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Opinion: Whether Your Perfume Is Floral or Musk, You Should Reconsider

Opinion: Whether Your Perfume Is Floral or Musk, You Should Reconsider

Uma Vincent March 21, 2023

Have you ever been minding your own business in a public place when somebody walks past and you are suddenly bombarded with the strong smell of their fragrance? You might not mind this fleeting scent....

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Roundtable: How Are You Experiencing Senioritis?

Gigi Sovinski '23 When people get into college, they start slowing down. What they forget is that rescinding applications is real and actually happens. A part of senioritis is depression and anxiety....

Opinion: FSS Curriculum Suffers from Lack of Home Economics Course

Opinion: FSS Curriculum Suffers from Lack of Home Economics Course

Lucia Yeager Johnson March 9, 2023

My final years of high school revolved heavily around test scores, college essays, extracurriculars, and grade point averages. I’ve been told that it’s all been preparation to start college and subsequently,...

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Opinion: Icon or Villain? The Conversation on Columbus’ Statue Continues 

Sofia Solari-Parravicini March 7, 2023

On October 12th, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the ground now known as The Bahamas. Over the course of his stay, numerous Taino people would be exploited, physically assaulted, and killed. Regardless,...

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Opinion: Is Love Blind? Not on TV!

Lily Brin March 6, 2023

Do you think you could fall in love with someone, sight unseen? Or better yet, get engaged after ten days? Or, get this: be married after one month? All of these questions are tested on the reality television...

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Neighborhood Beautifying can Curb Gun-Violence Rates

Lily Brin March 3, 2023

The city of Philadelphia has a history of gentrification, poor city maintenance, and dreary-looking neighborhoods due to bad upkeep. Along with this, Philadelphia carries a bad legacy of gun violence....

No More Illusions

No More Illusions

Henry Planet March 1, 2023

The Democrats are not the Party of Progress they want you to believe they are. On November 7th, 2020, when Joe Biden was finally projected winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, West Philadelphia...

Review: Clue at Marple Newtown High School

Review: Clue at Marple Newtown High School

Sarah Gorenstein February 23, 2023

Who did it, where, and with what? It was Marple Newtown High School, in the theatre, with Clue! Marple Newtown High School got the game rolling with their production of Clue: On Stage. The company excellently...

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Roundtable: How Do You Get Into the Holiday Spirit?

Lily Brin '23: Even though the winter holidays are rapidly approaching, the weather is cold and unpredictable, there is no snow, shorter days, and still not a ton of decorations. I frequently find...

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Art Museum Workers Wake the Philadelphia Labor Movement

Henry Planet December 13, 2022

Only a few days into the strike at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the sky had already opened up. The remnants of hurricane Ian had reached Philadelphia and were pelting the strikers with wind and rain,...

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Podcast: An Investigation of Indecision

Margot Schneider May 31, 2022

https://soundcloud.com/margot-schneider-848225657/margotfalconpodcast?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing This podcast is a collection of stories about indecision,...

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Podcast: Healing a Broken Heart

Elle DiBianca May 31, 2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/Ellebandzz/healing-a-broken-heart/