Alternative Learning Days are Officially Gone for Good
Luke Redgate, Copy Editor
March 12, 2020 • No Comments
The commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education of Massachusetts has recently announced that Alternative Learning Days will not be used to replace school days at the start of the next school year. This decision has both upset and pleased students and teachers all across the state, but how do the...
Casey Pratt, Copy Editor
March 6, 2020 • No Comments
The U.S.-Mexico border has been a talking point since well before the Trump administration, but as of 2016 it really came into the political spotlight. Since then, fear of immigrants has been used as a political tool by the Trump administration as has been detailed by Vox, and fear within countries south...
CASEY PRATT, WRITER
February 12, 2019 • 1 Comment
All sides of the Black, Blue, and All Lives Matter movements. African Americans have faced a long and harsh history of discrimination in this country, and just because the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement started in 2013 does not mean that it is no longer relevant today. Just recently, on Jan. 11,...
KATELYN SUDBAY, WRITER
January 23, 2019 • 1 Comment
An alarming amount of beached pilot whales were found by a hiker on Mason Bay in New Zealand on November 24th. According to USA Today, the total number of whales comes in at 145 and scientists are still unsure of what exactly caused the mass beaching. When found, about half of the beached whales...
ISABELLA BRANCATO, WRITER
January 14, 2019 • No Comments
The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards took place on Jan. 6. The show was hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. Their opening monologue included quips about who will host the Oscars, Asian roles in Hollywood, and Lady Gaga’s repeated “There can be one hundred people in the room…” line. Amy Poehler...
Continued Problems with USA Gymnastics
IVY DETJENS, WRITER
January 10, 2019 • No Comments
USA Gymnastics has been in shambles since the 2016 lawsuit against Larry Nassar was filed. Larry Nassar is a doctor who worked with high level gymnasts for many years through USAG. Kyle Stephens came forward in 2016 and said that Nassar sexually assaulted her in 1998, which resulted in over 250 others...
CASEY PRATT, WRITER
January 9, 2019 • 1 Comment
Cloning is suddenly possible. In the past, it was science fiction, but surprisingly quickly, it became a reality. Now, we have gene modification, in the form of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, or CRISPR. This technology is being used right now to change children's appearance,...
ABIGAIL CAIN, WRITER
January 2, 2019 • No Comments
It was supposed to be a nice dinner. Caesar salad with hearty romaine lettuce and beautifully grilled chicken. But as the days pass, you can’t leave your bed. The constant stomach pains, the burning fever, the dehydration all render you immobile. What was wrong? Before another wave of nausea could...
KATELYN SUDBAY, WRITER
December 18, 2018 • No Comments
On Mar. 1 2017, tragedy struck Haverhill, Massachusetts when Cedardale Health & Fitness Center burned down. Cedardale was open year round. In the winter, there were exercise classes as well as individual ways to work out such as a track, basketball courts, a lap pool, tennis courts, and exercise...
Abigail Cain, Editor in Chief
May 7, 2020 • No Comments
On January 20, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 in the United States was confirmed in the state of Washington. At the time, the government conveyed few worries for the lone...
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Does violence have a gender? The answer is easy: yes. The explanation as to why is much more complicated, though. Before the facts and psychology behind that,...
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