An Editor’s Swan Song

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by Mairead Poulin, Editor in Chief, Class of 2013

I’ve procrastinated in writing this article up until the very last minute. This is due, in part, to the fact that I am, after all, a senior, currently two weeks out from graduating, and feeling little pressure to perform to the highest standard possible (these are words I never thought I would write).

But I’ve also put off writing this because it is yet another “last time” that I’ll do something here at Williston. I’ve encountered far too many of these lately. Friday night marked the last time I’ll eat dinner with all my classmates until we have graduated college. A week ago I took my last bow on the Williston stage. In a matter of days, I will have attended my last Saturday class.

Freshman year photo

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A Concert to Remember

by Pankti Dalal ’13

The 2013 Spring Dance Concert, InfraRed, will definitely leave you hoping the dancers onstage manage well enough not to fall down. Honestly. This concert is blatantly different than previous dance concerts; it’s more athletic and active and incredibly hectic. There isn’t a single moment during the concert in which the dancers will be resting peacefully. And respectively, there isn’t a single moment of this concert in which you, the audience, will not be captured by the grace and agility of the dancers.

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On The Nature of Integrity

By Dylan Kenseth ’14

00387775 Even a life of the highest passion, driven by most dedicated purpose, must be regulated by the tethers of integrity, lest we lose all we try to accomplish. Though applied differently across myriad situations, a persistant moral code remains the necessary scale of morality. Integrity is just that: the successful application of morality to the various tribulations in life. Continue reading

Ethical Fashion, Part 1: How Safe Are Your Brands?

by Rachel Deena ’13

If your favorite store was hiring, wouldn’t you try to get a job ASAP? I mean who wouldn’t want discounts to the store they shop at the most? What if instead of hiring you to work as a cashier or someone who works in the store you were hired to work in one of their factories? Not just any factory but a factory that is not up to health regulations or safety codes? Doesn’t sound like your dream job anymore, does it? Continue reading

On The Nature of Passion

By Dylan Kenseth ’14

Certainly the most impetuous of Williston’s virtues, passion is, quite simply, the catalyst to our success. images-4 However devoted our purpose is, however disciplined our integrity, the application of passion is essential to make anything of our goals. Purpose keeps us strong in our endeavors, but passion brings the Promethean furor to give them life. Continue reading