Bettina Juszak Staff Writer Musings on American culture by a German exchange student. New York City, the city of 8 million. I’m not even going to start on the waiting involved in this city. Remember when I said Washington DC was packed? It was nothing in comparison to New York City. Times Square? One could hardly move without bumping into [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer Musings on American culture by a German exchange student. April break saw me driving all over the country, and that also took me through the nation’s capital. If anyone asked what I noticed most about Washington DC, I would promptly answer that it was the fact that the whole city is monument crazy. From Jefferson, to [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer …or how blatant advertising takes over education. Musings on American culture by a German exchange student. Last weekend I visited a college for an accepted students day. Apparently that is a generally used method of trying to decide on a college. Said college shall  remain unnamed, but, as it is of importance later, I will say [...]

Aditi Patil Staff Writer The most frequently asked question yesterday was “Are you being silent?” and for around 200 students, including me the answer was a nod. I maintained my silence throughout the day, almost. Perhaps there was an accidental one word slip, or breaking to ask a teacher a question. But this was a difficult task. My teachers were [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer …or how an education system seems to be more trouble than it’s worth. A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student. I know I already talked a bit about this topic, but now that college admissions are in full swing, I feel that there is a lot more to say. After the [...]

By Jenie Michael Staff Writer Between 2000 and 2010, there have been a recorded 10,986 natural disasters. According to the United Nations ISDR, about 780,000 people have lost their lives in natural disasters in the last ten years. This is up fifty five percent from the 1990s. In just 2010, there were twenty two recorded earthquakes with a rating over [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer …or, “Guys, drunk driving really is bad”. Musings on American culture by a German exchange student. When thinking about April 1st, 2011, I think no one can deny that the weather was playing an April fools joke on all of New England. Unfortunately, or so I am told, that made the mock accident less fun, or [...]

Bettina Juszak Staff Writer …or how we are never happy with any weather. Musings on American culture by a German exchange student. It is snowing. Snowing! Snowing in spring. It is not supposed to snow in spring. Rain, sunshine, warmer weather, yes, but not really cold – and snowing. Flashback to last summer; when I came here it was so [...]

by Catherine Pears Co-Editor-in-Chief Four weeks and thirty-three minutes and my high school career is over. (Not quite, I still have to attend my two AP classes each day-but for now, I am choosing to ignore that.) Such is the countdown currently ticking in the head of any senior participating in a Senior Project or Internship. However, for most seniors [...]

by Catherine Pears Co-Editor-in-Chief Some of us watch the Oscars for an entirely different reason than the cinematic feats being honored.  We watch for the pure pleasure of seeing celebrities actually posing for photos in their borrowed, designer gowns instead of being chased down for them. Once our “stars” have finished their time on the red carpet, it is much easier to focus [...]

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 [...]