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Crisis in Nigeria: SARS Explained

Peter Ryan, Co-Editor in Chief October 21, 2020

In recent days, many Friends Select students have used Instagram to share news stories about civil unrest in Nigeria. However, these brief posts do not provide sufficient information to offer an accurate...

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Opinion – Counter Opinion: Should School be Cancelled on Election Day?

Peter Ryan and Margot Schneider October 20, 2020

Yes Margot Schneider '22 The presidential election on November 3rd will be a turning point for the United States. The stigma around this election is augmented by increasingly polarized and partisan...

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Student Groups Send Election Day Letter to School Administration

The Falcon Staff October 20, 2020

An alliance of social-justice-oriented student groups authored an open letter to the Friends Select School administration lobbying for the cancellation of all classes on Election Day. This cohort of clubs...

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English Department Updates Curriculum with More Diverse Book Selections

Annie Rupertus October 20, 2020

A continuation of ongoing efforts, Friends Select’s Upper School English department has swapped out three books from the core curriculum this year in order to better represent a more diverse range of...

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Students Establish White Antiracism Group

Izzy Ebede October 20, 2020

Friends Select’s new White Antiracism Group (WAG) is looking to engage community members to partake in conversations about racial injustice and white supremacy while dismantling their own biases towards...

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The Sundry Siblings of Friends Select

Peter Ryan and Margot Schneider October 20, 2020

The Ryan'sThe Schneider'sThe Coleman'sThe Siegel'sThe Bushee'sThe Sovinski'sThe Wampler'sThe Verstegan'sThe Squires'sThe Ryan'sThe Levine's Friends Select’s Alma Mater asserts that students see...

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The 2020 Application Season: Do Standardized Test Scores Matter?

Anna Kane October 19, 2020

The pandemic shut down any non-virtual college activities, visits, and information sessions. Students seeking information about colleges were unable to visit campuses in person. Numerous seniors applying...

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Friends Select Baseball Coach Drafted to MLB

Aidan Dougherty October 19, 2020

Former Friends Select baseball coach and Yale University pitcher, Brook Hart, was signed by the Colorado Rockies in the 2011 MLB draft. While Hart was playing pickup basketball at University Park’s...

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Friends Select Sports Continue Despite COVID-19

Mia Cohen October 19, 2020

All Friends League competitions will be postponed until at least January 1, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As opposed to normal schedules, each sports season will have just three weeks of practice...

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Travis Scott Burger Spikes Sales

Mark Aaronson October 16, 2020

On September 8th, rapper Travis Scott and his label, Cactus Jack Records partnered with McDonalds to produce the “Travis Scott Meal,” luring massive amounts of customers to the popular fast food restaurant,...

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Administration Drops Dress Code Midriff Rule

Olivia Shuman October 16, 2020

The upper school administration has revised the dress code in this year’s handbook to allow showing midriff, reflecting the work done by students over the past three years. The rule against showing...

Opinion: Sixers' Doc Rivers the Wrong Man for the Job

Opinion: Sixers’ Doc Rivers the Wrong Man for the Job

Peter Ryan October 12, 2020

After early playoff exits for three consecutive years, the Philadelphia 76ers replaced longtime head coach Brett Brown with Doc Rivers, who parted ways with the Los Angeles Clippers after a second round...