If you were skeptic about climate change before, Hurricane Sandy is more than cause enough to change your mind. Leaving over 8 million people without power, the storm inflicted its most widespread damage ever to New York City’s 108 year-old subway system. For the first time since 1888, the New York Stock exchange was forced…

In February, 2012, Academy’s seventh-grade started a one-to-one iPad program. That upper school students will follow suit remains to be seen, although, iPads may be integrated sooner than expected. At the beginning of last year, the Middle and Upper School had iPad carts. Some teachers could book these for classroom use, but they were very…

The 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, Skyfall, seizes you in a wrangling grip from from its first scene with a destructive game of cat-and-mouse (on stolen motorcycles) over an exotic skyline in Istanbul. Audiences are familiar with the bullets, the bombs, and the Bond girls, so what has earned this one recognition as the…

On Saturday, November 3, the Academy girls cross country team finished its strong season in 15th place at States. Because of the group’s camaraderie and determination, it is no surprise most of the runners exceeded expectations in their season’s final meet. Sarah Lazarus, a senior captain, said, “We are a super close team. Also, we…

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I voted for the first time Tuesday and cast my vote for Governor Romney. I was an undecided voter very late in the game, balancing my strong disapproval for Romney’s religiously-driven social policies and my belief that the President has failed to do what he promised four years ago: unite the country. The election now…

Another year, another album filled with the ballads of boyfriends past. Better than Fearless but worse than Speak Now, Red is filled with slower, sadder ballads that have almost exactly the same tempo and message, though the lyrics are as meaningful and eloquent as always. In comparison to Swift’s previous songs, the lyrics in Red are…

Start with a regular piece of 8½ by 11 lined paper. Angle it so that the bottom of the piece of paper is facing you. Next, count 13 lines up from the bottom of the page, and fold the paper upwards along that line. Then, fold the piece of paper from left to right along…

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, a five-star resort that has been human-free for over a century! After the tragic death of his wife years ago, Count Dracula built a safe haven for himself, his daughter, Mavis, and all the other monsters of the world. For many years, the hotel went undisturbed by the “evil” humans, but…

Last Wednesday, October 31, as young kids counted their candy after trick-or-treating and most Academy students finished up homework before heading to bed, the Viking boys soccer squad’s evening had just begun. After a late start to the game, the team took on opponent Mansfield Christian in the brutal cold and rain, losing the hard-fought…