Category archives for: Life and Times

St. Patrick’s Day Past

shamrock

By: Kady Flanagan   As the days go by in March “spring fever” starts to set in and everyone wants to see nature come back to life in New England. The roads start to thaw from everyone coming out of hibernation, and the chilly weather doesn’t bite so hard each morning. For practicing Irish Roman [...]

SENIORS

By: Emily Dionne   It has been a tradition here at Frontier Regional High School that when “senioritis” seems to be subsiding and the hard work and patience has paid off, there is one final gathering of students as a celebration for the accomplishment of leaving the hawks nest. The senior girl’s tea party and [...]

Braceface

By Eleni Balis   Over the years there has been a significant increase in the number of children and adults that are wearing braces. We can credit Pierre Fauchard for being the modern father of dentistry with his creation of braces in the early 1700s. Today braces are more technologically advanced, and are almost impossible [...]

Crazy Over Gas

Gas crisis

~Glenn Sullivan This cartoon was drawn by Dan Wasserman on September 7th 2005. Dan is the head cartoonist for the Boston Globe newspaper and has been working with the Globe since 1985. The cartoon shows a family at a gas station after they just filled the gas tank. The father is in the driver’s seat [...]

Might America go to Hell?

Dr. King

 ~Glenn Sullivan If Dr.King were alive today he would be outraged. The anniversary of King’s dream is coming up and still today there is “racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism” which has created a “sick society.” King fought for these ideals but clearly they haven’t been met. Racial profiling still goes on today, the police go [...]

Trickle-Down Economics

By Alli Green             This political cartoon was originally published in The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. This cartoon then was published in Time Magazine when it won cartoon of the week October 29th – November 4th.  The cartoonist that produced this is Chan Lowe an editorial cartoonist for the Sun- Sentinel, South Florida. Chan Lowe has [...]

The King Is Out Of Work!

KING

By: Katelyn Wood Gary Varvel of The Indianapolis Star created this cartoon on August 19th, 2011 after finding out that the well-known Burger King chain had retired their infamous mascot, “The King.” The cartoon was originally posted to an opinion blog on indystar.com, but I found it on time.com under the “Best Cartoons of the [...]

Migrating Towards Success

angelas ashes

By: Katelyn Wood The book “Angela’s Ashes” is the story of the author’s, Frank McCourt’s, childhood and all of the struggles that his family went through financially and emotionally. McCourt tells the reader about his parents’ struggles with jobs, and even his own personal struggles with finances. He talks about how his family moved from [...]

Will Dropouts Save America?

By: Alli Green In a recent New York Times article, Michael Ellsberg states that the college dropouts will be the fuel for American society, and will save our decimated economy. This belief is largely debatable. Growing up with parents that value higher education, their hope for my brothers and I have always been that we [...]

It’s Beyond the Black Belt

black belt

By: Katelyn Wood An object that has great significance to me, that can represent me fairly well, is definitely the black belt that I earned in karate. In 2001, my mom and I enrolled in karate at the Nel-Son-Ryu karate dojo. I used to be a very quiet little girl. I didn’t like to partake [...]

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