By Sam Rector, Assistant Reporter
October 17, 2019 • No Comments
Just over two weeks ago, Xavier baseball player Luke Lappe committed to the University of North Alabama, a Division 1 school in the Atlantic Sun Conference. As a sophomore on varsity last season, Luke hit Xavier’s only home run and led the team in RBIs. He also garnered SCC All-Quinnipiac honors. As...
Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Gerardi
October 17, 2019
With Mr. St. George assuming the role of Academic Dean and the departure of French teacher Ms. Lataille, Xavier hired two new teachers in the English and Foreign Language departments for the 2019-2020 school year. The Kestrel received the opportunity to interview Ms. Gerardi, a new addition to Xavier's...
What I Wish I Knew as a Xavier Freshman
October 3, 2019
1. Experiment with different methods of studying There is a stark difference in the workload of a middle-schooler and that of a Xavier student. If a Xavier freshman wishes to succeed academically, he must compensate for this difference and learn how to maximize the effectiveness of his studying. Personally,...
By Aidan Higgins and Rob Mullins
October 17, 2019 • No Comments
With Mr. St. George assuming the role of Academic Dean and the departure of French teacher Ms. Lataille, Xavier hired two new teachers in the English and Foreign Language departments for the 2019-2020 school year. The Kestrel received the opportunity to interview Ms. Gerardi, a new addition to Xavier's...
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
March 6, 2019 • No Comments
Sister Act is this years Xavier/Mercy Drama Club Musical. It is a Divine Musical Comedy based on the 1982 movie of the same name. It follows Deloris Van Cartier as she is placed in witness protection program at a convent after witnessing a murder by her mobster boyfriend, Curtis Jackson. Upon arriving...
By Dominick Delaney, Assistant Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
With the Xavier-Mercy theater season underway, with Sister Act opening on March 9 and 10, many are wondering who is behind the production on the Xavier side. That would be Ms. Costa, who left some thoughts with the Kestrel. She is the second new teacher to be interviewed, and teaches Spanish I and II. What...
By Aidan Higgins, Senior Reporter
October 3, 2019 • No Comments
PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that the reader reads The Egg prior to reading this article. “Treat others as you would treat them if they were you…for they very well may be.” In essence, this is Andy Weir’s The Egg, a short story that offers an unorthodox explanation of the nature of humanity...
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
January 23, 2019 • No Comments
When I look back at 2018 in terms of video games, I see a year that was full of both ups and downs. While there were many great games that released in 2018, there was also a lot of subpar and disappointing games. Games like Fallout 76 and Metal Gear Survive left gamers in disgust over their poor quality...
By Aidan Higgins, Assistant Reporter
January 17, 2019 • 1 Comment
"Like you seen him twirl, then he drop, n**** / And we keep them 9 millis on my block, n**** / And Monte keep it on him, he done dropped n***** / And Trigger he be wildin', he some hot n***** / Tones known to get busy with them Glocks, n**** / Try to run down and you can catch a shot, n****" The lyrics...
By Sam Rector, Assistant Reporter
October 17, 2019 • No Comments
Just over two weeks ago, Xavier baseball player Luke Lappe committed to the University of North Alabama, a Division 1 school in the Atlantic Sun Conference. As a sophomore on varsity last season, Luke hit Xavier’s only home run and led the team in RBIs. He also garnered SCC All-Quinnipiac honors. As...
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
May 1, 2019 • No Comments
Although I am a major fan of hockey and it is my favorite sport, before a month ago, I had never been to an NHL game. This was for a couple of reasons. One, I didn’t get into hockey until a couple of years ago, thanks to watching Uconn Hockey, and two, I follow the Pittsburg Penguins. I know that sounds...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
February 4, 2019 • 1 Comment
From an evolutionary perspective, humankind's obsession with violence is natural. Anthropologists have long suspected that a primal sense of aggression endures in humans, butting its unpleasant head in honor killings and nonstop warfare, because it increases humankind’s ability to reproduce in niche...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief
From the onset of our educational journeys, we fall victim to a paradox: on one hand, we are free to explore all possible answers to an open-ended question, as each provides a different insight. On the other hand, we often believe that there is but one right answer; when expressing a personal interpretation, we tend to eschew an opinion opposed to the...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief
When the Spanish first arrived in Mexico City, it had been a flourishing Aztec metropolis known as Tenochtitlán, an oasis situated on an artificial island in the Lago de Texcoco. Knowing the cultural value of this pinnacle of Aztec engineering, the conquistadors razed the city and abandoned the dikes that protected it from floods; in its place, they...
By Aidan Higgins, Senior Reporter
1. Experiment with different methods of studying There is a stark difference in the workload of a middle-schooler and that of a Xavier student. If a Xavier freshman wishes to succeed academically, he must compensate for this difference and learn how to maximize the effectiveness of his studying. Personally, I've found that the Pomodoro Technique (25...
By Aidan Higgins, Senior Reporter
PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that the reader reads The Egg prior to reading this article. “Treat others as you would treat them if they were you…for they very well may be.” In essence, this is Andy Weir’s The Egg, a short story that offers an unorthodox explanation of the nature of humanity and the purpose of human life. Andy Weir’s 2-page...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief
In an attempt to simplify difficult issues, we love to identify an easy fix. If a community has high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the assembly of public health workers and physicians looks to better sexual education. However, such an approach is extremely short-sighted. To challenge the current paradigm, we must modify our approach...
By Eric Myskowski, Senior Reporter
April 3, 2019 • No Comments
Breaking News: A report just released this morning from Trump’s former campaign advisor Paul Manafort shows Donald Trump is a secret Democrat and was trying to help Hillary Clinton win the 2016 Election On what should have been ne of the happiest moments of his life, election night, Donald Trump was actually in utter distress and disbelief. Why,...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
According to researchers at the CDC, the apocalypse that thousands of doomsday activists have foretold has finally materialized. The Post-Truth Epidemic is finally here, distorting all notions of normalcy and destroying the thread of American society. The plague first manifested itself in its current form in 2016, but leading epidemiologists suspect...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
January 21, 2019 • No Comments
Though people may say that you should let your child into the college decision-making process, only you, the parent, can have a say in his or her future. As you plan every second of the life of your child (in whom you live vicariously) from his or her birth, please keep these tips in mind as you ensure that he or she is admitted into Harvard, the only...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
December 18, 2018 • No Comments
As midterm exams begin to stress out the students of American high schools, some have begun to take steps to campaign for enhanced recognition of idiopathic schoolitis. I spoke with a lead campaigner (who will remain anonymous to protect his identity following a recent spar with leading teacher unions) to learn more about this growing movement. "In...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
October 4, 2018 • No Comments
Turn on your TV. Flip through the channels, making sure you get to Hallmark, ABC, and Disney Channel. By then, hopefully, you will have picked up on a freaky pattern: all the teenage girls are wearing sweatshirts and short shirts. To get to the bottom of this, I spoke with the renowned (and quirky) anthropologist, Dr. Mensch, who has been studying...
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