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Frolic into fall with these fun activities

Frolic into fall with these fun activities

ARI PRIEST, Staff Writer September 19, 2022

Summer is over and fall is just around the corner. Back to school, colorful leaves, cool weather! You may be upset that the end of summer means no more beach days or pool parties, but fall has its own...

Students make light sabers in the amphitheater

GloCon 2022 slideshow

MICHAEL MERCHANT, Staff Writer May 31, 2022

Willow Barry's depiction of the connection between  Nick and Charlie in the  Netflix show Heartstopper.

Heartstopper: a celebration of queerness, youth, and love

AURELIA HARRISON, Staff Writer April 27, 2022

A few days ago, I opened Netflix to find a TV show to knit to, and was met with a pleasant surprise. At the top of my  recommended list, in the Netflix Top 10, was a title I recognized: "Heartstopper." "Heartstopper"...

Gloucester to host Comic Convention this weekend

Gloucester to host Comic Convention this weekend

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, Staff Writer April 25, 2022

Scavenger hunts, stormtroopers, MarioKart, and more: the first ever Glo Con promises to be the perfect event for nerds, geeks, and graphic novel lovers of any age. On Saturday, April 30th, the Sawyer Free...

Easy spring holiday gifts for friends and family

Easy spring holiday gifts for friends and family

ALEXIA BURBY, Staff Writer April 15, 2022

Everyone knows that this year has been a long one. Since COVID-19 started, everything seems to go by really slow, until it’s there. So perhaps you may have forgotten spring holidays are upon us.  If...

New Machine Gun Kelly album: pop-punk at its blandest and most derivative

New Machine Gun Kelly album: pop-punk at its blandest and most derivative

BEN CARPENTER, Staff Writer April 12, 2022

Machine Gun Kelly took a musical pivot two years ago when he swapped rap for 2000’s pop-punk with “Tickets to My Downfall.” A surprisingly slick endeavor, “Tickets” presented a smorgasbord of...

Artist Spike Lorenzana poses next to their finished mural in the first floor stairwell.

Frida Kahlo mural is finished by GHS artist

SOFIA ORLANDO, Staff Writer March 29, 2022

After weeks of blending and shading, the Frida Kahlo mural located in the first floor stairwell is finally finished. Creation of the mural by Serene Desisto began in 2020 at the start of the pandemic,...

Spring into term four with these seasonal activities

Spring into term four with these seasonal activities

ALEXIA BURBY, Staff Writer March 25, 2022

Spring is here, which means warmer weather and more fun things to start doing again. We get more sunlight which means summer is coming soon. With the weather warming up it’s a good time to learn about...

The full cast of Footloose rehearses for opening night.

Lose your blues with Footloose

AURELIA HARRISON, Staff Writer March 24, 2022

It’s time to kick off your Sunday shoes with the GHS Drama Club, set to perform the classic eighties musical Footloose this spring!  The cast of 23 students will be taking to the stage Thursday,...

Cast X's Emma Alves as Ariel in her grotto singing 'Part of Your World'.

O’Maley Drama Club makes a splash during “The Little Mermaid Jr.”

SOFIA ORLANDO, Staff Writer March 15, 2022

After a 2 year pause on productions, O’Maley Middle School Drama Club made a strong comeback with their most recent musical production of "The Little Mermaid Jr." Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's...

Social media unhinged over doors vs. wheels

Social media unhinged over doors vs. wheels

BEN CARPENTER, Staff Writer March 9, 2022

First there was the ambiguously-colored dress. Then, the famous laurel/yanny soundbite. And now, in perhaps an even more frivolous instance of bizarre internet debates: are there more doors in the world,...

Willow Barry's artistic rendition of Mitski's "Laurel Hell" track list represents both the orderliness and chaos of the album.

“Laurel Hell” marks a shift in sound for singer-songwriter Mitski

BEN CARPENTER, Staff Writer March 1, 2022

Known and lauded for her enigmatic songwriting and versatile styles, Mitski has earned a reputation as a rare artist who can balance uninhibited musical creativity with massive popularity. The experimental,...

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