Madrid
Sarah Miller
May 7, 2013
Picture New York, Only older, with gothic architecture, cobblestone streets, and everything is in Spanish. Although my brief description gives a small snapshot, nothing can compare to being in the fabulous city of Madrid for yourself. While getting acclimated to everyone around you speaking... Read More
Ms. Thorn Interview
Sarah Miller
October 25, 2012
Is this your first time teaching? No, I worked at Elizabeth Seton High School in Waynesboro, Maryland and then at the Episcopal Academy outside of Philadelphia. So you haven’t always lived in Maryland? I’m from the DC area originally, but I spent the last four years in Philadelphia.... Read More
Presidential Election 101
Sarah Miller
September 6, 2012
While I was at the MVA this summer, the lady at the kiosk asked me if I wanted to pre-register to vote for when I turn eighteen. I knew which political party I belonged to when the options popped up on the touch screen, but it really hit me that I want to learn more about politics. So what... Read More
Asian Culture Club with Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller
May 24, 2012
When announcements for the Asian Culture Club were made in Collection, I imagined a room full of students of Asian descent talking about their heritage and perhaps munching on Chinese carryout. Instead, when I walked into Ms. Hicks’ room to observe what the Friends School Asian Culture Club... Read More
Eurovision
Sarah Miller, Writer
April 11, 2012
From the channel that brings us shows like ‘Doctor Who’ (Shout out to all Whovians), ‘Sherlock’, and ‘Top Gear’, BBC also broadcasts my favorite show: Eurovision. With a record as of one of the longest running programs in the world, Eurovision is unmistakably rooted into European... Read More
Bill Gates and No Child Left Behind
Sarah Miller, Writer
April 11, 2012
On Convocation Day, we acknowledged how lucky we are to be going to an excellent college-prep school, and that not everyone is as privileged. As Bill Gates would say, we’ve won the “ovarian lottery.” In other words, we were born into our fortunate circumstances. Even in the prosperous... Read More
Greece’s Financial Woes
Sarah Miller, Writer
February 14, 2012
You’ve heard about it in the news: Greece has been having a large financial crisis in the past three years. Greece has the 32nd largest economy in gross domestic product (GDP), and 29th in per capita. Greece is also the 31st most globalized country in the world. Though their economy is classified... Read More
The Death of Kim Jong-Il
Sarah Miller, Writer
February 14, 2012
I type “Kim Jong-Il dead” into Youtube, and it shows me fifty pages of over five thousand different videos, ranging from random people ranting about his death to major press releases. I put the same thing into Google, and the search engine spits out over twenty-nine million results. North... Read More
Japan’s Progress
Sarah Miller, News and Features Writer
January 1, 2012
Remember in March, Japan had an 8.9 earthquake directly followed by a tsunami? Do you recall the nuclear crisis that was caused when the Fukushima power plant started to leak radiation? The adverse affects of the disasters that Japan had to face in March are still very apparent nine months... Read More
Quaker Community Day 2011
Lauren Eller, News and Features Writers
January 1, 2012
“Friends had a big impact on me by making community service a part of everyday life…It was expected that you give back to the community. The question became not are you going to serve, but how are you going to serve.” These are the words of Dylan Waugh, Friends class of ’03,... Read More