Diets aren’t the answer
May 28, 2013 • By Amanda Dolbow ‘14
Filed under Column, Opinion
For high school students, Prom is right around the corner and everybody wants that perfect beach body. What some don’t realize is that when you go on a diet, you will soon gain back any weight that you have lost. Diets do not work. While on a diet, you have your mind set on looking good, but you’re... Read more »
TV was better when we were kids
May 26, 2013 • By Alyssa Palumbo '16
Filed under Column, Opinion
When I was a kid watching the Nickelodeon and Disney Channel was a part of my daily routine. Shows like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Drake and Josh were just two of the many series that my friends and I would discuss at our lunch table as we munched on our chicken nuggets and French fries. When... Read more »
West Deptford’s got talent
May 25, 2013 • By Inese Wingate ’13
Filed under Opinion, Reviews
As the main lights dim down and the stage lights come on, the audience gets a glimpse of a boy sitting on a bench in the middle of the stage. He’s sitting there with one leg crossed over the other and a hat on his head low over his eyes. Then suddenly music comes on, a slow techno beat starts playing.... Read more »
Getting over an ex is easier said than done
May 25, 2013 • By Lisa Lessig '14
Filed under Column, Opinion
If you’ve ever been in a relationship that has ended, you know that awful feeling–you can’t get over your ex. If you haven’t experienced this, then chances are, you most likely will sometime in the future. Getting over an ex is one of the hardest and worst things that you can go through. ... Read more »
I want to be a Flyers Ice Girl
March 25, 2013 • By Alyssa Palumbo’16
Filed under Column, Humor, Opinion
As the red light on the sideline of the ice goes on, signaling a commercial break, the five hockey players from each team make their way over to their bench to talk to their coach and squirt a sip of Gatorade into their mouth. Over to the right side of the arena, a group of about six girls, dressed... Read more »
Don’t risk your life tanning for Prom
February 26, 2013 • By Amanda Dolbow '14
Filed under Column, Opinion
The months that lead up to Prom weekend usually consists of constant spray tans, working out at the gym, and starving yourself all just to look good in your prom dress. When it comes to Prom, girls go overboard. They feel as though it is completely necessary to go tanning because they don’t want to... Read more »
Mummers Parade is like a kaleidoscope on Broad Street
February 26, 2013 • By Casey Roetz 13’
Filed under Column, Opinion
The crazy costumes, the different themes, the competition, and the rivalries. What more could you ask for out of the Mummer’s Parade? Every year on New Year’s Day, the Mummers Parade takes place in South Philadelphia on Broad Street. The official, broadcasted parade ends in front of City Hall, but... Read more »
Let us eat what we want
February 25, 2013 • By Casey Roetz '13
Filed under Opinion
The change of options in school foods is an outrage to students everywhere. The Agriculture Department is taking away our food options and forcing us to eat healthier foods that kids may not enjoy. What a student eats for lunch should be entirely his own decision; we are the ones paying for it. Instead... Read more »
Give us tasty food choices
February 25, 2013 • Alyssa Palumbo ‘16
Filed under Column, Opinion
New changes for school lunches are being proposed by the Agricultural Department. They are taking many things out of the everyday school lunch that kids are used to. The Department is proposing to stop the selling candy, snack cakes, most cookies, pretzels, high-calorie sodas, many high calorie... Read more »
Girls should play “male” sports
January 21, 2013 • By Desiree’ Kearse ’16
Filed under Column, Opinion, Sports
Women are often compared to men in everything–who is stronger, who is smarter, who can multi-task better. But women also get compared to men a lot in sports. Women and men are segregated in sports, softball to baseball, women’s swimming to men’s swimming, girls’ soccer to boys’ soccer,... Read more »
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