Opinion
An alternative view of cancer
One million five-hundred and twenty-nine thousand five-hundred and sixty. The number of new cancer cases the American Cancer Society estimated in a recent study. One wouldn’t dare to associate the infamous word “cancer” with comedy. Based on a true story, 50/50 blends two extremes into a comedy and medical drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt [...]
Madden review
I fell for it again. I rushed to the store the day Madden’12 came out buying what, at the time, seemed to be a valuable purchase. I was dead wrong. After spending 60 dollars on Madden’12, I was once again disappointed. The new Madden is slightly better than the 2011 model but still [...]
Finding the balance
Never in my life have I seen so many flies. While I had seen elaborate tribal dance and interacted with countless happy families, what I will remember most vividly from one particular village in rural Tanzania is the endless mass of flies that feasted on the children’s faces. At the end of my [...]
Overcoming obstacles
I could have shut down. No one would’ve blamed me. I lost a friend. I lost my mind. And I lost my passion. The ides of March conspired against me my junior year upon the passing of Peter Catcho; a fellow classmate – my best friend for years. Like Caesar, I didn’t see it [...]
Grammar Police need to go off duty
They are everywhere. At school, on the Internet, even on my cell phone. They stop at nothing, know no boundaries, and strike without warning. They are Grammar Police, and they need to be stopped. In an age where online social networks have replaced social lives, and communication with friends next door or across [...]
Are pregnancy shows a bad influence on teenagers?
Jake Levy and Derek Wolfe for Con and Leah Sheperd for pro Pro: I am not pregnant, nor do I have any plans to be pregnant at my age. But the reality is that there are many teenage girls who are pregnant. Although I don’t support teen pregnancy, the numerous shows spotlighting it, such [...]
Cons of commercials
With the time winding down at the Big House during the now classic and suspenseful Michigan-Notre Dame “Under the Lights” football game, there was a pause in the action. Are you kidding me? They (could be the football gods, I don’t really know) stopped the game for an extended timeout so Tostitos can [...]
Shopping for clothes not a number game
Zero. It used to have such negative connotations. Nothing. Worthless. A person or thing of no significance.
Revamping the block bell schedule: Con
Andover is different now. Some of it is for the better; some is not. I know about all of the effort put into the new class schedule from teacher talk and class meetings, but there still is a tense feeling at Andover that has not been here in previous years…
Revamping the block bell schedule: Pro
I hate Beethoven. “But Marly,” you may ask, “what has the man ever done to you?” He wrote Fur Elise, and that is the tune my phone plays to me every morning to wake me up. This melody is the hellish noise that drags me from my bed…
