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Pay to play: should students pay for high school games?
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Pay to play: should students pay for high school games?

  • Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
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As you approach the Hunnewell Field on a crisp Friday night, the sound of whistles cuts through the air, cheerleading chants echo across the track, […]

Club under-enrollment at the high school: is there passion to the passion project?
  • Features

Club under-enrollment at the high school: is there passion to the passion project?

  • Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
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Stephanie Xia ’25 hopes the musical theater club will provide musical theater lovers with a low-pressure, fun environment to bond and perform. Photo by Katherine […]

“Wicked” melds glitter and gloom on the big screen
  • Arts

“Wicked” melds glitter and gloom on the big screen

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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Since 2003, smears of green face paint and the roaring crescendos of “Defying Gravity” have been consistent Broadway icons. However, on November 24, Universal Pictures […]

The other side of true crime
  • Arts

The other side of true crime

  • Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
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Jefferey Dahmer, the Menendez Brothers, and Gypsy Rose Blanchard are all household names in this new era of social media. While initially, true crime was […]

SATIRE: A new food fight emerges for the freshman
  • Opinion

SATIRE: A new food fight emerges for the freshman

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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The underclass says it’s for food, and the upperclass says it’s for war: these days, the high school cafeteria has become more of a battlefield […]

A bite of Wellesley in 2025
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A bite of Wellesley in 2025

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Since the ’24-’25 school year, a mix of restaurants have broken ground in town to serve something new to students and community members. The Bradford […]

Bag banning: new lunch policy receives mixed opinions
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Bag banning: new lunch policy receives mixed opinions

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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This past winter, the high school implemented a new policy: no backpacks in the lunch line. Whitsons, a food provider that services schools, healthcare facilities, […]

Coach Lily Woodring’s short but sweet time at the high school
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Coach Lily Woodring’s short but sweet time at the high school

  • Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
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Although her coaching tenure in Wellesley was short, coach Lily Woodring ’19 made a substantial impact in the town’s athletics. A graduate of the high […]

High school seniors vote for their future
  • News

High school seniors vote for their future

  • Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
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In 1971, the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution lowered the United States’ voting age to eighteen years old. Today, this […]

“Art”ificial Intelligence
  • Arts

“Art”ificial Intelligence

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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Humans have often thought they had a guaranteed upper hand against computers: their creativity. Countless science fiction movies depict lifeless, unexpressive robots, merely part of […]

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