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Arts & Culture

Arcane Season 2: More Than The Sum of its Parts?

Arcane Season 2: More Than The Sum of its Parts?

Carl Heyne February 4, 2025

I’ve played League of Legends once. I did not enjoy it. It just wasn’t for me. Then, around 3 years ago, my friend talked me into watching Arcane, a show based on LoL, and I was instantly hooked. The...

Winter Concert Review

Winter Concert Review

Joely Kaplan and Susanna Harries February 4, 2025

The FSS winter concert is one of the things that makes our school most unique, with the combination of heartfelt classical music and choral songs, combined with the Jazz and Lab band’s lively music performances....

Filmmakers and Moviegoers are Suffering, It’s Streaming’s Fault

Filmmakers and Moviegoers are Suffering, It’s Streaming’s Fault

Leila Banks February 3, 2025

On August 29th, 1997, Netflix was founded in Scotts Valley, California, as a mail-based DVD rental company; now, twenty-seven years later, it is one of the biggest on-demand streaming services in the world....

Unpacking K-Dot’s “GNX”

Unpacking K-Dot’s “GNX”

Khalea Robinson December 20, 2024

Did Kendrick just secure the album of the year in November? It’s possible.  Kendrick Lamar’s newest project, GNX, which came out on the 22nd of November, stunned fans. No one saw the drop coming,...

The Penguin: Power, Betrayal, and Gotham's Darkest Desires

The Penguin: Power, Betrayal, and Gotham’s Darkest Desires

Cole Semel December 20, 2024

The Penguin plunges into Gotham’s dark underworld across eight gripping episodes, telling the story of Oswald “Oz” Cobb—a ruthless and layered character navigating a chilling world of power and...

Spotify Wrapped Fell Short This Year. Here’s Why.

Spotify Wrapped Fell Short This Year. Here’s Why.

Sam Goldwert December 13, 2024

It’s normal to be a little disappointed by your Spotify Wrapped, especially if you find out your top track is “White Noise For Sleep 10 Hours Loopable No Fade.” But this year, Spotify users were...

Students Exhibit Artwork at Woodmere Art Museum

Students Exhibit Artwork at Woodmere Art Museum

Daphne Klose December 5, 2024

From November 16th to December 15th, 2024, FSS student artwork from all three divisions will be displayed in Kids Care 31, at the Helen Millard Children's Gallery at the Woodmere Art Museum.   There...

What Do FSS Students Listen To?

What Do FSS Students Listen To?

Khalea Robinson November 15, 2024

This informational infographic illustrates the music taste and stats surrounding music, according to the FSS upper school student body. A survey was sent out, and 53 students responded. The data portrayed...

The Top 10 Most Charted Female Musicians

Maya Vakharia November 14, 2024

This infographic highlights the top 10 most charted female musicians over the last 60 years. It displays their chart history with their total number one hits,  top 10 hits, and number of songs that...

What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen

What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen

Olivia Greene November 14, 2024

With deep lyrics and an emotional chord progression, What Could Have Been from the Arcane League of Legends soundtrack makes me feel more than any song I’ve listened to in a long time.  This song...

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Mortal Man: A Masterpiece

Jay Whitfield November 14, 2024

Lyricism: Human Cruelty Kendrick Lamar will never just be an artist. He exposes humans for their cruelness and evil and for that, his legacy lives beyond that of an artist and moves more into that of...

Sustainability-inspired artwork by students in Drawing, Painting, & Mixed Media I

Friends Select Student Art Exhibit Features Sustainability

Olivia Greene October 25, 2024

On October 30th at 4:30 pm, there will be a reception for this fall’s art exhibit, “Sustainability”, featuring students from all three divisions. Every year in the fall, Friends Select holds an...