Musical.ly rebrands as TikTok
December 5, 2018
Filed under City Entertainment
TikTok is an app for people to upload videos of themselves lip-syncing to songs or to watch other people’s short videos, according to The Verge. According to CNBC, the app was made in September 2016 by the company ByteDance. It originated in China where it is referred to as Douyin and is very popula...
Three seniors unite to create superfans
October 8, 2018
Filed under Fall Sports
Senior Aidan Henry said he enjoys running Park pride social media accounts intended to get students to attend school sporting events. “There’s a lot of glory involved. It’s fun, I enjoy it. I like making jokes. I’ll make videos sometimes for sports to get people to come,” Henry said. A...
#MeToo creates awareness for sexual abuse
November 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion Columns
The #MeToo campaign was designed to show the magnitude of sexual assault toward women. Women who have faced these issues are encouraged to post on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter “#MeToo” if they were a victim of sexual assault or harassment. According to The New York Times, on Oct. 15, actress...
Junior expresses himself through poems
November 15, 2017
Filed under In the Spotlight, Profiles
When did you start writing poetry? I started writing poetry when my grandpa died. His death was really big in my life because he’s the one that got me started with bowling, and we’d always hang out on the weekends over the summer. I hadn’t lost any family members before him, so when he died it hit...
Grace Farley, Abby Intveld, and Dani Orloff
As senior Sophia Davenport reflects on the surge of youth-led activism this past year, she said she believes it is important for student voice to be heard and acknowledged. “Since we can’t...
For senior Jack Ostrovsky, the government shutdown is more than simply a news headline. According to Ostrovsky, his father, a federal worker for the Internal Revenue Service, has been out of work for three...
Assistant coach Zach Strouts said despite the slow start the team showed potential throughout the third period. “I think the team had a good period where they competed because they wanted it more...
According to an email from District communications director Sara Thompson Jan. 15, high school students were evacuated from the building at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 due to an electrical fire in the cafeteria...
