Qualms With the SAT
Clarissa Martin
June 10, 2013
Somewhere between sections eight and nine of the SAT, I started to feel a little lightheaded. Maybe it’s just the stuffy nature of the test room, or maybe it’s the fact that I have been filling in circles since 8 AM. While I am never sure of my answers to the 200-something bubbles I filled in,... Read more »
How Does it Feel to Be a Junior?
Clarissa Martin
June 10, 2013
Last weekend, somewhere between panicking about the SATs and overreacting about a chemistry test, I realized that junior year is essentially over. Maybe it was the endless stream of essays or the perpetual college chit-chatter, but this came as a shock to me. I started thinking about my time as a junior,... Read more »
The Quaker Quail
Josh Leiner
June 10, 2013
Each year, the graduating class publishes the Quail, a satirical newspaper that pokes fun at the administration, teachers, and school. While some traditions come and go, such as a senior class prank, the Quail remains an integral part of senior activity. It provides the class an opportunity to satirize... Read more »
Put the Gun Down: Crime in The Media and Our Everyday Lives
Mia Merrill
February 11, 2013
There are some things I will never understand: the appeal of bungee jumping, most areas of math, and why a culture that is overflowing with crime is so hungry for more of it in their movies and television. Sometimes I wonder if we’ve become completely desensitized to blood and machine guns, but then... Read more »
Yaz
Will Gantt
February 6, 2013
As a toddler, I went to Brown Memorial Preschool on Charles Street. The memories I have of my time there are mostly fond ones: listening to stories at “Circle Time”; playing the tambourine in music class; riding tricycles at recess. Since then, the few friendships I made there have faded, and I’ve... Read more »
Valentines Day
Hannah Meshulam
February 6, 2013
Most people are shocked when they find out I don’t hate Valentine’s Day. I know, me of all people, taking no issue with a manufactured holiday systematically designed to destroy single people. I’m fully aware that the arguments against Valentine’s Day are all there: it’s a Hallmark holiday,... Read more »
I Like This, But Not That
Madalynn Williams
December 19, 2012
The Schedule Changing Committee this year has a full plate of work already planned out for them. It’s been a while since there has been a major schedule change at Friends School, so there has never been much of a serious need to have a committee working on the kinks of a schedule. But now that we have... Read more »
The Superficiality of the American Media
Clarissa Martin
December 18, 2012
I’ve come to the conclusion that most of my run-in’s with the 8:25 Upper School check-in time transcend from my borderline obsession with the Today Show. Like many Americans, I am fascinated with cable’s generous selection of news programs. Forget the proverbial weekend morning newspaper routine,... Read more »
Surprisingly Typical: A Glimpse into Gender at Friends
Katrina Keegan
December 11, 2012
This year, in my clubs and classes, I discovered some surprisingly typical gender trends here at Friends. Miss-Representation, a documentary on the role of women in society and in the media, first roused my interest. While bursting with well-known shocker statistics, busty girls in video games, strong... Read more »
Are we Facebook Official?
Charlie Blake
December 11, 2012
Relationships, at times can be an emotional roller coaster. They can, however, be beneficial to those who want to share their life with that special someone. The first time most people I know actually cared about relationships was back in middle school. That might seem like centuries ago for some of... Read more »