By, Julie W. '19 Sugar Puffs or Frosties? Accept a job offer or refuse it? Kill your father or let him go? Netflix’s first interactive film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, compels the viewer to make decisions that become increasingly difficult and painful as the story arc progresses. The film was released on December 28, 2018 as …
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By, Avery G. '21 Many of you may have seen startling headlines lately about climate change. I used to subscribe to the New York Times Climate Change newsletter, but I had to take a break after seeing headline after headline of depressing statistics. To give you an idea, carbon emissions in the United States rose …
By, Lia K. '19 At 7:30 a.m., last Thursday morning, police responded to a reported homicide in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Upon arrival, officers found the victim soft-boiled, skinned, and cut open horizontally. Across the nation, upon hearing of this tragedy, shock, dismay, and horror gripped the victim’s over nine million Instagram followers. On the edge of …
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By, Rani B. '21 On February 1, you were probably sitting in class waiting for the weekend to come, almost to the point of snoozing off during math class. However, nine of your fellow friends and classmates were, in fact, doing the exact opposite and were full of excitement and adrenaline as they headed to …
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By, Sindhu K. '19 Althea Garrison’s name has been on the Boston ballot 32 times over the past few decades. Having run as a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent, she has aimed for positions as state representative, member of the Boston City Council, and mayor, all to no avail—that is, until this year, when …
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