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Boys basketball Boys basketball finished this season at 11-13 with an eight-game winning streak but unfortunately lost to Bishop Ready 49-45 in the tournament. Seniors this year were Bryce Bailey, Jono Kornberg (also the team’s main scorer), Turner Montgomery, Lee Solomon, Charlie Watters, and  Grayson Wise. Keep an eye out next year for Ryan Alexander,…

On March 8th, thousands of anxious high school juniors from around the nation will be taking the national SAT test. The 4-hour test consists of 10 sections that test students’ knowledge and applicability when answering questions in math, critical reading, and grammar. Some may view this test as another assessment in the long process of…

Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen) Surpassing both the popularity and ratings of his last notable film, Hunger, McQueen captures the full range of human brutality and sympathy in the pre-Civil War  South. Already a Golden Globe award winner for Best Drama Motion Picture, this movie’s talented stars  summon tears of fear, happiness,…

The United States is now far behind other developed countries in terms of Internet speed  A prominent piece of evidence of this wide gap is the South Korean program that would bring gigabit Internet to the whole country for less than $27 per month. Gigabit internet allows users to download data at one gigabyte (1000…

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

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…