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Enjoying the unexpected

September 1, 2010

Millions of songs have been written about the joyous days of summer. Come the start of June, commercials, stores, or perhaps even your own iPods constantly blare the occasionally sub-par instrumentals but entirely fitting vocals of songs like Alice Cooper’s "School’s Out" and Nat King Cole’s "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer."

Taking a hand

September 1, 2010

As the last minutes of my sophomore year ticked away, I was preoccupied with thoughts of sunshine and freedom from any sort of schoolwork. While my friends hopped onto planes with destinations like Paris or Beijing, I would stay at home to return for my second year as a counselor at a day camp.

Oh brother!

August 31, 2010

I see him at home. I drive him to school. And when I walk through the quad with my friends, he’s there. Having a younger sibling on the same campus is a big change compared to our previous seven mile separation from the Upper School to the Middle School.

When silence can't be forgiven

May 26, 2010

An openly gay boy receives an anonymous death threat at an elite private school in Los Angeles.

Rides not forgotten

May 26, 2010

At 6:45 a.m., I would get on the bus and walk back the 10 aisles to where my friends are seated.

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