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May 15, 2015
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De-coding the dress code controversy
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National dress code cases prompt local discussion
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Supreme court decides fate of gay marriage Rachel Treisman ’15
Jane Levy ’16 & Molly Liebergall ’17
before the Supreme Court, is
ixteen-year-old Gabi Finlayson from Highland, Utah, was asked to put on a
hard work in the struggle for
S
to wear a large neon yellow T-shirt that read
litigation at Lambda Legal, was
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a family at a party almost two
one playing with dolls and one with toy weapons, on raising
her shorts were too short and that she had
“They
said
they
were
boy might grow up to be gay and that life would be hard for him
more rules on what girls are supposed to
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STAPLES
believes issues that arise through dress
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Harding does not believe that They are then entitled to either
“This is all about the safety of
and inform them that an alternate WATCH YOUR BACK During a rugby practice, Kevin Watt ’15 tackles a freshman teammate.
level assistant, feels the reason by other people wearing things that they shouldn’t a violation are showing midriffs, see-through tops and “pants hanging down and the boys with their underwear
believe that before the dress
where guys are taught “as opposed to girls taught not to do what they want to
Town of Westport debates concussion prevention Blake Rubin ’16 On February 26, Norwalk passed a monumental youth
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Under the new guidelines,
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SURROUNDED BY BOOKS (top left) The Westport Public Library has been situated next to the Saugatuck River for 28 years. (top right) The River spans 23.7 miles through southwestern Connecticut. (bottom left) A staff of about 90 keeps the books on the shelves. (bottom middle) The library has been welcoming people through these doors since 1886, and lately they have been welcoming more people than ever before. (bottom right) The books in the Library are available to 26,500 patrons.
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Community rallies to save library funding
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The restoration of the library’s funds was made after libraries, residents and
Claudia Chen ’16 The
original
proposal
on
from the original 2016-2017
budget proposal restores the of the restoration of funding to
would have made a $4 million proposal will now go forth to the
the hashtag #FundCTLibraries
revenues
through
various
Steinberg also spoke to the Steinberg said his inbox was
members will determine ways to
elaborated, saying that if the
the budget will be voted on and
a book that Staples students
that these library programs are when she borrowed a book from another library after she
Library Consortium (CLC), the
are essential to innovation and
wouldn’t have the option of
Search for new principal continues to no avail Bailey Ethier ’15 & Fritz Schemel ’17 Five-and-a-half
months
of
important to
Human
upon reopening
-Victoria Capozzi
person
that
kids,
the
and the adults in the
people, the kids, the adults and
that after performing an initial they feel suits the position, the
underprivileged
students
in and student, will meet with the
“Someone really good would understand that he’s
everything, getting a feel for
to meet with staff, students and impression from the student
on the student body as well as
to retired administrators who he knows or who have been
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School gears up for BYOD
A computer for every student
Jesse Greenspun ’16
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“So next year we won’t have to worry about having
a few minutes and then put them away and do
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INFOGRAPHIC BY ALLISON MORRISON ’15
BOE decides on 2015-2016 budget
Westport
2015-2016 Budget (in millions)
Where is the money going?
How is the money broken up?
personnel,
programs
and he
motivated by holes in previous
atmosphere, most notably the
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Briefs
PHOTO BY CAROLINE O’KANE ’16
Julia Bender ’15
Castles in the Sand People from all over
raised were given to support the
Internships off to different sites for their
students have passing grades and have not been suspended or arrested in the last few weeks
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playing
sports
outside
of
There will be 426 students
felt obligated to pass the most
parents and athletes, removing an athlete who expresses signs of a
for Norwalk youth sporting
to have permission to return to the game after any blow to the
Katherine Snedaker, a Norwalk mom and founder of
and, after hitting his head on
program manager for Parks and
“Prior
to
setting
Memorial day
these
while playing Staples High per month to 6 visits per month under no obligation to report
have been pulled out of the game by trainers and been barred from playing until a
However,
as
of
now,
towns that has yet to pass
The parade will travel through town and end at Parker Harding parade, there will be memorial
that would meet Norwalk’s
Susan Sommer discusses Supreme Court case
Graduation
Continued page 1 Sommer
has
been these briefs are more important than even the oral argument
determine the fate of same-sex
their families at the rehearsal but for the next generation, they need to make room for they have the same opportunities
under the Constitution, must don’t, whether they must still that have been performed in
elsewhere to get married and then return to their original state, where their marriage would be
New Courses
with the next generation — the
we would win, it should mean the freedom to marry anywhere
Sommer believes there
the most, even if they don’t that treated them as unworthy
been an opportunity to pour into a written presentation what we believe the Constitution truly
two-year-old son of one of the and he is an adorable little tot the Supreme Court argument, we walked down the steps of the Supreme Court and saw the and foes, and at the bottom was
workers are appealing to the
-Susan Sommer
This is about real families, real
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Protests erupt over death of Baltimore’s Freddie Gray First protests
More protests
Student protests
One-thousand people gather to protest and
Baltimore college students hold peaceful protests.
protest held in front of the
2016 election starts with candidate declarations Claire Lewin ’15
4/12
4/18
4/19
4/25
4/27
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representatives from all parties are starting to step up to is a look at some of the most
Day of arrest
Gray passes away
Freddie Gray is arrested around
Freddie
Gray
is
Protests turn violent The protests turn violent on the night of Freddie Gray’s
and is taken to the University of
Hillary Clinton Hillary
Clinton,
a
earlier this month when she INFOGRAPHIC BY CLAIRE DINSHAW ’17 AND MAX BIBICOFF ’16
spent her fair share of time
Completed Nuclear Deal provokes reactions from Staples community Talia Hendel ’16
the deep divisions and mistrust
President Obama said of the this deal not based on expert analysis and without offering any reasonable alternative then it’s the United States that will be blamed for the failure of
Jeb Bush
The details of this deal
through, has
been
as
the very
relationship unstable
in
Rand Paul He says on his website he is “running for president to return
by two-thirds and have other
this agreement would be the key to eliminating the fear instilled
Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul who ran for president multiple
Iran has committed to...
initiatives will be reshaping
Marco Rubio
Halting all enrichment above 5 percent
Florida, will be running for president as a member of the
threatened by the possibility of the plan saying, “This deal will both threaten us and threaten our
Netanyahu believes that this plan will do nothing to prevent
Some of the fears that have around the world are that the
Not installing additional centrifuges Not constructing additional enrichment facilities
he does not believe humans are
Ted Cruz earlier this month to run for
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