SO LONG, SENIORS: SCDS was great, but it’s time to go
For almost seven days, I sat down at my laptop and tried to come up with a marvelous, life-altering idea for this senior goodbye, which has been a tradition fo...
Opinion
SO LONG, SENIORS: Country Day will have to manage without this outstanding athlete
Like most Country Day students, I participated in way too many activities. From acting in plays to Mock Trial to singing along with Mr. Wells’ plum song, I was...
SO LONG, SENIORS: Hi, I’m headed to college, and I’m a music-colic
In each installment of the five-part SO LONG, SENIORS series, a graduating Octagon editor-in-chief will write a final piece before heading to college. Chardonn...
SO LONG, SENIORS: Country Day has several issues that need to be addressed
In each installment of the five-part SO LONG, SENIORS series, a graduating Octagon editor-in-chief will write a final piece before heading to college. Allison ...
MY ANGLE: Extroverts — silence really is golden
Though I’m undoubtedly an extrovert, I recently discovered that while talking can get a person far in life, silence is underrated. This realization came to ...
WHEN INSPIRATION STRIKES: Senior reflects on racial incident in Fab Forties
Because the piece below is long, I will give a short introduction. Feel free to skip this and go straight to the piece. Most of what I write in general is ...
BALLERINO BALLER: My life in a rap song
Junior Jackson Margolis’ biweekly blog, Ballerino Baller, is a collection of responses to the book “500 Writing Prompts,” which his mother gave him for Christm...
CHLORINE CHRONICLES: Given recent college scandals, what is ‘merit’?
It seems as if every other article I’ve read this last month has been about the college admissions scandal. Rick Singer’s side-door operation to gain admission...
EDITORIAL: Think in present, not future, about murals
When a mural by Lea Gorny, ’18, filled a wall on campus last year, it seemingly set a precedent for future public art. Gorny even said she was “petitioning for...
Kings fire, hire after best season in over a decade
This is the last of four updates on the Kings throughout the 2018-19 season. The Sacramento Kings finished ninth in the Western Conference at 39-43, their ...