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Living off the grid

Sydney Foreman
May 28, 2014

The grid dictates the layout of the Chronicle. If I could explain it I would, but the section I spend most of my time working on, Features, is "exempt" from following the almighty grid lines. This is because...

The Final Decision

Sydney Foreman
April 30, 2014

Jackie Ridgley, The All-Around Having been admitted to Columbia University early decision, Jackie Ridgley ’14 decided to attend the school’s admitted students weekend. There she had the opportunity...

Parenting Under the Influence

Sydney Foreman
April 30, 2014

It was dark and neither Billy* ‘14 nor his younger sibling could see from their positions in the backseat of the car their father was driving. It was Thanksgiving, and the family was on its way back...

Fosse biographer speaks on the importance of music in movies

Sydney Foreman
March 19, 2014

 During a short break while guest teaching performing arts teacher Ted Walch’s Cinema Studies class March 10, Sam Wasson ’99 learned that his book "Fosse" about choreographer-director Bob Fosse was...

Students mimic dance video game routines to celebrate end of school week

Sydney Foreman
February 12, 2014

Once the clock strikes 2:35 on Friday afternoons, not every classroom gets a full weekend’s rest. Instead, the English classrooms in the Rugby annex welcome students once more, but not for poring over...

Cinematographer discusses career, filmmaking with Cinema Studies

Sydney Foreman
February 12, 2014

Richmond began his career as a messenger boy for Pathway News. After declining an editor position, he worked for Danziger Studio and Bray Studios. After helping out with the movie “Call Me Bwana,”...

High Stakes: Hearing back from colleges

Sydney Foreman
December 18, 2013

Melvin*, The Brain Out of the two schools he applied to, Melvin* has only heard back from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was deferred. He said it was "kind of disappointing, but definitely...

High Stakes: Hearing back from colleges

Sydney Foreman
December 18, 2013

Melvin*, The Brain Out of the two schools he applied to, Melvin* has only heard back from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was deferred. He said it was "kind of disappointing, but definitely...

Dying to be thin

Sydney Foreman
November 13, 2013

When Aurora* ’14 woke up on the floor of the dance locker room, she thought she must have died. Her first instinct was to reach for her thighs. “Nope,” she thought, “these are still here.” If...

High Stakes: Finalizing early schools

Sydney Foreman
October 15, 2013

Melvin*, The Brain Still very undecided about his college plans, Melvin will be applying Early Action to the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan and MIT. “I’d be happy to go to any of...

Students to voluntarily teach weekend arts classes at public school in honor of Carr ’14

Sydney Foreman
September 25, 2013

A bimonthly arts program in memory of Justin Carr ’14 will begin at an Inglewood elementary school Sept. 28. Each of the three-hour workshops in the Justin Carr’s Dare to Dream Arts Program were designed...

High Stakes: Choosing early schools

Sydney Foreman
September 25, 2013

Melvin*, The Brain The college process has not changed much for Melvin since August but he is now certain he will apply Early Action to the University of Michigan. He is also sure he will apply to the...

Salamandra exercises body, mind with new desk

Sydney Foreman
September 25, 2013

Senior alumni officer Harry Salamandra didn’t just change to a new office this year when the Alumni Office moved up the hill above the security kiosk, where former President Tom Hudnut used to work....

High Stakes: Beginning the common application

Sydney Foreman
August 27, 2013

Daisy*, The All-Around Daisy* used her summer to pursue two of her passions, science and soccer, by interning at a UCLA neurobiology research lab and attending soccer camps. Daisy hopes to pursue a career...

Prom Pride

Sydney Foreman
May 29, 2013

Jack Wilding ’13 and Adam Lange ’13 pinned boutonnieres on each other’s lapels and posed with their arms around each other at pre-prom, but Wilding said he doesn’t think any parents at the event...

‘Napalm Girl’ advocates for peace

Sydney Foreman
May 11, 2013

Kim Phuc, the little girl set afire by napalm bombs during the Vietnam War, described to students, parents and teachers May 10 in Ahmanson Lecture Hall the horrors of being a nine-year-old engulfed by...

Film class for adults to help scholarships

Sydney Foreman
March 13, 2013

Cinema Studies teacher Ted Walch will teach a film course for adults entitled "Four Sundays, Four Films."  The four films, starting on April 14, will be "Oliver Twist," "The 400 Blows," "The Last Picture...

Risky Business

Sydney Foreman
December 19, 2012

Lenny* ‘14 placed the white strip of blotting paper on his tongue and 75 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) began absorbing into his system. Within 30 minutes he relaxed and noticed the trees...

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