This past Tuesday, the music department held a concert under the stars. At the concert, all three choirs performed; along with Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. As a member of the choir, I can say that it was quite a different experience from a regular concert. It was more laid back and relaxing, but...

The past four months have felt as though we have been living in a protective bubble. While Covid-19 has been striking other parts of Connecticut, and the U.S. at large, here in Old Lyme we have been relatively unscathed. Incidence in town, until recently, has been very low. Low levels of incidence have...

Second period of the day, like clockwork, the intercom clicks on. Students, instructed to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, place their hands on their hearts and mumble out the same words: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one...

Everyone has their own biases and perceptions of themselves and other people. However, the majority of the time we overestimate the salience of our actions and behaviors. This phenomenon is known as the Spotlight Effect; the idea that we see a greater importance in our appearances and behavior than those...

Last Friday, massively successful comedian and character actor, Sacha Baron Cohen, released a sequel to his 2006 movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. In the original movie, Baron Cohen dresses up as a Kazakh reporter and interviews unsuspecting American...

Young men and women in our school were evenly split in their support for the two candidates.

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,...