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Opinion: Swing-and-Miss: Childish Gambino’s 3.15.20

Peter Ryan March 27, 2020

Last Sunday, a mysterious 58 minute tape dropped on Donald Glover’s website, donaldgloverpresents.com. Fans of Glover and his musical alter-ego Childish Gambino immediately labeled the audio as Gambino’s...

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Opinion: Rock N Roll Suicide- On the Death of Ziggy Stardust

C.C. Servon March 27, 2020

Our last major pre-quarantine Friends Select gathering was our annual World Cafe Live performance. To cap off the night, the orchestra and choir teamed up to perform a 15 minute David Bowie medley. Each...

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Coronavirus Will Not Knock Us Down

Chloe Zhang March 4, 2020

Note: This article was written on 2/10.  No updates have been made regarding facts surrounding the Coronavirus.  After being away for three years, I finally had the chance to go back to China to celebrate...

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Opinion: Are College Visits Beneficial?

Peter Ryan February 27, 2020

There are dozens of extraordinary colleges and universities across the country. Each boasts world class classrooms, research labs, athletic facilities, and other spaces. If these schools have so much to...

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Opinion: Improving FSS Assemblies

Silas Mohr February 25, 2020

It’s a common scene at Friends Select; a speaker on stage, students whispering to their neighbors, some with hoods on, others nodding off. It doesn’t have to be this way. Our assemblies could be so...

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Review

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Review

Annie Rupertus February 21, 2020

High School Musical. A classic hated by some and treasured by others. I am proudly one of the latter, and even I’ll admit that when I first heard that Disney was doing a reboot, I was very, very...

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Opinion: FSS Needs More Community Service

Tal Lesnik February 20, 2020

Unlike many schools in the US and abroad, Friends Select doesn’t obligate students to engage in community service. In fact, in the four years of upper school, students are not mandated to undertake any...

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Top 10 albums of the 2010’s

Matt D'Annunzio January 17, 2020

The 2010’s have been marked by many ups and downs, but all throughout there has been a constant stream of incredible music to make everything better. Every genre has had its standouts. While it is impossible...

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A Whole New World: The Experience of International Students in Regular English Class

Tal Lesnik January 16, 2020

The Scarlet Letter was the first book I read in regular English class, and let’s just say that the translator and I spent a considerable amount of time together. I would read at break, on the bus from...

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The Best and Worst Books in the FSS English Curriculum

Zoe Tzanis and Annie Rupertus January 16, 2020

With a set English curriculum for all students in ninth through eleventh grade, there are bound to be a variety of opinions on which books are good and which ones aren’t. We’ll be sharing reviews of...