Singer-songwriter, Sophie Beem ’17, is a freshman at Hewitt whose career is just beginning to take off. She is already known for competing in the second …
2013 Holiday Gift Guide
‘Tis the season to give gifts. Fa la la la la, la la la la. Before you scurry around New York City to buy last minute presents …
35 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Middle School Self
This post was inspired by 35 Things I Wish I Would Tell my Post-College Self Now that I’m a wise, old junior in high school, I …
Anna Rexia – A Disease, Not Your BFF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2HuNierhX4 Imagine a costume with a skeleton etched onto a skin-tight dress, modeled with a tape measure belt around the dress’s waist: one would hope …
Delusional in D.C.
Why is it that people are suddenly taking to such extreme violence? With a man lighting himself on fire at the National Mall, along with shootings …
Supervision in the Stacks
I lean over to my friends, swivel my head from side to side, and then begin my story. Now that teachers are monitoring us in …
Jobs The Movie: The Man Behind the Gadget-Addicted Age
Jobs, now in theaters, tells the rise-fall-rise-again story of Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple Inc. When I took my seat in the theater, I soon …
Suiting up for Sophomore Year
Step 1. Now that your schedule has blank spaces throughout, your old “study halls” are free periods. You no longer have to sit quietly doing work …
Vine: Another Social Media Outlet to Distract You From Homework
Just five months old, the new app, Vine, has already been flying off the virtual shelves of the App Store. Twitter’s six-second animation maker is …
How Appropriate is Using Facebook to Express Your Condolences?
With a yawn, I stretched and awoke from my nap on the tennis bus. I grabbed my phone and scrolled through my Facebook newsfeed, just …