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Bad teams, you're outta here!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Zach Lemos

Why not at least try to make our school’s athletics on par with our academics? If there aren’t enough athletes for a team, or there are barely enough but there’s minimal devotion, cut the team.
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One-on-one with Wei Dai

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

Wei answers questions about track.
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One-on-one with Caroline Mehta

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

Caroline answers questions about tennis.
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One-on-one with Adam Pinson

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

Adam answers questions about swimming.
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One-on-one with Morgan Bennett-Smith

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

Morgan answers questions about baseball.
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Side effects may include...A's?

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Shaun Shah

Paul Kessler, ‘11, would’ve said that he’d been studying for 45 minutes. But the clock told a different story: two hours had passed. The Adderall worked.
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Jazz band breathes life into 'Night at the Museum' Auction

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Ian Cardle

It’s a balmy evening in the middle-school quad on May 5 as the 13 well-dressed Jazz Band members prepare to give their final performance of the school year during the SCDS Auction.
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The mystery behind the mural: Dada, "Exquisite corpse" method make up the art on the wall

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Kamira Patel

“Ever since I was 4 years old I wondered what was the story behind (the school murals),” senior Mayuri Sadhasivan said. Here's the answer.
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Democracy is overrated

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: The Staff

The Student Council’s new plan leaves the choices for next year’s student body officers in the hands of adviser Patricia Dias and this year’s seniors.
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From helping hand to patient in denial: alumna describes her battle with anorexia nervosa

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Margaret Whitney

Looking at Isabel, '07,no one would guess that 11 months ago she was so severely underweight that she was partially hospitalized for anorexia nervosa, a disease she had long been in denial about.
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Issue Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Issue: Vol. XXXV, No. 8 Last Update: Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Democracy is overrated

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By The Staff

The Student Council’s new plan leaves the choices for next year’s student body officers in the hands of adviser Patricia Dias and this year’s seniors.

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Bad teams, you're outta here!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By Zach Lemos

Why not at least try to make our school’s athletics on par with our academics? If there aren’t enough athletes for a team, or there are barely enough but there’s minimal devotion, cut the team.

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Goodbye to all that: Mollie, Christina & Ian check out

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By Mollie Berg, Ian Cardle and Christina Petlowany

For the three Octagon editors-in-chief, the hardest part of leaving is saying goodbye.

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Orchids & Onions

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By Jeffrey Caves

Orchids to Chipotle's fund-raiser and Sarah Wilks's compost buckets! Onions to Haggin Oaks and the HUMAN vending machine!

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Letter to the editors

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By Loren Kaye

Kudos to the Octagon from a lower-school parent.

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Correction

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By Octagon staff

Last issue's story on the NPR changes contained an error.

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Bad teams, you're outta here!

One-on-one with Wei Dai

One-on-one with Caroline Mehta

One-on-one with Adam Pinson

One-on-one with Morgan Bennett-Smith

Side effects may include...A's?

Jazz band breathes life into 'Night at the Museum' Auction

The mystery behind the mural: Dada, "Exquisite corpse" method make up the art on the wall

Democracy is overrated

From helping hand to patient in denial: alumna describes her battle with anorexia nervosa

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Christina Petlowany

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Zach Lemos

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Darby Bosco

Jeffrey Caves

Yanni Dahmani

Connor Martin

Kamira Patel

Kelsi Thomas

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Anthony Valdez

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Skovran Cunningham

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