A summer spent intensely artistic

Bryn Pennetti
Arts, Entertainment, and Technology Editor

Immersed 24/7 in a pool of artistic wonderment, I spent eight straight weeks up in New Milford, Connecticut at Buck’s Rock Creative and Performing Arts Camp. This was my fourth summer at the camp. Being a Counselor in Training (CIT), I also kept a job half the day at the painting studio where I worked helping children paint and draw in a variety of medias.

50 Shades of Repression

Audrey Piehl
Arts & Entertainment Editor

I believe I was in the sixth grade when I heard my first “that’s what she said” joke. At the time it didn’t make much sense, a cluster of innocent words made hilarious by a simple phrase. By seventh grade I was fully aware of the “top secret” meaning, and by eighth grade it became (shamefully) as much a part of my vernacular as “like” or “Facebook.” Though the joke has somewhat faded from funniness over the years, at least for most high schoolers, the real purpose of it lingers everywhere students go.