Saturday, December 21
The Lawrenceville School's weekly newspaper.
Ellen Jordan
Operation Varsity Blues & Supreme Court Decision
For decades, the United States has been acclaimed for holding the most elite system of higher education schools? institutions? in the world. Looking at global university rankings alone, the United...
Defending Our Defense: A Lesson from Ukraine, Corporations and the Military Industrial Complex Don’t Mix
On September 8, it was unearthed that Elon Musk, private owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) and CEO of Tesla and Space-X, denied the...
E Pluribus, None? A Recent History of the Republican Party
Head hung low, Jim Jordan exited the House of Representatives in defeat for the final time on October 21. His attempt to succeed Kevin McCarthy...
A Deeper Dive into the Hutchins Scholars in Social Justice Presentations
Hutchins Scholars Profiles: This summer, as part of the Hutchins Scholars in Social Justice Program , Lawrenceville offered a group of rising V Formers the opportunity to stay on campus...
Changing the Future of Medicine: Megan Kumar
Megan Kumar ’24 and Ellen Jordan ’26
In a world where the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming far more prevalent, many fields are looking for areas in which AI can serve...
Dishonesty Was His Only Policy
“Why would I want to stay here? To hell with this place!” That was former Representative George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) response...
Time to Git Down: This Year’s Winter Jazz Concert
This past Sunday, Lawrenceville’s student jazz groups—the Little Big Band and the 8 O’Clock Jazz Combo—performed in the Clark Music Center as part of the annual...
A Deeper Dive into the Hutchins Scholars in Social Justice Presentations
This summer, as part of the Hutchins Scholars in Social Justice Program, led by Zaheer Ali Lawrenceville offered a group of rising V Formers the opportunity...
House Speaker-hopeful Jim Jordan Unsuccessful in Wrestling Votes
On October 17, the United States House of Representatives convened to vote on the next Speaker of the House following Republican Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) abrupt removal two weeks earlier. The...
Reflecting On Kamala Harris
There were hints of history-making in the air on January 21, 2021, when Kamala Harris, sporting a purple dress suit paying homage to both women’s...
Capstone Speaker Visits Lawrenceville to Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy
“The world matters…Yet few Americans pay close attention to it or understand the many connections, some favorable, some anything but, between what goes on in...
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Is on the Horizon: Now Is the Time to Help Ukraine.
Soldiers crammed into muddy trenches. The exchange of frontal assaults, machine guns, and shellfire all to gain minimal territory. No, this isn’t a recount of the Battle of the Somme,...
It's Bigger than US: 4 Elections to Watch in 2024
Although it is easy to think that all that matters in 2024 will depend on the impending Biden-Trump rematch in November, there are many other elections taking place this year...
Journalism Is Not A Crime
The front page of a newspaper is supposed to be jam-packed with critical information, summarizing the most important events in a typically chaotic day. So imagine the surprise the 555,000...
The Art of the Compromise: Mike Johnson's Strenuous Path Forward
It is a question that has become an intense matter of debate: who is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) always on the phone with? Whether it be the...
Festivities for Arab American Heritage Month
As the hollow beat of a drum echoed throughout the auditorium of the Kirby Arts Center, a quartet of dancers, sporting traditional Arabic dress, emerged onto the stage. Members of...
“The Taking of Hostages is an Act of War”: Guest Speaker Hugh Dugan
Last Thursday, Lawrentians had the opportunity to attend a seminar hosted by Hugh Dugan P’20 ’21 that focused on hostage-taking. Dugan, an international affairs practitioner, served as the Special Presidential...
House Hunger Games
Ellen Jordan ’26 and Sienna Soemitro ’26
On April 20, students from various Circle and Crescent Houses gathered to meet in the Kirby Arts Center (KAC) to prepare for the return of...
Shopping Sustainably: Rocky’s Boutique and the Flea Market
Last Wednesday, April 24, marked the grand opening of Rocky’s Boutique, which was held in the Bathhouse Café in collaboration with McClellan Milkshakes. The Boutique, founded by the McClellan House...
Lawrenceville Hosts Chapin and Hailebury Students for Stan-X Conference
This Saturday, the Stephens House hosted 11 students visiting from the Haileybury School, a boarding and day school nestled in Hertford, England, a small town...
All’s Fair in Love and Poetry: A Review of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
Ellen Jordan ’26 and Catarina Correa ’26
Taylor Swift, the timeless American singer-songwriter has provided the soundtrack to our early childhood memories and narrated our coming-of-age stories through her numerous...
NPR White House Correspondent Asma Khalid Speaks on the Media in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Lawrenceville’s sixth Capstone seminar of the school year was held on Monday, April 6 in the Heely Room. The event featured National Public Radio (NPR)...
A Waning Trust: Is the American Media to blame for its Unpopularity?
This Monday marked the arrival of Lawrenceville’s seventh Capstone Speaker, NPR White House Correspondent Asma Khalid. While Lawrentians’ immediate focus was Khalid’s presentation, followers of the broader media industry would...
Move Aside Gryffindor: Puffs Takes the Stage
May 10 and May 11 marked the Periwig Club’s final theatrical productions of the year, as audience members shuffled into seats in the Kirby Arts...
A New Voting Bloc Emerges: Tracking Trends Among Gen Z Voters
Come November, many members of Lawrenceville’s Class of 2024 will head to the polls to vote in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election. The ballots of young people, akin to our...
In Defense of the Summer Job
“What are you doing over the summer?” Spring Term of sophomore year, I detested this question that I just could not seem to avoid. Friends, classmates, and teammates seemed so...
How To Destroy A Political Party (In 3 Easy Steps!)
Have you ever wanted to destroy a political party? If so, you might anticipate an arduous journey, but fear not: toppling a national political party can be accomplished in three...
Production! L10 Introduces "L1 Shorts"
Ellen Jordan ’26 and Ethan Zhu ’26
As Fall Term continues to progress, many of Lawrenceville’s various publications continue to unveil new initiatives for the 2024-25 school year. Among them is the School’s student-led video news program,...
Taylor Swift and the New Era of Political Endorsements
Donald Trump is infamous for his social media presence. From late-night proclamations about his sky-high intellect to lies about the 2020 Presidential Election being“stolen,” the former President is an unpredictable...
Your Move, NATO.
For over two years, Ukrainian troops have tirelessly resisted the Russian invasion—and even expanded onto Russian soil—in a quest to defend their sovereignty. From devastating air missile attacks to full-out...
Lawrenceville Beats Hill Once Again
This past Saturday night, the Keuffel Stadium transformed into a sea of red, as Lawrenceville students celebrated the School’s victory over its biggest rival, the Hill School. One point was...