Chat With Cat: I hate it when…
May 23, 2019
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I have to say, it really gets under my skin when people interrupt me in the middle of my sentence. I’m not talking about small commentary here and there to show interest in the topic - I’m talking about when someone is in the middle of a story and the other person blatantly cuts them off to tell...
Warrior Weekly: NCAA Men’s lacrosse playoff preview
May 12, 2019
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What an exciting time in sports. We just witnessed the first ever Kentucky Derby where the first horse to cross the finish line was not crowned champion. Tiger Woods won The Masters for the first time since 2005, and we are in the middle of the NHL and NBA playoffs with significant upsets happening...
Politipress: Growing pool of candidates (part 3)
May 8, 2019
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For the voting members of our community, it is often hard to have a firm grasp on who the politicians that represent us are and what they do. In the eleventh installment of Politipress, I take a look at the biggest names looking to challenge President Trump in the 2020 race for the presidency. In ...
Chat with Cat: The Stress of Living in Wayland
May 6, 2019
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I’m going to be straightforward with you— living in Wayland can be a lot of pressure. Wayland High School is the fifth best public school in Massachusetts, which is the highest ranking state for education, meaning the competition for success is insanely high, and students push themselves to the ...
Today is the Day: I Go to Prom
April 30, 2019
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Prom is, in many ways, the biggest event of junior year. While I’m no longer a junior, I hear whispers about it in the hallway, the dreaded word coming up over and over: promposal. I hear it while I’m working in the art room or during orchestra. I scroll through my Facebook page to find that it...
Opinion: College Board – a very profitable not-for-profit
April 26, 2019
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According to its website, the College Board is a “mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity." Unfortunately, the College Board’s claim that they are a not-for-profit organization is at the least misleading, and at the most, plain wrong. L...
Review: Us
April 24, 2019
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After delivering audiences the critically acclaimed 2017 social thriller Get Out, director Jordan Peele showcases Us, a unique horror film starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. Us follows members of a family who are confronted by their doppel...
Chat with Cat: Decisions, Decisions
April 23, 2019
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It’s Saturday night, so you put together a stunning outfit, grab your favorite pair of red heels and head out for the night, not returning until past midnight. Come Sunday, you might spend the day hanging around town, maybe going to the mall or catching a movie. Or, if you’re like me— which is...
Kyle’s Column: Long Way to Go
April 11, 2019
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Wayland High School is a self-proclaimed “safe space." We pride ourselves on being an open, welcoming community that celebrates diversity and accepts differences. Regardless of your race, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation, you have a place at our school. This policy of acceptance reflected in WHS...
Kyle’s Column: Medium
March 29, 2019
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Humans have this funny thing called language: an aural and visual way of expressing what we’re thinking and how we feel. Language has been an indispensable part of human history. After all, without it, history itself would not exist. In the grand scheme of things, language has been incredibly succ...
Opinion: The college admissions scandal is unfair, but not unexpected
March 29, 2019
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For many high school students across the country, the college admissions journey is a time-consuming and stressful process in which students set themselves up in the best way possible to market themselves to top colleges. For a select wealthy few, however, guaranteed admission to a prestigious university sim...
Warrior Weekly: Red Sox season preview
March 28, 2019
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“...And the best team in baseball wins it all in 2018!” Joe Buck’s voice echoes over the FOX broadcast of the 2018 World Series. Chris Sale had just dealt Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado a particularly nasty 1-2 slider to strike him out. The 2018 Boston Red Sox had the best record in...
