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Student, Staff, and Teacher Profiles

Teacher: Mrs. Scott Best read of the summer: The Girls of the Atomic City Favorite Robin William movie: Mrs. Doubtfire Most anticipated Academy events: Homecoming, sporting and artistic events Childhood dream job: Pediatric onocologist Hardest part of school year preparation: Building a new curriculum

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Five Essential Browser Extensions for Privacy and Security

Disconnect blocks thousands of tracking techniques that advertisers and data hoarders use to track users across the web behind the scenes. This handy extension can even make websites load faster because the additional trackers aren’t loaded. As a bonus, Disconnect is open source, a plus in terms of security. Caution: the use of this extension may

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Surf the Web with a Mac and a Cutting-Edge Browser, 64-bit Style

A few weeks ago, when Google officially released a 64-bit version of its popular browser for Windows, tech-savvy Mac users all over the web groaned in unison, and rightfully so. All of Apple’s modern products have made the upgrade from 32 to 64-bit, and all Macs made the switch years ago before it became standard

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Senior Lunch Privileges

Monday, September 8th, marks the first day that seniors can take advantage of their off-campus lunch privileges. Lucky for us, a variety of options are close to school.

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Bioshock for iOS: An Example of iOS’s Superiority Over Android

On August 28th, game publisher 2K released a port of the critically acclaimed original Bioshock game for iOS devices. This makes Bioshock one of the first console-quality games that have been released for a mobile platform. While certain elements of the game have been pared down or removed, such as dynamic fog effects, so that

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Kick-Pleats are Here to Stay

This year, Columbus Academy launched its first school-wide skirt policy changes, requiring that all girls– except for seniors–wear kick-pleat skirts. The issue has caused dissent among upper school girls in particular, who complained that it was inconvenient and expensive to purchase an entire new set of skirts for the upcoming school year.

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Gone are the dreaded “plus-tens”

Finally the day that I, and other Academy Upper School students have been waiting for, has come. The dreaded plus ten days are pretty much gone for good, thanks to shorter Junior Speeches and no announcements on speech days. Streamlining the Junior Speeches is a dream come true to most students, seeing as we will

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US Open: 2014

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

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Hyperlapse

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

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Lower Ninth: Still a Nightmare

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,