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Please Don’t Bury Me: On the Empathy of John Prine

C.C. Servon January 7, 2021

Most would not have predicted the overwhelming response to John Prine’s death. The songwriter, who first came into the consciousness of music fans after quitting his job as a mailman to record his eponymous...

Riverdale Has Gone Downhill

Riverdale Has Gone Downhill

Madison Scheuer January 7, 2021

The show Riverdale had a really promising future with a nailbiter first season. However, as the show kept running, it was quickly soiled by outrageous plots and confusing character development. Deranged...

Spring Greeney: A “Hands-On” Approach to Teaching

Spring Greeney: A “Hands-On” Approach to Teaching

Margot Schneider, Editor: Hard News & Sports January 6, 2021

Spring Greeney, a self-proclaimed “curious, empathic introvert,” is Friends Select’s new 9th grade history teacher, the mastermind behind the Digital Archive project, and a huge fan of The Bachelorette. Spring...

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Keeping up with the Candidates: Celebrities in Politics

Taariq Mbaraka January 6, 2021

The 2020 presidential election was a battle fought over the course of many months, with mail-in ballots giving the candidates time to sway voters one way or another. Leading up to the election, both candidates...

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“New Phone, Who Dis”: The iPhone 12

Isabelle Hills January 6, 2021

Since Apple released the new iPhone 12 series on October 23, 2020, many people might consider purchasing the newly revamped iPhone, but is it really worth it? The Apple website shows the starting price...

Albums of the Year 2020

The Falcon’s Albums of the Year 2020

Annie Rupertus, Peter Ryan, and C.C. Servon December 21, 2020

As the year of coronavirus comes to a close and people begin to reflect on the past twelve months, many turn their attention to one of the few constants of this tumultuous time: music. Below, three members...

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QYLC Comes to Friends Select

Peter Ryan December 21, 2020

Friends Select School will virtually host the Friends Council on Education’s annual Quaker Youth Leadership Conference from February 4th through February 6th. The conference, led jointly by English...

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Shawn Mendes’ Wonder a Solid Fourth Album

Annie Rupertus, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 17, 2020

"You have a million different faces / But they’ll never understand / Unless you let them in / You’ve been a million different places / So I guess I’ll have a chance to / Get lost in wonderland" These...

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Movies with Pete: Shrek and The Princess Bride Are Suspiciously Similar

Peter Ryan December 17, 2020

Allow me to summarize the plot of one of my favorite movies: inside of an old storybook, an outcast leaves his rural home, encounters and befriends misfits on his quest to save a kind and elegant girl...

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BREAKING: Upper School to Remain Fully Virtual Until February 1st, 2021

Peter Ryan and Margot Schneider December 16, 2020

In an email sent to families this afternoon, Head of School Michael Gary announced that Upper School students will not return to in-person learning until February 1st at the earliest. Pre-K, kindergarten,...

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Two Opinions: Should Trump Be Pardoned?

Margot Schneider and Peter Ryan December 16, 2020

Yes: Margot Schneider After a term full of potentially criminal behavior and a monumental 2020 election loss, President Donald Trump stands in an interesting and unprecedented position. As the sitting...

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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...