Everyone has heard the typical stereotypes that all Asians are good at math or that all Latino students speak Spanish. These assumptions are considered microaggressions.  What are Microaggressions:  Microagressions are commonplace, daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities which,...

A poll conducted by The Osprey showed 92% of LOLHS students prefer this year's schedule to that of years prior. Compared to having six classes a day, students now have four long classes every day with "mask breaks" each class. Though teachers may have less time overall to teach their classes this year,...

Soccer is the world's most popular sport, with nearly four billion viewers per year, it is played in nearly every corner of the world. Even scientists have been playing in Antarctica since the 19th century! The most common soccer colloquialism is probably “Bend it like Beckham!” In game, the phenomenon...

Nearly everyone has heard of black holes, the universe’s largest consumer of everything, even light. Less well known is how they form, and what would happen if you dove into a black hole yourself. Black holes are made when dying superstars collapse into a size so small, with so much mass, that the...

How many of us feel we are addicted to shopping? Probably half of us have new clothes, that we haven't worn once, collecting dust in our closets. In today's consumerist society, the cause of this accumulation of clothing lies in the constant reduction of garment prices; commonly known as fast fashion.

The Osprey is back! Finally, we have returned to feed you the knowledge our writers talons have snatched from the cresting tides of truth. It has always been our mission to bring unique and topical stories to the students of Lyme-Old Lyme High School, this year’s Osprey writers are just the folks to...

As of this week, schools are shutting down, the CIAC canceled all winter tournaments, and the Trump administration made harsher travel bans. Panic has emptied shelves in stores and prevented people from buying necessary household items such as toilet paper. Historically we have experienced similar pandemics...