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Welcoming Ms. Ware to HHS
Welcoming Ms. Ware to HHS
Natalie Garson, Co-Editor-in-Chief • February 14, 2025
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Advice Column
Finkle and Dinkle February 14, 2025

Dylan Heilakka Named Player of the Week as Playoffs Approach
Dylan Heilakka Named Player of the Week as Playoffs Approach
Ben Liberman and James Doherty February 14, 2025

The Yellowjackets Boys’ Basketball team has been working hard on the court to fight through a competitive season, and one player’s performances...

What You Can Do To Help Victims of the California Wildfires
What You Can Do To Help Victims of the California Wildfires
Emmy Taylor and Kate Sobol February 14, 2025

On January 7, 2025, the first of numerous devastating wildfires began to spread through California and decimate people's property, belongings,...

Middle School Flooding Explained
Middle School Flooding Explained
Ella Cajigao, Minah Choi-Phillips, Rosalie Dunn, and Sage Wasserman February 14, 2025

On January 3, due to the cold weather, a pipe burst in Farragut Middle School and began to flood the Farragut Wing. The water ran for over 24...

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HHS Winter Concert
Siri Rosenberg, Managing Editor • December 20, 2024

On December 19, 2024, Hastings High School’s talented musical groups will showcase pieces they’ve been perfecting all school year at the...

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Junior Formal 2024: Student Feedback!
Sofia Eliasi, Managing Editor • December 20, 2024

Hastings High School’s 2024 Junior Formal took place on November 21st. The Junior Formal, or “JF,” as it is known amongst students, is...

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Hastings School District Receives Backlash for Hillside Gender Curriculum
Frieda Belasco, Co-Editor-in-Chief • December 20, 2024

On November 22, Libs of TikTok, a conservative account on X (formerly Twitter), posted a screenshot of the Hillside gender curriculum to its...

Hastings Hosts First Model UN Conference
Hastings Hosts First Model UN Conference
Siri Rosenberg, Managing Editor • December 20, 2024

Hastings High School held its first Model United Nations (MUN) conference in over 10 years on November 23, 2024! Schools from all over New York...

What’re You Doing After School? The Lack of Teen Third Places in Hastings
What’re You Doing After School? The Lack of Teen Third Places in Hastings
Frieda Belasco, Co-Editor-in-Chief • February 14, 2025

“To be honest, I don’t think there’s really a good third place [for teens in Hastings],” claimed Tyler Levan, a Hastings High School senior. Embedded into teen culture is the idea of “third places,” or informal...

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Op-Ed: Grammy Nominations
Anya Hart, Managing Editor • December 20, 2024

This year, we saw many established pop artists releasing new music. Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, and Ariana Grande all had new records this year, along with an extreme surge in electropop music following the release of...

Op-Ed: Student Athletes’ Stressful Schedules
Op-Ed: Student Athletes’ Stressful Schedules
Maya Sanzel, Contributing Writer • December 20, 2024

The life of a student athlete is a busy one— balancing sports, family time, social life, and most importantly, school. (It’s student-athlete, not athlete-student!) Playing either a Varsity or JV sport while being a high school...

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Op-Ed: The Importance of the 2024 Election
Kate Sobol and Emmy Taylor October 31, 2024

On November 5, 2024, Americans across the country will flood the polls to cast their vote for one of the two radically different presidential candidates: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. The outcome of this year’s presidential...