Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Stanavage

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Stanavage

By Griffin Prushinski, Assistant Reporter October 29, 2020

With the recent retirement of our long-time art teacher, Ms. Vitale, the Xavier community is excited to welcome Ms. Stanavage as our talented, new art teacher! The second you walk into her room you get...

Amy Coney Barrett: What Does the School Think?

Amy Coney Barrett: What Does the School Think?

By Justin Caulfield, Senior Reporter October 22, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge, is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Supreme Court Justice, taking the place of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The school has a multitude of opinions and...

Teacher Spotlight - Ms. Peterson

Teacher Spotlight – Ms. Peterson

By Nucci Delaney, Senior Reporter October 14, 2020

With Xavier back in session this 2020 academic year, a number of retirements left the faculty with some holes to fill. Of the retirements, Mr. Magner's hit especially close to home, as he had just instructed...

Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Griffen

Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Griffen

By Andrei Abarientos, Assistant Reporter October 8, 2020

Dr. Griffen, one of our new additions to the science department, is a talented and intelligent teacher of Accelerated Biology and Accelerated Algebra I. She also moderates the Envirothon club. Here is...

State Representative Vincent Candeloras editorial in the Totoket Times, 5/1/20

An Editorial to the Totoket Times

By Robert Mullins, Reporter May 5, 2020

Every edition of my town's local newspaper, the Totoket Times runs an editorial written by my state representative, Vincent Candelora. Usually it is a brief update of the humdrum happenings in Hartford,...

National Jazz Festival Debuts in Philadelphia

National Jazz Festival Debuts in Philadelphia

By Hyun Lee, English Honor Society President March 6, 2020

On Saturday, February 15, 2020, the National Jazz Festival (NJF) made its official debut in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Under the leadership of Joe Bongiovi,...

How the Nature vs Nurture Debate Contradicts Free Will

How the Nature vs Nurture Debate Contradicts Free Will

By Aidan Higgins, Editor February 27, 2020

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the psychological argument I have alluded to in the title, the nature versus nurture debate is an intellectual conflict that has been waged across various fields...

The Reality of the Australian Wildfires

The Reality of the Australian Wildfires

By Aidan Pesce, Assistant Reporter February 27, 2020

Our year started off with a bang. Wildfires, the Coronavirus, tensions between Iran and the United States. So much has happened in the first two months of the new year. Fortunately, the conflict between...

Six Democratic candidates vie for the moderators attention as they participate in the presidential primary debate in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Democratic Debate: A Party Deeply Divided

By Robert Mullins, Reporter February 27, 2020

In this day and age, it is an indubitable truth that political discourse has been glamorized. Campaigns devise catchy slogans to grab voters' attention, candidates make wild claims about one another, and...

Kobe Bryant: A Father, Mentor, and Inspiration to All

Kobe Bryant: A Father, Mentor, and Inspiration to All

February 13, 2020

On Sunday, January 26th, Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven other passengers. This news has devastated the sports world for the past two weeks, as the...

President Trump lauded economic prosperity, attacked Democrats, awarded a Medal of Freedom, and addressed upcoming legislation in the final address of his first term.

State of the Union 2020: Trump’s Time to Shine

By Robert Mullins, Reporter February 6, 2020

On Tuesday evening, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress to fulfill his Constitutional duty of reporting on the State of the Union. Reception to his speech has been mixed, but there is...

Boris Johnson signs the EU Withdrawal Agreement

Britain Finally Brexits

By Robert Mullins, Reporter February 6, 2020

After 47 years of membership, Britain has officially exited the European Union. The culmination of a four-year-long battle that began with a 2016 referendum was reached Friday, Jan. 31, at 11 P.M. local...

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