Author: Amanda Heckler
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Perks of Having a Student ID
Though students often complain about the different stresses and struggles that come with being a student, student discounts are a great benefit that students can take advantage of with just their school ID. Some high school students may hold jobs of their own, but others rely on the money, often cash, that their parents provide…
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Experience the Power of Music at Local Festivals
Everyone has their own kind of music. Everyone has their own particular genres and artists that make them scream, sing, jump up and down, help them sleep, cry, and so on. That is the power of music. Going to see those artists in concert can be even more exciting because the music is literally created…
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Three Love Lessons Your Teachers Didn’t Teach You in Class
The Grand Proposal The first story begins with a man named John, a postgraduate-student living in the DC area, waiting patiently for someone to call his own. One night, John was invited by some of his good friends, Jack and Michelle, to a party at their house for their single friends. It was at this…
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Introducing the New Upper School Physics and Chemistry Teacher: Mr. Will Robertson!
How many men go on mushroom forays in their free time? How many men went to grad school and spent countless hours in a lab working on anti-tumor drugs to fight cancer? How many men put in the time to find the perfect girlfriend for their guinea pig so that their furry friend won’t be…
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Why Trump?
This article is one half of the two piece opinion page. To read the alternate viewpoint, please click here. I would like to begin by stating that both the presidential candidates for this election are embarrassing representatives of our beautiful and progressive country. Neither candidate can be deemed to have high morals or a level…
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Success Begins Now: SR Girls at Work
What don’t Stone Ridge girls do? Between AP classes, Social Action, SCGs, sports, arts, college applications, drivers ed, SAT prep classes, and managing social lives, 83 percent of Stone Ridge girls also manage a job outside of school at some point in the year. According to a survey conducted by Here and Now staff, the…
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Coming Soon: Healthier Vending Machines
One 20 ounce bottle of Minute Maid fruit punch contains 71 grams of sugar. That is the equivalent of over a third cup of sugar. One small bag of Cheetos contains 300 milligrams of sodium, which is 20 percent of the daily sodium intake recommended by the American Heart Association. One pack of Brown Sugar…