The Holidays: Perception Vs. Reality

Audrey Piehl
Opinions Editor

Getting the Christmas Tree:

PERCEPTION: You arrive at a Christmas tree farm in the rustic but cozy Connecticut woodland. A merry lumberjack-esque man with rosy cheeks greets you and your family, all of whom are sipping apple cider and glowing with cheer. Everyone agrees on a beautiful, 8 ft. Austrian Pine (imported, of course) that travels smoothly back to your benevolent abode. It is erected proudly in the living room and is quickly adorned with vintage Coca-cola ornaments and environmentally-friendly lights, the latter’s profits to be donated to save seal pups (awww!). As gifts quickly populate the bottom of the tree, the anticipation and aroma of the holidays steadily grows.

Page meets stage

Giuliana Savini
Editor in Chief

Poetry can move–it has not found its eternal resting place on the pages of high school English curricula. Its rhythm can flex, its stanzas can shift, and it can transcend its printed medium. But when lines that once travelled across a page are carried on the back of a soundwave, do they change? Is a poem any different when analyzed under a meticulous eye or heard from the mouth of some velvet-voiced speaker? Regardless of the vehicle of delivery, poetry is meant to be enjoyed. And enjoying poetry means different things for all of us: a poem may simply bring you a singular moment of clarity and happiness, or on a grander scale, closer to the truths you seek. So, what exactly happens when poetry moves from the page to the stage?

The Merits of Wikipedia

Jack Ludtke
Business Manager
I was in eighth grade, and about to be given back my first essay of the year. When it was handed to me, I was thinking high 80s, low 90s, at least. To my surprise, there was instead the ominous message of “come speak with me” written in the corner. When I came to my teacher, she only had to say one word for me to realize what the issue was:

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