Week in Summary: March 8-14

Happy Spring Break! In newspaper news, this week was mainly notable for the release of our first print issue, but we also posted a healthy dose of new articles. On Sunday, Zach questioned whether advancements in baseball are always progress. On Tuesday, Emily critiqued Abercrombie & Fitch policies. In the Literary Corner, Maddy and Kelly posted their college essays. Dan also posted the PDF version of the latest issue of the Heliconian.

We'll probably have some intermittant posts over the break, but don't expect much. See you in two weeks!
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Alex Cohn (July 1, 1988 - March 12, 2007)

These videos were made by Alex and his brother last year.
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Print Issue #1 in Summary

Just picked up your copy of our first print issue? If not, we have the full PDF file available right here for download.

Click to download PDF of Volume I, Issue i

You'll notice that to get the most out of it, you'll have to venture online. Print just doesn't have room for all the content and features we have on our web site. So look around, comment on the articles you read, vote in the polls, and let this be your guide.

Front Page
The Fall of the Mixed-Grade Advisory
Defining a Generation
Juno's Eggo is Preggo

Editorials [p.2-3]
Cliches are the Best Medicine: High School Musical
Youth Demand Change in Upcoming Election
The Fall of the Mixed-Grade Advisory
Defining a Generation
Investigating Beaver's Fundraising Guidelines
Passive Acceptance: Beaver's Liberal Ideology
Too Much Homework? [online only]

Current Events [p.3; online only]
Presidential Profiles:
Barack Obama
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Facebook
Halo 3

School Life [p.4-5]
Mysteries of Beaver:
The Courtyard of Dead Teachers
The Senior Lounge
The Book Elevator
Oh FirstClass
Faculty Spotlight: Mr. Lieser
Athletic Center Vandalism [online only]

Arts & Living [p.6]
Juno's Eggo is Preggo
"Gossip Girl" does not live up to expectations but still draws in viewers
New York Fashion Week
Lost
Star Wars
BCDS Theater News: Advanced Drama Festival [online only]

Sports [p.7]
A Look Back at the Varsity Volleyball Season
Loss to Kansas Revealing for BC
A Brief Recap of the Girl's Varsity Basketball Season
Golf team wins EILs
NHL Trade Deadline [online only]

Fun [p.8]
Faculty Wordplay Crossword (answers coming soon)
Math Challenge: ln(bcds)
Fun Day Recap
Ask Coop!
McKinney's Famous, Chemical, Reese's Brownies Recipe!
Sam Packard's Horoscopes [online only]
Aunt Jemima's ABC's [online only]

Staff

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Production on our first print issue started in earnest around Valentine's Day; it was released on March 10, 2008. We used Adobe InDesign for formatting. The majority of the text is in Adobe Garamond Pro. If you have any feedback, leave it in the comments on this article or email a staff member. We welcome any submission by any member of the community--middle schoolers, upper schoolers, and faculty alike. Thanks for reading!
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Week in Summary: March 1-7

From Fun Day on Monday, to the Clever Schedule on Tuesday, to the Mind-Bending Schedule on Wednesday (or whatever it was called), to the Sports Dessert on Thursday, this was a pretty busy week. And we at the newspaper were busy finishing off our first print issue, which we are proud to announce hits newsstands Monday.

While the design team worked long hours on that, our writers never took a break. In School Life, Maddy explored the mysterious video that sometimes appears on this web site. She and Taylor then reported on Monday's Fun Day. On Tuesday, Dan reported on the missing letters on the Athletic Center sign. In Arts and Living, Marco reviewed a new shoe on Sunday. Sarah reported on New York Fashion Week. Dan reported on the Advanced Drama play advancing to the semi-finals of the drama festival. On Friday, Toph shared his thoughts on "The Other Woman"--share your thoughts on Thursday's episode of Lost in the comments.

In Editorials, Sam O'Reilly explored "Passive Acceptance: Beaver's Liberal Ideology." In Sports, Lucas, our first Middle School writer, wrote about the NHL trade deadline. In Current Events, Liz and Gabby reported on Beaver's recent mock elections. In Fun, Ali introduced "Ask Coop," our new advice column. And the latest college essay to be posted in the Literary Corner is Laura's.

P.S. I know we're a couple days late with the summary, forgive us!
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