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Senior advice for freshman year

Senior advice for freshman year

Taylor Houggy, Reporter September 27, 2016

  To many freshmen, senior year can seem a lifetime away. However, the current seniors of can attest that those four years fly by faster than they ever thought possible. With the looming thought...

OPINION: Music of The School Year

OPINION: Music of The School Year

Molly Reagan, Reporter June 9, 2016

The school year  is winding  down, and soon everyone will be off at the beach or the pool or parties listening to their favorite playlist of songs. When looking back at the year, I had recognized that...

OPINION: Transgender Bathrooms Are Needed in Schools

OPINION: Transgender Bathrooms Are Needed in Schools

Julia Reagan June 2, 2016

On May 12, a letter from the Obama administration was sent to all public school districts directing them to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. Though this...

Unknown woman in China holds up turtles encased in a keychain, a trend that has recently become popular with younger people in China.

OPINION: Trendy Souvenir Keychains Endanger Animals

Kayla Turpin, Reporter June 2, 2016

Souvenir trends in China have been reaching an all new level of craziness in these past couple years. Since 2011, vendors are taking small animals such as turtles, fish, frogs, and salamanders, and trapping...

Here is a chart The New York Times ran with a recent article about vanity sizing, showing how much sizes differ between designers and retail stores.

OPINION: Vanity Sizing

Alice Hanson, Reporter June 1, 2016

Throughout history, there has been a standard for what makes a woman’s body beautiful. Today,  the fashion industry and fashionistas obsess about size zero and the vanity sizing that comes along with...

OPINION: Does Californias New Smoking Law Violate Civil Rights?

OPINION: Does California’s New Smoking Law Violate Civil Rights?

Lauren O'Neill, Reporter May 25, 2016

Recently, California created a law raising the age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21 instead of 18. They are not the first state to do this. According to CNN,  Hawaii changed their law...

French cartoonist Jean Plantureux, who goes by Plantu, drew an emotional cartoon for French newspaper Le Monde. A crying person draped in a French flag hugs a crying person with a Belgian flag, suggesting solidarity between the two countries. The dates beneath each figure signify the November 13 Paris attacks and the March 22 Brussels attacks.

To Feel Terror…

Taylor Houggy, Reporter March 31, 2016

Fifty years ago, if you were to ask someone if they felt safe living in their country, the response would, no doubt, be overwhelmingly positive. However, today, the feeling of safety in our own homes...

Opinion: Seniors Review of Boston Univesity

Opinion: Senior’s Review of Boston Univesity

Katie Manley, Reporter October 25, 2013

I was told by a friend who visited Boston University that I would not enjoy the campus. It was “too city-ish” and the school’s atmosphere was kind of sketchy. Driving up to Boston after making a...

Seniors Reflect On Saying Goodbye to WATERFORDrama

Seniors Reflect On Saying Goodbye to WATERFORDrama

Weston Long and Calvin Thibeau, Reporters May 11, 2013

The following opinion pieces are by two Lancelot reporters, Weston Long and Calvin Thibeau, who are also members of WATERFORDrama.  Long, an actor,  and Thibeau, a sound technician, reflect on what WD...

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