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In countries all over the world, Valentines Day is celebrated in many ways. Valentine’s Day is known as a day for love and friendship. We have adapted to the American way of celebrating this holiday, which is the typical purchasing of roses or chocolate for loved ones, spouses, or friends. Valentine’s Day is known to Read More »

Ladies, spring is almost here, and it’s time to celebrate the timeless and seasonally appropriate values of youth, vigor, and renewal. Designers this season all have one thing in common, the development of bold signatures and new trends. In an extraordinarily timely manner, the fresh and feminine dresses this season create the perfect silhouette for Read More »

Rob Keller | Pantless participants pile in at Union Square If you rode the New York City Subway on January 10, 2010, you probably experienced an unusual holiday. For the past nine years, January 10 has been declared No Pants Day by the comedy troupe Improv Everywhere. The idea of No Pants Day Read More »

The frigid winter is coming, and Christmas trees are being decorated. Stockings are being hung, and the smell of hot chocolate is in the air. Yet, there’s a little boy with no presents under his Christmas tree. This year, there is no better way to spread the joy of the season than to donate toys Read More »

Steven Birch | The Ball Drop for 2010 Noisemakers blare, people are counting down, and Dick Clark on the T.V wishes everyone a Happy New Year. Now that it’s 2010, are you going to make a New Year resolution? A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project Read More »

Tirath Singh | The winning ornament from the school contest. Being an international school, we have many people that celebrate fun holidays, but we mostly acknowledge Christmas. But what about the other holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa? Have they been pushed aside? Definitely not. The tree outside the main office will be Read More »

While most Americans celebrate Christmas following their traditions, in Switzerland the holiday is celebrated differently. Christmas in Switzerland begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve, during advent. On these four Sundays, a candle on a ring of fir branches is lit, to symbolize the start of the holiday. While in the U.S., Santa Claus brings Read More »

Around this time, many people are shopping, decorating, cooking, and fulfilling other Christmas traditions, but unfortunately their timing is way off. Evidence shows that the historical figure, Jesus of Nazareth, was not born in December, and the Christmas traditions that are common today come from pagan origins, mainly from European countries. Stories written about Jesus’ Read More »

Adam Levine | Back in the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln was beginning his presidential campaign. At the time, biased newspapers were extremely common. A reporter from The New York Herald once wrote that Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech was “unmitigated trash, interlarded with coarse and clumsy jokes.” On November 4, 2009, Journalism teacher Mrs. Nancy Read More »

Fellow fashionistas, leaf colors are changing, and so are the trends for fall/winter 2010. As the thrill of chills approaches us early this season, fashionistas everywhere are trying to find the perfect designer to broaden their stylistic passion, and help them to find the perfect outfit for the holidays. Diane Von Furstenberg (DVF,) who has Read More »