An ethereal weight pulled the skies to the earth, and a foggy heaviness curled around pillars and pressed against the dewy grass. This mist hung over the silhuouttes of somber students and staff, who stood together on the morning of November 11th to commemorate the sacrifices of our Academy veterans.

Goodbye to bacon? Not so fast. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a cancer-studying subcategory of the World Health Organization, announced last week that consuming processed meat, like sausage, beef jerky, and yes, bacon, may lead to colorectal cancer. The IARC stated in its press release that eating 2 oz of processed meat…

It became immediately evident to me that “Play On!” was already a hit when I heard so many people who saw the show on Friday night talk about how they just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see it again on Saturday. Students, parents, and faculty included, “Play On!” had the entire crowd roaring its approval…

According to a series of rumors from the Wall Street Journal’s sources, Google plans to converge its two operating systems (OS), Android and Chrome OS, much like how Microsoft combined the tablet and desktop versions of Windows in 2012. Although Windows 8 turned out to be a flop for Microsoft, a combined Android and Chrome…

American Pharoah provided a fairy tale ending to his magical season, easily cruising to a victory in the Breeder’s Cup Classic. The three-year-old colt blazed through the 1.25-mile long course on Saturday, October 31, in a record 2:00.7 minutes. The Triple Crown champion collected 5 million dollars en route,  capping off a historic year and…

On Thursday, October 29,  Congressman Paul Ryan was officially elected as the new Speaker of the House, replacing retiring Speaker, John Boehner. In his first speech in this new position, Ryan addressed his party’s current gridlock, saying, “The House is broken. We are not solving problems. We are adding to them. And I am not…

Microsoft’s new Surface Book, though impressive in its design, draws ire from other PC makers. Image courtesy of Microsoft.

Use arrow keys to navigate if scrolling does not work. by Raymond Cao’17

As the end of the quarter steadily grew nearer, the word “snapshot” rang throughout the Upper School. Whether it was said with distress, exasperation, ridicule, or confusion, it quickly became commonplace in our vocabulary.