So. Here’s goodbye.
Love you always,
Emma
Late Night Thoughts With Lu: Graduation
They ask me every year, as the graduation ceremony looms mere days away, as the finality of it all becomes immediate and real, as the things-to-do list sits oddly empty, as the tethers and ties wisp and unfurl until the last tenuous string comes loose and there’s really nothing more here except the wide open…
NewJeans (yes, that’s it)
Some ‘quick’ thoughts and the plea for the release of a new album
10 Things to Think About When Buying an EV
By Luke Wagner, ’27 EV’s are priced consistently higher than their similar-sized gas counterparts, due to the cost of making the batteries. According to US News, an electric car costs $12,000 more on average than its gas counterpart. Although there are savings on refuelling electric vehicles, long distances have to be driven to make the…
Culture with the Chinese Games Club
By Grey Tang, ‘26 Click-clack. Click-clack. When you’re passing through the language module on Wednesday evenings, you may hear a loud click-clacking noise from the Mandarin classroom. On occasion, this sound may be accompanied by horrific screeching reminiscent of a violent argument between a couple just barely past the honeymoon phase. If this is the…
Going Nuclear
By Annie Wagner, ’27 Oppenheimer, the movie about the father of the atomic bomb, was released in the summer of 2023 and has since grossed $960 million and won seven Oscars. While fascinating to physicists, many ordinary consumers might find a movie about nuclear fission dull. This, however, was not the case. How did a…
FC Barcelona’s Recipe for Success: La Masia
By Amirali Banani, ’24 Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol, Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Pep Guardiola, Cesc Fabregas…what do all these big names in football have in common? They all graduated from La Masia. Located near the iconic Camp Nou in the foothills of Barcelona, Spain, La Masia is often regarded as the world’s top…
Late Night Thoughts With Lu: Love
The musical Hadestown tells the story of the young couple Eurydice and Orpheus. Through a variety of circumstances, Eurydice lands in Hadestown, and Orpheus makes the long, treacherous journey to rescue her. After some heartfelt pleas and argument, Orpheus convinces Hades to let them go. Hades reluctantly agrees but gives one condition. Orpheus must lead…
Preventing Aviation Disasters: The Importance of Human Thinking
By Luke Wagner, ’27 The recent incident involving a fuselage blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 has brought a great deal of attention to the issue of aircraft safety. How safe is flying, and can it be made safer? Two recent articles from the Wall Street Journal highlight a contrast between operational safety,…
Forget Paris: Explore These Three French Towns!
By Ann Wang, ’26 As an exchange student first arriving in France, my mind was filled with images of Paris: the city of fashion, the city of lights, the city of love. My final destination was not the bustling streets of Paris, however, but rather the charming countryside of Évron. At first, I couldn’t help…