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Among Us Fever Sweeps Friends Select

Asa Johnson December 16, 2020

Among Us, a video game developed by Innersloth resembling the party game Mafia, has recently gained traction worldwide. Since September, Among Us has led Apple’s App Store in downloads by a large margin...

9th Grade History Class Builds a Digital Archive

9th Grade History Class Builds a Digital Archive

Peter Ryan December 15, 2020

This fall, 9th grade students jumped headfirst into Upper School with an unorthodox major history project. Led by new 9th grade History Teacher Spring Greeney, every student in the class of 2024 has contributed...

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Why Do Friends Select Rowers Love Crew?

Madison Scheuer December 9, 2020

The shouts of supportive fans are muffled by oars splashing into the Schuylkill. A mixture of sweat and water drip down the faces of four Friends Select rowers as they pull their quad toward the fast-approaching...

Perry? More Like 'Legend'

Perry? More Like ‘Legend’

Izzy Ebede December 8, 2020

Perry Zanki is teaching the Krebs cycle in biology class. Students listen intently as he paces back and forth in front of the whiteboard explaining the almost instantaneous chemical reactions that take...

Annie Rupertus

How to Distract Yourself from Impending Doom

Annie Rupertus, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2020

(Note: All interviews were conducted prior to November 20th, when the city of Philadelphia announced that maskless outdoor gatherings are no longer allowed, among other things.) Do you find yourself...

Football player

Sarah Fuller Makes History Playing for Vanderbilt Men’s Football

Margot Schneider, Editor: Hard News & Sports December 2, 2020

On November 28th, Sarah Fuller, Senior Goalkeeper for Vanderbilt University’s women’s soccer team, kicked for Vanderbilt’s men’s football team against the University of Missouri. Fuller became...

Minas Macos '20: Falcon Cadet

Minas Macos ’20: Falcon Cadet

Peter Ryan December 1, 2020

Last November, Minas Macos ‘20 woke up less than an hour before class to make the short daily walk from his house to Friends Select School. One year later, he rises at exactly 5:15 AM to participate...

Maia Weintraub '21

Who is Maia Weintraub?

Isabelle Hills November 24, 2020

The theater is full of students waiting to hear the announcements from Chris Singler. He walks up casually to the microphone and announces, “Maia Weintraub has won yet another tournament!” The theater...

Washington Football Team's new logo

Native Imagery Controversy in Pro Sports: Washington Football Team

Margot Schneider, Editor: Hard News & Sports November 21, 2020

The Washington Football Team, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, changed its name this past summer after years of protest against its controversial historical ties. “Redskin” is a slur that...

Milky's Mad Dash: Snake Breaks Free at Friends Select

Milky’s Mad Dash: Snake Breaks Free at Friends Select

Peter Ryan November 20, 2020

Biology teacher Perry Zanki, Friends Select’s king of crazy stories and unexpected antics, may have finally outdone himself: this fall, his pet snake “Milky” escaped from his classroom and evaded...

Dan Capecchi at World Cafe Live, image courtesy of FSS Flickr

Dan Capecchi: Teacher, Dean, Drummer, Composer, Secret Agent?

Olivia Shuman November 19, 2020

“We’ve got an ablative! But which ablative is it?” Tr. Dan drops to a crouch on the floor of his classroom and goes into a full somersault before putting his hands up like a secret agent. “Ablative...

Michael Gary, Head of School

A Day in the Life of Michael Gary: COVID Edition

Mark Aaronson November 18, 2020

Michael loves the beginning of his day; it is the only thing that has remained the same before and during COVID-19. Michael has a strict routine in the morning. “I wake up every morning at 6am. I get...