Visiting author gives presentation, participates in discussion
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
April 8, 2019
Filed under Breaking News, Web Exclusive
WEB EXCLUSIVE Students gathered in Syufy Theatre at the end of the school day to hear author Chris Riley speak about his book “After the Mass-Age.” After the presentation, senior Harris Rutherford and sophomore Audrey Pinard led a discussion with Riley. “Riley is connected to our school thr...
Phone app can cause user obsession
Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter
December 13, 2018
Filed under Features
Freshman Kelly Cronan sends a photo to 120 of her Snapchat friends everyday. Sometimes it’s a photo of herself, what she is doing or who she is with, but the photo always has the same typed or hand-drawn caption with an “s” or the word “streaks.” Snapchat streaks — indicated by a number n...
Students delete addictive social media app for finals week
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
December 11, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Web Exclusive
WEB EXCLUSIVE Students are deleting Snapchat from their phones to reduce screen time while preparing and studying for final exams. “Deleting Snapchat was a great decision for me because I spent a lot of time consumed in the app,” freshman Takouhi Asdourian said. “I feel like now since Snapchat notification...
Blending two worlds
Cece Giarman, Web Editor
December 16, 2017
Filed under Features
With beauty vloggers on YouTube, regular celebrity product endorsements on Instagram, and an increased presence of cosmetic companies online, the makeup and beauty industry’s marketing strategies have changed with the advent of social media. “When I see makeup on Instagram I think I may like, I usually ...
Power teens
Neely Metz, Features Editor
December 9, 2016
Filed under Features
Filling Instagram feeds and Snapchat stories with product advertisements, trademarked styles and “hot” trends, teen celebrities can influence the life and mind of youth, leading many to feel pressure to abide by unrealistic beauty expectations to be as “flawless” as their famous counterparts appea...
Social media poses threat to ‘real life’ relationships
September 26, 2016
Filed under Staff Editorials
While lunch provides a time for peers to chat together before resuming their afternoon classes, many students spend the break constantly checking their phones rather than focusing on the friends around them. As constant app updates and social media platforms parallel our increasing addiction to virtual ...
Social media protects consumers
Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2016
Filed under Features
Sophomore Tess Wilmoth was scrolling through her Instagram feed when she saw a post of a mascara she was interested in buying, but reading the comments changed her opinion. “The packaging said you would get long and thick eyelashes, and it was supposed to make them natural looking,” Wilmoth sa...
FOMO, fear of missing out, creates extra anxiety, stress when being excluded from social situations
Kristina Cary, Managing Editor
April 30, 2015
Filed under Features
The acronym “FOMO” — the fear of missing out on social events or trends — has become popular enough for the Oxford English Dictionary to add the word to its ranks in 2013, reflecting the increased awareness and frequency of having this phobia. Anyone can fear being excluded from what she believes ...
Spreading news moves from paper to glass
May 27, 2014
Filed under Breaking News, Features, Showcase
Articles ranging from “22 puppies who are annoyed with their owners” to “U.S. cluster bombs keep killing civilians in Yemen” makeup sites such as BuzzFeed, VICE and Mashable, all of whom focus on sharing news mainly through social media. Facebook, which has traditionally been a site for friend...
Teens need to tune out social media
May 25, 2012
Filed under Opinion
Staff Editorial New social media options keep popping up where you least expect them, from new ways to edit photos on-the-go to virtual pin boards. Now that almost everyone has a smart phone teens are wired in to these new networks 24/7 with almost no time to sit back and appreciate the less plugged-in...
Libby Brittain fuses social media and journalism into career
February 17, 2011
Filed under Features
Zoe Newcomb Editor-in-Chief “Random: The first word (of many) I remember being fascinated with was ‘galore.’ Heard it on a radio ad; couldn’t grok it. It starts young,” Libby Brittain (’07) tweeted to her some 764 followers on December 22. An economic history major at Barnard College,...
Charlotte Ehrlich, Reporter
May 22, 2019 • No Comments
WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomores in Ethics and Morality created five minute TED talks pertaining to ethical issues of their choosing. The talks are based on a month-long discussion...
Robotics club members build a dollhouse
May 21, 2019
Students create art projects based off short story
May 16, 2019
Telenovela helps Spanish II students improve language skills
May 15, 2019
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