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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/

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Music Podcast: Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Zion Todd and Lucas Kim May 27, 2022

https://soundcloud.com/lucas-kim-601603187/podcast-1?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing This podcast is a conversation about Kanye West and more specifically...

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The Horrendous History of Horror

Elijah Gallagher May 19, 2022

Some nights, when I was a kid and my parents were out, I would sit in the dim lights of our living room and watch shows like Courage The Cowardly Dog. Even though the show made me scared to turn the lights...

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Blood Quantum and What it Can Mean to Indigenous People

Quaye Agoyo May 18, 2022

Imagine having an official card or document that states what race you are and the specific percentage of blood you have for that race. Despite what you identify as, this information on this card, or even...

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The Wilds Season Two Review

Lily Brin May 16, 2022

Last year, I wrote a glowing review of The Wilds debut season, which came out in December 2020. Unfortunately, as I sit to write the new seasons review, I am not quite as enthusiastic as before. The show...

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Reflecting on Yolanda Wisher Teaching African-American Literature Class

Uma Vincent April 29, 2022

Yolanda Wisher, writer, educator, and former Philadelphia poet laureate, visited FSS on Monday. Her visit included an assembly for the entire Upper School where she spoke to us and performed some of her...

Falcon Roundtable: Which Game Pigeon Game is Best?  

Falcon Roundtable: Which Game Pigeon Game is Best?  

Game Pigeon, a mobile, collaborative game for iOS devices released in 2016, consists of 23 games that are shared between 2 or more players on different devices. Writers for The Falcon share their favorites. Lily...

Roundtable: Scheduling Changes for 2022-23 School Year

Roundtable: Scheduling Changes for 2022-23 School Year

Lily Brin '23: This year’s schedule has received a lot of justified flak. With so many unpredictable four-day weeks there are always full-day schedules missed. Since classes already meet so scarcely,...

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Dawn FM: Synths, Syncopation, and Style

Alex Ginsberg February 25, 2022

“Dawn FM was mediocre at best.” That’s what I first said about Abel “The Weekend” Tesfaye’s new album, Dawn FM, after listening through it for the first time. But after a couple of months...