On Thursday, April 25, juniors Curran Dee and Raine Wang, along with history teacher Peter Jones and history Department Chair David Baker, attended the annual WALKS Essay Dinner at Loomis Chaffee School. The WALKS Essay Dinner is a prize-awarding ceremony and celebratory dinner for students whose writing stood out among their peers and were chosen […]
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Taking responsibility for the school newspaper after Ashley Buckinghamâs incredible leadership of the KO News feels like exactly that: an invasion. As the staff switched over this issue and new people were placed in new positions, I was entrusted with the position of editor-in-chief⌠and I couldnât have felt worse about it. I have always […]
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Senior year is supposed to be the most important year of oneâs highschool careerâitâs the culmination of all the blood, sweat, and tears youâve put into your schoolwork, all the time commitments to after-school activities youâve made, all the long nights spent poring over essays in an effort to get that elusive A. Senior year […]
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Motorsport often gets a bad rap for being âboringâ; watching cars and motorcycles going around in circles for upwards of an hour and a half? Lots of people would rather do just about anything else. At first, I thought I would be the same. I have a short attention span, and even 10-minute-long YouTube videos […]
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Motorsport often gets a bad rap for being âboringâ; watching cars and motorcycles going around in circles for upwards of an hour and a half? Lots of people would rather do just about anything else. At first, I thought I would be the same. I have a short attention span, and even 10-minute-long YouTube videos […]
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Letâs face it, movies these days suckâat least, movies from any major film or animation studio in Hollywood. Recent releases like âThe Marvels,â âQuantumania,â and âNapoleonâ feel rushed, shallow, cheapâlike the production team had a couple million less in the budget than theyâd expected, and the writers turned in their scripts last minute. Even popular […]
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Over the course of history, water has proved to be the most essential aspect of human life. Ancient civilizations, powerful empires, and even the most populous cities in the world today have all been built on major waterways. Mesopotamia had the Tigris and the Euphrates; Rome had the Tiber; New York has the Hudson, and […]
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When you think of iconic American horror, what first comes to mind? Maybe itâs recent thrillers, like âGet Out,â âA Quiet Place,â or âHereditary.â Maybe youâre more into stuff from the 2000s. Your Halloween movie nights consist of films like âThe Ring,â âSaw,â and âThe Grudge.â No matter your preference, though, there is one horror […]
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When âInto the Spider-Verseâ was released internationally on Dec. 1, 2018, it was immediately clear that the movie was a complete game-changer. It had everything: an intriguing plot line with great action scenes and emotional turmoil, interesting characters that felt and acted like normal people, and a distinct, stunning art style that emulated a comic […]
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On June 18, 2023, an OceanGate submarine named Titan lost contact with its support vessel around an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. Onboard were five peopleâfour of whom were billionaires. These passengers were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, former French naval officer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Dawoodâs […]
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