Susanna Hall

At Needham High School, the debate on open campus has been going on forever. Currently, the rule for open campus is that juniors and seniors are allowed to leave the school during lunch and study periods. Unfortunately, freshmen and sophomores have not been allowed to leave school property in between eight in the morning and two thirty-five in the afternoon. This rule must be changed instantly because it is an unfair rule that allows the older students access to different lunch options…

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'”― Theodore Roosevelt (goodreads). The government had made the lives miserable for the citizens of the united states in fact(simple), many were disappointed by the nation’s leaders. They made it more about problems that weren't worth the nation's troubles(simple). There were people living in broken down homes with no food, clothes, or jobs, and to top it all off(complex), the government…

towards where the dorms were. I wiped my eyes with my jacket and began to trail behind. If I have Zoe here with me, I'm sure I'll be able to survive the military... for now. After Zoe and I went to the dorms to get an hour of rest we headed to the mess hall. I looked around to see other cadets making friends and preparing for the hard training we'd have to go through for the next 3 years. Zoe and I walked towards the first free table we could see and sat down. "So where were you earlier?," I…

that are unique to themselves. In each of the confrontations, Beowulf has to handle the situations differently because not every monster is the same. Grendel is an interesting character in the Beowulf. He is an ogre who basically haunts the mead-hall owned by Hrothgar. He looks somewhat like a man, with two legs, two arms, and a head. However, his strength and size is incredible; he is able to defeat dozens of men at a time. He uses his brute force to overpower men and kill them. Grendel is…

merchants and other business people were Democrats. The politics of business was a key factor to both political parties. New York City’s Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine played an active role during the Gilded Age. This political machine worked hard to help the city’s poor and immigrants. William Tweed who was the leader of the Tammany Hall had an abrasive leadership, which emphasized manipulation and undercut trust. Tweed helped shape the Gilded Age but frauded New York City out…

Jon Krakauer, a successful and well published author, focuses his literary pursuits on controversial topics that tug on the reader’s heart strings and urge the reader to contemplate topics that are commonly neglected. Two of his books, Into Thin Air and Missoula, may share the same author, but they differ greatly in many stylists aspects. Krakauer, without a doubt, has a distinct and captivating writing style, yet there are many apparent differences when shifting from one of his books to the…

healthy environments for us to live there at Goodnow Hall for 4 or more years. But from my experience it hasn’t been up to my expectations and desires as I saw on their website. For example, Videos of tours for the building, why Goodnow is the best place to live. The answer is that this building is almost about to be 57 years old. Of course the building is going to have serious health and safety problems. A couple of problems that Goodnow Hall has is. First, in the building it has random spots…

“The way to have power is to take it.” These were the words of a man that was rated one of the top ten most corrupt US politicians of all time by Real Clear Politics. A corrupt leader could be considered a Machiavellian. Dictionary.com describes a Machiavellian as someone who follows the principles analyzed and described in The Prince. The Prince, is a book written in in 1513 by Niccolo Machiavelli that was dedicated to the Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici. It is widely believed to be a handbook…

On Sunset Blvd. at a health food restaurant, the relationship between Annie Hall and Alvy Singer came to an end. Alvy could not face the reality of all of it so he went and wrote a play. He uses this play almost to create a happy ending for himself. The happy ending that ended up being that both Annie and Alvy enter their cars in the health food parking and parting their ways. In the play the character Sunny is a representation of Annie and Arty is a representation of Alvy. It is all opposite of…

wreaking havoc on the great mead-hall, Heorot, the hero travels to Denmark to fulfill this quest. After Beowulf arrived to Denmark, Grendel set out from his swamp in search of blood. When Grendel breaks into Heorot, he quickly turns to retreat when he meets Beowulf. Beowulf wrestles the monster to the ground, gathers his strength, and rips the beast’s arm off of his body. Grendel then retreated to his home and died from the wound he received in battle.…