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Cyan Clements re-interprets the subjects of the So Much (for) Stardust album cover.

Fall Out Boy returns with So Much (for) Stardust

AURELIA HARRISON, Features and Opinions Editor March 30, 2023

2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the pop-rock genre, with albums like Paramore’s “This Is Why” and Maneskin’s “Rush” making waves for teenagers and especially nostalgic millennials....

"Runner Duck in a Garden" pen sketch by Evelyn Porter

Running into spring

EVELYN PORTER, Staff Writer March 24, 2023

As spring starts to come around, garden planning begins. Whether “garden” means just one potted plant, a veggie patch, or filling the yard with flowers, most of us have felt the joy of watching our...

Oscar nominees lack diversity, again

Oscar nominees lack diversity, again

BEN CARPENTER, Arts & Culture Editor March 9, 2023

The 95th Academy Awards, set to take place this Sunday, aim to recognize the greatest achievements in film of 2022. Unfortunately, this year’s slate of nominees, announced on January 25, largely fail...

"Magnolia Sunshine" a mural by Emily Grace outside of Bravo on Main Street.

In conversation with local artist Emily Grace

AURELIA HARRISON, Features and Opinion Editor February 28, 2023

Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Emily Grace, an artist from Gloucester who has been working locally, with dreams to base her career in her hometown. She is a GHS alum and attended MassArt...

Mofongo, prepared and plated by Julia Medrano, is a traditional Caribbean dish featuring plantains and shrimp.

Celebrate black history month with Mofongo

SHEILA MEDRANO, Staff Writer February 10, 2023

  Happy Black History Month! I am back with another delicious dish from my culture to start off this month! Mofongo is a traditional Caribbean dish that has Dominican and Puerto Rican...

Artistic representation of a standard moth and butterfly structures

What are the differences between moths and butterflies?

EVELYN PORTER, Staff Writer February 9, 2023

During these bitter, cold, and dreary winter months it can be easy to miss the bright summer seasons. One of the many contributions to a summer scene being fauna, one might find themselves pondering some...

Aurelia Harrison's personal copy of Fleetwood Mac's  Rumours on vinyl,

Old School Album Review: “Rumours”

AURELIA HARRISON, Features & Opinion Editor February 8, 2023

If there is an album more successful and more essential to the genre of 70s pop rock than "Rumours", by Fleetwood Mac, I have yet to encounter it. In my own childhood, and in many of my friends’, "Rumours"...

How to stay on track after college applications

How to stay on track after college applications

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor January 31, 2023

As January comes to an end, most college application deadlines have passed, and applicants are left with the looming question of what to do now that the process is over. Many would like to think their...

GHS library runs "blind date with a book" in anticipation of Valentine's Day

GHS library runs “blind date with a book” in anticipation of Valentine’s Day

FINN WALL and BEN CARPENTER January 30, 2023

Love is in the air as the GHS library starts up a new “blind date with a book” program for students looking for a good read. Participants select books to check out without knowing exactly what...

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Kanye West remarries to Yeezy’s head of architecture

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor January 17, 2023

Well, so much for a year without Ye.  After being “missing” for a month, Ye and “Yeezy” Head of Architecture, Bianca Censori, were revealed to have been married on January 13th. As previously...

Cyan Clements depicts headphones blaring with the music that defined 2022.

The Gillnetter’s top five albums of 2022

BEN CARPENTER, Arts & Culture Editor December 29, 2022

2022 will be remembered as the year many of us emerged from the pandemic, in some cases unrecognizable from the people we were at its onset. As society settles into a new normal, the music of this year...

The history of gingerbread

The history of gingerbread

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor December 21, 2022

Everyone knows the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg, and the iconic people-shaped cookies producing it, are inherently linked with the holidays; but why? Gingerbread has roots in Greece and ancient Egypt,...

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