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Lucy Yan '26
May 9, 2024
An End to a Controversial Saga
Following a life surrounded by controversy, this past month, the seventy-six-year-old infamous former NFL star, OJ Simpson passed away on...
Ella Ross Harriton High School '26
Apr 10, 2024
US House Passes a Bill that Could Ban TikTok Forever
On the evening of Wednesday, March 13, a pivotal moment unfolded in the US House of Representatives. The House passed a bill with broad...
Kesar Acharya Upper Dublin High School '24
Apr 10, 2024
Bridge Collapse in Baltimore
On March 16, 2024, at 1:30 AM, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland. The collapse was caused by a cargo ship...
Opinion
The Rocky
Oct 13, 2024
Vietnam Restaurant wins the James Beard Award
A customer is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as a person or an organization that buys goods or services from a shop or business. The...
Dizengoff Review
Imagine you’re walking inside a bustling restaurant located in Tel Aviv, Israel where you can get your typical pita and hummus, along...
Avani Shah-Lipman The Baldwin School '25
May 9, 2024
Do April Showers Really Bring May Flowers?
April showers bring May flowers. It’s a common idiom that has withstood the test of time: its first recorded use was in a poem from 1610....
Sports
Avani Shah-Lipman The Baldwin School '25
Oct 6, 2024
Americans Fail to Clinch the US Open 2024 Titles
By Avani Shah-Lipman: The Baldwin School 2025 The US Open is the biggest tennis tournament on American soil, and the biggest one in the...
Ella Ross Harriton High School '26
May 9, 2024
A Steady-Handed Scheffler Wins Second Green Jacket
This year at Augusta, several competing storylines captured the imagination of the golfing world. As the incomparable Tiger Woods strived...
Lily Kades Harriton High School '27
Apr 10, 2024
The Comeback of the Philly Curse- The Philadelphia 76ers and their injuries
With 25 games left in the postseason, the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves in a tough position. Being the 7th seed in the East with a...
Entertainment
Benn Wheeler Harriton High School '23
Sep 5, 2022
The Imitation Game: The Review
The Imitation Game was released in 2014, but not until March 28, 2022 did it go on Netflix. Since then, thousands of people have been...
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May 24, 2022
The Bachelorette: Two People Instead of One
The Bachelorette is part of the well-known Bachelor reality TV series. Typically, one woman, the bachelorette, simultaneously “dates'' 30...
Kesar Acharya Upper Dublin High School '24
Dec 23, 2021
Grammy Nominations 2022
The Grammy Awards are an annual television event that grants the most prestigious music awards. It has been occurring for about 64 years...
Community
The Rocky
Oct 6, 2024
Saving the Friendship Gates; Youth Activism from the Heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown
Lucy Yan: Harriton High School 2026 The complicated realities of gentrification have reached Philadelphia Chinatown’s Friendship Gates....
Grace Petersohn Germantown Academy '24
May 5, 2023
Rittenhouse Row Festival Returns
For the first time since 2019, the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival will return! The festival will occur on Walnut Street on May 6th from...
The Rocky
Dec 1, 2020
Young Entrepreneur and Fashion Designer Emma Siegal Starts Her Own Clothing Brand ERS Apparel
Hi! My name is Emma Siegel and I am a senior at Wissahickon High School. I have always had a passion for fashion, but I never really...
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