the road to states.

Ben Bradlee, editor of The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal, died at the age of 93. A New York City doctor, Craig Spencer, was diagnosed with Ebola after having returned from a mission to West Africa to help treat people with this illness.

On the last day of September of 2014, Microsoft unveiled proof that it had been listening to consumer complaints over Windows 8; Windows 10. In Windows 10, Microsoft scaled back the touch-friendly user interface (UI)and added back a true start menu. Redmond especially focused on its enterprise customers and power users by adding several new…