Nitya Sampath

As Grad Night approaches, curiosity about its location is rising. One thing is certain: For the first time ever, the event will take place off-campus. What is less clear is where it will occur, though many seniors think it will be at Great America.

Eighteen to 20 hours without sleep, and one might as well be drunk. According to the periodical “Men’s Fitness,” being deprived of sleep for this amount of time is equivalent to having a blood alcohol level of 0.1, 0.02 above the legal limit. 

At colleges like Columbia University, students have been selling Adderall to each other for years. It is estimated by the New York Times that 20 percent of college students have used Adderall and other related drugs to aid them when studying.

Every year, during Memorial Day weekend, thousands of people tune in to ESPN to watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which brings together the best young spellers in the country. These are students in eighth grade or below and are familiar with words such as “autochthonous” and “stromuhr.”

When students returned after winter break, some found that their school schedules had evaporated from their minds; others could not even recall their locker combinations. Coming back to school after one or two weeks off is often wearisome, since upon returning to campus, students find that they are out of practice or utterly lost in the academic environment.

While most people use Facebook to see what their friends have been up to or relay news in their own lives to others, some turn to the social networking site with the purpose of studying in mind. The creation of Facebook groups intended to allow students to communicate with others about their classes has become a commonplace practice.

In a far-off corner of the school campus near the upper field and past the library, there lies a building labeled MM1, with papers taped to the wall motivating students in creativity, innovation and leadership, with spinning chairs and oddly-shaped tables that each hold six computers.

On Nov. 2, 61 percent of Puerto Ricans voted for statehood as the best alternative to its current commonwealth status, an action that could make the territory the 51st state.

When the red curtains of the McAfee Center were parted during tutorial on Nov. 26, the sophomore class was met with the sight of a slight man in a green T-shirt and faded blue jeans. 

While Santa’s elves were busy sleeping in their comfortable beds in the North Pole, the two of us were decorating. As the only people hallucinating sugar plums before Thanksgiving had even come around, it fell to us to bring a slice of holiday cheer to room 303.

With the 2012 general elections getting closer with each passing day, students are thinking about who and what they are going support with their votes, both nationwide and locally.

Over past summer, sophomore Samuel Breck took a preview class for Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus in order to get ahead during the school year. He was just one of many students who chose to spend their summer this way.