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Op-Ed: Damage Done Back To Back

Op-Ed: Damage Done Back To Back

Op-Ed October 24, 2019 at 9:02 am Comments are Disabled

By: Eilis O’Neil | Staff Writer I’ve got a little something to say about the Red Sox… Disappointed is an understatement for the 2019 Red Sox season. Despite them finishing third in the AL East, they had an awful season, not even making it to the postseason. From 2018, they had a record of 108-54 along with being World SeriesRead More

Op-Ed: Mckillop’s Silent Floor Really Isn’t Silent

Op-Ed: Mckillop’s Silent Floor Really Isn’t Silent

Campus, Op-Ed October 22, 2019 at 8:00 am Comments are Disabled

By: Rebecca Capozzi | Staff Writer When I first heard about the 3rd floor of the library and how it was the “silent floor”, I was really excited. At my high school, the library was very small, and the librarians who were always telling students to be quiet were always the ones that would be talking and laughing as loudRead More

Op-Ed: Salve Dance Over-Expresses

Op-Ed: Salve Dance Over-Expresses

Arts and Entertainment, Check It Out, Op-Ed November 13, 2018 at 8:00 am 8 comments

By: Jacob Belham | Contributing Writer I’d like to preface this editorial by emphasizing the importance of an event like the Expressions for Empowerment. The production accurately encapsulated the struggle of contemporary women, as well as portraying its subject matter in a both visceral and graceful way. I left the Casino Theater feeling profoundly inspired, but, unfortunately, not before feeling immenselyRead More

Op-ed: How Mass Murder Informs Entertainment

Op-ed: How Mass Murder Informs Entertainment

Op-Ed February 20, 2018 at 12:00 am Comments are Disabled

By Henry Nickerson | Associate Editor In a recent Facebook post, my former high school teacher, Mr. Gregory Buckman, shared a story of him informing his students about the recent Parkland, Florida school shooting which left 17 dead. In response to the news, one student noted, “It’s just a shooting. Not like it’s a terrorist attack.” The response, while unsettling,Read More

Op-Ed: Let the Games Begin

Op-Ed: Let the Games Begin

Op-Ed, World February 20, 2018 at 12:00 am Comments are Disabled

By Kerry Hayes | Staff Writer If I have learned anything in all my years of watching the Winter Olympics it is that: 1) every single country in the world, has incredibly hot athletes, and 2) I am more than qualified to judge them on their performance that they have been training their entire lives for, from the comfort ofRead More