John Green: The Biggest Nerd of Them All

Isabel Lawrence
Reporter

Though he is a New York Times best selling author, has been published in more than twelve languages, is the winner of the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006 and the Edgar Award in 2009, and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist not once but twice, John Green is not widely known. Other authors such as J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer bring instant Potter and vampire connections to mind; but to many, John Green draws a blank. This up and coming author, however, is gaining speed and quickly making a name for himself in the young adult (YA) literature world.

Godspell preaches under the big top

Audrey Piehl
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Despite popular belief, the genius of acclaimed composer Stephen Schwartz has been ringing in the public’s ears on more than one occasion. His lyrics helped Elphaba defy the gravity of Oz, deftly apply the colorful brushstrokes to Pocahontas’ wind, breath life into the circus community of Jesus Christ…wait. What was that last one?

The need… the need for NEAD

Most people have continued quite a few activities from their toddlerhood. They speak, walk, use the bathroom under their own volition and power, etc. However, for many of the dancers at the New England Academy of Dance (NEAD), they have been doing ballet since the age of three, or to put in greater perspective, before most of them can remember.

“New” God’s Acre mural acts as a history lesson and art exhibit all in one

When students filed into the familiar high school corridors for the first time in months, they were expecting a lot of new: new teachers, new dignified senior posters and the class of 2015. However there was a fresh adornment observing all of this from afar. Hung above the student calendar in the lounge, a mural appropriately named God’s Acre surveys the happenings of student life.

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