By Caitlin Wang, Christina Gabrieli, and Serena Toscani Around the Longwood Medical Area, there are many off-campus food options for students to choose from after earning their off-campus privileges in Upper School upon completion of their Class V project. Taking into consideration food quality, price, and customer service, The Banner settled on the overall winner. …

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By Katina Handrinos Nowadays, every streaming platform is swimming with true crime shows and movies. Whether it’s Netflix’s Dahmer and Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil and Vile or Hulu’s Under the Banner of Heaven and The Patient, you can get your fill of horrifying, mostly truthful stories anytime, anywhere. But when does entertainment take it too …

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By Natalie Cooper and Ariana Rowe The esteemed Hutchin’s Center Honors Award Ceremony, which grants recipients with the W. E.B. Du Bois Medal, is Harvard University’s highest honor in the field of African and African-American studies. The award ceremony is hosted every year at Harvard’s historic Sanders Theater to celebrate excellence within the Black community, and …

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By Audrey Wang Starting last year, Winsor has been planning Community Time by days of the week rather than days of the cycle, with all-school assemblies being on Thursdays. However, these assemblies would frequently run over time and cut into the ten minutes allotted for snack, so many students would either skip the break or …

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By Natalie Pan Many people have older brothers, but not many can say their brother is 241 years older than they are. That’s right—Winsor is not like other girls… schools. Although we frequently share events with Belmont Hill, our other brother school, Roxbury Latin (RL), is not to be forgotten. Over Halloweekend, several Winsor students …

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