The last man standing at this year’s US Open is a mystery. The pecking order seems to be destabilized, and this includes the “Big Four”: Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray,who, combined, have won 34 out of the last 36 major titles. The defending champion, Nadal, is out with a right wrist…

Tired of shaky ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos? Instagram released its newest app yesterday. Called Hyperlapse, the app seamlessly stabilizes footage and turns it into a silky-smooth time lapse video. When you first open Hyperlapse, you are greeted with a single recording button. You begin recording by pressing the button. After recording, the app allows…

On August 29th of 2005, Robert Green, a resident of the Lower Ninth Ward, lost everything. His entire home was swept away in the floodwaters, and both his grandmother and three-year old granddaughter, perished in the flood caused by Katrina. Robert Green lost even more than his home and family members: he lost his community,…

Everyone has been there. You’re out with friends or at a concert, and your phone starts ringing with a call from mom or dad. Usually, it is relatively safe to assume that nothing terrible is happening, and so it is all too easy to hit ‘ignore’ and call back later-much, much later. The classic argument…

Pop punk meets classical in the film adaption of Gayle Forman’s wildly popular young adult novel If I Stay. Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) is an extraordinary cellist from Portland, Oregon, with plans to attend Julliard. Mia’s life is flipped upside-down when a snowy drive leaves Mia and her brother Teddy (Jakob Davies) orphaned and in comas.…

Piggy Break This addicting game, already popular in the U.K., has the potential to become the next “flappy bird.” Guide two cartoon pigs around barbed wire, chainsaws, and more to escape the farm. Be careful: if you run into an obstacle, your pigs will turn into bacon, steak, and ribs.

As the sun set on the first Friday of the school year, over seventy students gathered on the quad, armed with blankets, pillows, and snack foods for a screening of  The Breakfast Club. Some technical difficulties and a small army of mosquitoes crammed everyone into the Trustee’s Room, but there was still ample space. “Movie…

The end of summer has come all too quickly, but it has come with its perks. This year, many new changes await the students of Columbus Academy, with the promise of more to come. Let’s start with the Lower School. Replacing the dark blue risers and photos of students from year’s past is a rainbow…

The boys lacrosse team lost in a close 8-10  game on Friday, May 9th to Hilliard Darby. The boys came back from an initial first quarter score of 0-4 through the help of senior Grayson Wise along with juniors Max Bechtel, Carter Kistler, and Drake Williams, sophomore Otis Klingbeil, and freshman Roman Bellisari, all of…

The baseball team entered the season with high hopes, expecting to field the strongest team Academy will see for years. With an 18-4 record, its performance matches their promise. On May 7, the team defeated Madison Plains, 11-6. Charlie Watters’14 and Scott MacKenzie’15 had stand out showings after hitting a combined three home runs. The…