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Tackling a new challenge
This ex-Lion is looking to make the Barons roar. “I think it’s amazing that Lomas is one of our assistant coaches. I [feel] really fortunate to have such an experienced coach on our staff,” says three-year varsity member Junior Captain Nick Rabah. “He knows how the game works. That was his job, that [...]
Dangerous Dieting
When he looked in the mirror at 5 feet 9 inches weighing 108 pounds the summer before his freshman year, all he could see were his flaws and trouble areas. “Everything I was looking at was something that could be changed and I wanted to change,” says Junior Ben Nowicki, who was diagnosed with [...]
Addressing the dress code
Winter isn’t the only thing getting shorter. “I just want to make sure that we maintain some kind of norm that’s acceptable,” explains Principal Rob Durecka on the recent enforcement of the dress code which according to the Code of Conduct includes no tank tops for boys and girls, no spaghetti straps, and shorts [...]
Remembering the Holocaust
One week to remember six million lives. “People don’t say anything. They don’t do anything,” says Junior Hannah Klayman, in regards to the first Holocaust Remembrance Week atAndover. “If people don’t say anything or they don’t do anything, then it will be forgotten. That’s what the whole week is about.” Klayman, along [...]
Checking off bucket lists
One word: Narnia. Yes, we are talking about the underground tunnels of our belovedAndover. From the time the seed was planted, we could not get the idea of exploring the rumored secret tunnels below the school out of our minds. We could only imagine the secretive lanterns and dusty chests full [...]
A new view of the city
Wrecked by fires and riots,Detroitactivist Josh Goldberg exclaims the once thriving city ofDetroithas become what some might call a broken down city, but it is not all destroyed. “Detroitis an amazing city,” explains Goldberg, founder of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Backstage Pass Program. “When I look atDetroit, I see opportunity, I see [...]
Speech impediments don’t deter students
She sits in class, unable to speak her mind. “Kids would tell me to just spit it out and I couldn’t. As much as I tried, I couldn’t say anything,” remembers Senior Allison Donnelly. “Kids would call me a broken record and that kind of hurt.” Donnelly is among the one percent of [...]
Students and faculty divided on KONY
The KONY 2012 campaign has arrived atAndover. “I watched the video, and I saw that [KONY 2012] was all over Facebook and twitter, and I decided that I needed to do something,” says Senior Lise Devits, co-creator of the Cover the Night Bloomfield project, an event meant to spread awareness of the KONY. “It’s [...]
Making Soccer History
The game was tied 1-1. With four minutes on the clock, number 17 hit the ball off a corner toward the goal where the Cranbrook keeper punches the ball back into the field. Number 8 runs down the field and corner kicks the ball from just inside the 18 yard box into the upper [...]
Overcoming his Alopecia
Hair today, gone tomorrow. “It’s been over 10 years since I’ve had hair, so I can’t really imagine myself with it,” Senior Ben Israel, who was diagnosed with alopecia totalis at age six, explains. “But then, I see those pictures from when I was really little. I’ve thought maybe things would be a [...]
