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LES LALANNE: Where Nature Meets Home

Maddy Whitman, Staff Writer • January 28, 2019

Entering the Ben Brown Fine Arts gallery to see their most recent art exhibition, LES LALANNE, feels like stepping straight into Alice in Wonderland. The exhibition is immediately fascinating but slightly...

Tate Modern’s ‘The Clock’ film transcends time

Rohan Haarmann, Culture Editor: Online • January 21, 2019

Stepping inside the Tate Modern’s recently constructed Switch House building, I soon found myself amongst a huge crowd of people. The entrance to a dimly lit room was filled by others waiting to see...

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, an attempt at innovation or a total fail?

Jasmin Taylor, Staff Writer • January 20, 2019

Bandersnatch, the first standalone film from Netflix’s Black Mirror TV series, is an interactive and non-linear film that allows the viewer to steer the plot by asking questions and providing two choices...

Community Arts Building one year on

Isabel Link, Staff Writer • December 12, 2018

The Community Arts Building has been influential to the middle and high school art programs since its construction in 2015. MS Visual Arts Teacher Salma Raza said, “There are really only pluses...

Yayoi Kusama‘s newest exhibition over promises and under delivers

December 10, 2018

Alexandra Gers Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Online I’ve always found Yayoi Kusama to be an intriguing character in the art world. At almost 90 years old, she is known for her candy-colored wigs, hallucinations...

Apple feigns innovation to promote sale of new iPhones, but pleasantly surprises with iPad design

Izzy Harris , Staff Writer • November 23, 2018

On September 12, Apple held its annual press conference at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, CA. This was the first year that I had taken time to watch the event since becoming a beta tester, someone...

The Hate U Give: Defining What it Means to be a Black Teen in America

Jasmin Taylor, Staff Writer • November 21, 2018

The Hate U Give (THUG) is the coming of age story of sixteen-year-old Starr Carter, (Amandla Stenberg) but is also about how injustice affects an individual and other communities. The film not only portrays...

DF Mexico blends classic Mexican cuisine with American diner style

Lily Whitman, Sports Editor: Print • November 15, 2018

Walking into the DF Mexico restaurant on Tottenham Court Road, I was overwhelmed by the different stylish prints across the walls and the blend of quirky decorations. It truly felt like I was surrounded...

Behind the scenes of the fall play, Museum

Rohan Haarmann, Culture Editor: Online • November 15, 2018

Company of Actors Jonas Kolaja (’21), Ambrose Vannier (’21), Lily Mager (’21), Chaznane Fidahoussen (’19), Bella Spinelli (’21), Maximillian Olsher (’21), Janet Younan (’19), Natalia Smith...

Rebecca Kauffman’s The Gunners weaves a simple tale about the power of friendship

Emily Forgash, Media Editor • November 12, 2018

A group of misfits who don’t fit together on paper, but found love within one another through their childhood and teenage years, the gunners are back together. Rebecca Kauffman’s The Gunners is told...

Fighting a Digital Battle

Emily Forgash, Media Editor • October 22, 2018

In honor of talks in the school about safeguarding in relation to technology use, below is a throwback from last year's print article "Fighting a Digital Battle" written by Media Editor Emily Forgash. In...

Summer music releases

Rohan Haarmann, Culture Editor: Online • October 21, 2018

The turn of the seasons was marked by a bevy of new releases from many of hip-hop’s most popular artists. June opened with Kanye West’s Ye and Kids See Ghosts, followed by Drake’s Scorpion at the...