by Bettina Juszak Staff Writer …or getting used to American peculiarities. A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student. In several different senses this is exactly the half of my exchange year here. One is simply the time; I have been here for five months and there are five more months to go. A second is [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student. The day before Valentine’s Day and I have nothing better to do but freeze my butt off. Not that I didn’t have fun, too, but it was hard to enjoy anything outside (I want spring, now!!). Anyway, I know the actual Chinese New Year [...]

By Sameer Kini Sports Editor National – Red Sox Spring Training. While this may not be a game to watch, fans should start to get excited for baseball season. Spring training should be interesting to watch to see how Crawford and Gonzalez look in these pre-season warm-ups. The team must begin to mesh early in order to have good chemistry [...]

by Anna Raboin Co-Editior-in-Chief Valentine’s Day is literally around the corner, this Monday, February 14th. This means romantic ideas and trying to impress that one special person. Most couples feel like they have exhausted every tradition. For high schoolers, what other choice is there than dinner and a movie? Teenagers have to keep ideas relatively cheap and easy, leaving little [...]

by Catherine Pears Co-Editor-in-Chief We are in the midst of Fashion Week, and although there are only three days left, I am still jealous of the well-dressed, well-groomed New Yorkers sitting front row. Not that I would be invited to Fashion Week if I did live in New York City. Last year, two, now infamous, then unknown, teenagers managed to [...]

Nick DiNatale Music editor January’s Largest Success: I Am Empire’s Kings I Am Empire’s debut is strong, fulfilling, and memorable to say the least. It’s certainly safe to say that a fair number of positive adjectives can be used to articulate the success of the band’s Tooth & Nail debut. As a result of the album’s abundant solos, catchy riffs, [...]

by Anna Raboin Co-Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, February 9th, several members of the Westford Academy community came to school dressed in Jimmy Buffet-style attire. They did so in response to an email sent out by superintendent Bill Olsen declaring a state-wide tropical spirit day. According to the email, the tropical spirit day was created to keep warm feeling alive and snow [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student. So, remember the time I said something about wanting snow and there not going to be any snow during school hours? I take it back. All of it. Not only has there been a more than ample amount of snow, it also completely and [...]

By Sameer Kini Sports Editor This week, both national and WA sports have important games to watch. Here are my picks to see for this week. National – NBA Marquee Matchups. This week, the NBA has some great matchups involving some of the best teams in the league. The hometown Boston Celtics have two big games this week, the first [...]

Sameer Kini Sports Editor This week, both national and WA sports have important games to watch. Here are my picks to see for this week. National – Super Bowl XLV. This week, the choice for my national game to watch was pretty clear cut. For those who did not know, the year’s biggest sports holiday is this Sunday, February 6th. [...]