—By Fariha Tamboli, Diana Tang, and Lei Lei Wu— 5 Quick Facts: The dress is actually black and blue. The trend started on February 26, 2015. The dress is from the British […]
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Now I’m a believer: Why Shrek, against all the odds, made this curmudgeon appreciate musicals
I’m not a big fan of musicals. The contrived plots, the hammy overacting, the simplification of events and emotions all rub me the wrong way. It’s a uniquely American art form, dating […]
A Pirate’s perspective on the Option ii changes
Opinion Editor Liam Knox responds to this article here. —By William Jiao & Jamie You— The Board of Education recently introduced several changes to the district’s Option ii program, restricting Option ii […]
Abolish the high school midterm
Last year, the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district revamped the high school midterm, replacing one-period, do-or-die cumulative tests with three smaller assessments in each subject scattered across the first semester. The new system […]
Library noise during lunch has gotten out of control
—By Fariha Tamboli— The bell rings, the clock strikes, it’s 10:50—the beginning of lunch. You have to finish and print out that essay that’s due for your English class, so you sprint to […]
The culture of WW-P is not LGBT friendly
—By Madhavi Challa & Bushra Hasan— January 4, 2013. A married couple from West-Windsor submits a letter to the editor of the West Windsor and Plainsboro News attacking South’s Gay-Straight Alliance. On […]
Meghan Trainor’s vapid music? It’s definitely all bass
—By Elise Gorberg— Music is a forum for social issues, and the subject of feminism in music has become anything but uncommon. Breakout pop singer Meghan Trainor is one of many artists […]
Lessons I learned from The Daily Show
Here’s the lesson Jon Stewart has taught me about the world: just because you can laugh at something doesn’t mean you don’t care about it; quite the opposite, in fact. Finding the […]
My new iPhone wants to consume my soul
This Christmas, I finally got an iPhone. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. I guess we have sort of a love-hate relationship. On the one hand, I can now […]
It’s time to put down the selfie stick
I have a selfie stick. I’m not proud of it, I’m really not, and I swear I’ve used it only once, and hopefully never will again. In fact, the only time I […]
