By Abigail Parker Most of the world remembers how much they love the Olympic Games only when the Visa “Go World” commercials start coming out during the buildup to the Olympics. However, for thousand of athletes, the Olympic dream is part of their lives for years leading up to the event. This Olympiad, Winsor had …
Continue reading Interview with Alumna-Olympian Gevvie Stone
By Holly Breuer What is a club at Winsor? The answer may seem simple: a club is a group of people you meet with once a week at lunch because you share a common interest, or affinity, or goal. But this year Winsor’s community government, Collect, is looking to reevaluate what it really means to …
Varsity Soccer The Khorasani sisters, Sarah ’13 and Sophie ’16, are once again placed on the Mid 4 soccer team. The girls are still hopeful, though, and one day dream to make JV. Mr. Didier, a fervent Nicki Minaj fan, was disappointed by one of her latest songs, “Fly.” He expressed his dissatisfaction with his …
By Susannah Howe This year’s Winsor-Belmont Hill Upper School play, After Juliet, by Sharman McDonald, sounds fanciful, even fluffy: a sequel to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with Rosaline, Romeo’s old flame, as the main character. In fact, it’s a dark exploration of gender, violence, and other complex themes and, as such, contains explicit language and …
Continue reading Play “After Juliet” Raises Issues of Censorship
By Caroline G. MacGillivray Just when it seemed like the lights were dimming on the Kennedy saga—“Camelot,” as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wistfully called it—the members of the famous family have been called out for an encore. It’s typical of Kennedy girlfriends to be intimidated by the press attention—unless you are bringing the attention with you, …
Continue reading Not So Swift: Even a Pop Princess Can’t Be Queen of Camelot
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