By Aidan Higgins, Editor
January 20, 2020 • No Comments
On December 6, 2019, Representatives Jim Banks, Mark Meadows, Vicky Hartzler, and Brian Babin submitted a letter to Attorney General William Barr, beseeching him to follow through with the Trump campaign's anti-pornography pledge, which they fear has long-since been forgotten by the current administration....
January 9, 2020
Unless you rely strictly on the Xavier Kestrel as the only reliable source for world news (a sensible and commendable choice, I would say), you very well may have heard or seen some mention of "5G," the fabled fifth generation of mobile broadband that, according to legend (and the decree of tech moguls),...
October 17, 2019
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 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 Justin Caulfield, Assistant Reporter
October 12, 2019 • No Comments
Xavier High School has a long history of great and extraordinary teachers, each one of which with a different story. Ms. Walsh, from Suffield, recently started her career at Xavier and shared some of her story with the Kestrel. What do you currently teach at Xavier? I teach ninth and tenth grade...
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 Justin Caulfield, Assistant Reporter
December 12, 2019 • No Comments
Clue on Stage is an interesting and intriguing play made by the Mercy and Xavier High School Drama Club, based on the Paramount movie from 1985. The play includes the iconic characters from the board game that is known to many generations of fans: Ms. Scarlet (Abigail Malczon), Prof. Plum (William Lallier),...
By Sam Rector, Assistant Reporter
November 21, 2019 • No Comments
A few months ago, the video game Madden NFL 20 was released by EA Sports for PS4, XBox, and Microsoft Windows. People have grown wary of the franchise and EA in general, but I’m here to tell you this Madden is worth the buy. I’ll be the first to tell you I wasn’t a fan of Madden 19. Last year’s...
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 Sam Rector, Assistant Reporter
March 24, 2020 • No Comments
With the spreading of the Coronavirus, the sports world has all but shut down. March Madness was cancelled, and the NBA, NHL, and MLB seasons were suspended. However, the NFL has gone on as scheduled, with a frenzy of free agency moves and trades coming out last week. Among these moves were the trades...
By Hyun Lee, Editor-In-Chief
February 27, 2020 • No Comments
The Xavier Smite team made its debut in the 2019-2020 school year, joining the ranks of Xavier's two other esports teams: Rocket League and League of Legends. After failing to establish the Smite team the previous school year, captains Steven Pepler '20 and Jakob Slason '20 managed to recruit three other...
By Justin Caulfield, Assistant Reporter
February 20, 2020 • No Comments
On January 18, Xavier sponsored the Colter Abely Wrestling Tournament. Six out of the top ten teams in Connecticut attended, but that did not stop the Xavier team from claiming the victory. The tournament is a very important part of sport, but some people may ask how it started, and who Colter Abely...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief
As a senior, I am invariably asked a whole host of questions that I'd rather not answer: where are you going to college (maybe I should have applied ED?), what are you planning on studying (I don't think you can quadruple major), and what my summer plans are (do I really feel like planning ahead?). Still, as I embark on untested waters, I can't help...
By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief
The medical evidence is clear: experiments have illustrated a causal relationship between a diet heavy in vegetables and fruits and defense against diabetes, heart disease (the biggest killer in America), and even poor mental health conditions like depression, all of which reduce the quality of life and life expectancy. Still, the solution to increasing...
By Robert Mullins, Reporter
Among the many notable guests that the president hosted at the last State of the Union address, one stands out above all others. That man is Rush Limbaugh, a conservative commentator whose recent lung cancer diagnosis has brought him into the spotlight yet again. Surely, I do not mean to suggest that Limbaugh’s career has distinguished him. Rather,...
By Aidan Pesce, Assistant Reporter
Many people are familiar with Tesla. Founded by the famous billionaire Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal and SpaceX, Tesla is well-known for its production of electric vehicles. Musk, who some describe as a real-life Tony Stark, is obsessed with bringing the future to us. Playing with self-landing rockets and space missions, the brilliant Musk, in addition...
By Aidan Higgins, Editor
On December 6, 2019, Representatives Jim Banks, Mark Meadows, Vicky Hartzler, and Brian Babin submitted a letter to Attorney General William Barr, beseeching him to follow through with the Trump campaign's anti-pornography pledge, which they fear has long-since been forgotten by the current administration. You can read the letter here. Don't worry,...
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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