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A Final Postcard from Neverland

  The lights above the stage are the only lights in the room. The irritated shuffling of the schoolchildren is faintly audible over the play’s bitter-sweet climax. The play is…

A Presidential Precedent

By Ben Marrow ’13 It is admirable that the school places matters of student safety and health above those of discipline, as Dean Thomas explained at this week’s school meeting.…

Meet the New Boss

A few weeks ago, I wrote about finding my successor as senior columnist. In that search and in the hours I have spent bent over a laptop, it occurred to…

A+ or Bust: Grade Inflation

Admission to Lawrenceville is quite selective; only the top students from the pool of applicants are offered the opportunity to attend. Without a doubt, we all take academics very seriously,…

Point: We Make ’Em, We Break ’Em

Point: Prefects stay Recently, a committee of residential life leaders including Deans, Housemasters, and Level Directors were involved in a decision to alter part of the school’s Handbook in a…

Counterpoint: We Make ’Em, We Break ’Em

Counterpoint: We Make ’Em, We Break ’Em

Counterpoint: Yadadadadada Merriam Webster defines “role model” as “a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others,” and the Oxford Dictionary defines it as “a person looked…

“Doctor, Lawyer, or Indian Chief?”

I am chronically undecided. I have been this way since toddlerhood and can vividly recall (aided by the retellings of my long-suffering parents) the fits I used to throw as…

East Meets Midwest

East Meets Midwest

We could not be more thankful for the opportunity to study at The Lawrenceville School. We are newcomers to the East Coast, and the lifestyle is drastically different from back…

Standing Against Racism

What is the Issue? No one ever said that high school would be easy. When I first stepped onto this campus I anticipated that the next four years of my…

Letters to the Editor

  Re: Turning Over a Canoe Leaf (4/19/13) Dear Editor,   I have spent four years of my life in high school and every one of those years I have…

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