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Opinions

Is Boston back?

Matthew Walsh, Opinions Editor May 6, 2025

 Title town has returned. Well, probably.  Anyone from New England knows it’s been a rough stretch for Boston sports. While the big four—the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins—have combined...

Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ will break you

Ryan Clay, Columnist May 6, 2025

 On a recent three-hour plane ride, I found myself restless with nothing to keep me busy. I had forgotten my aux cable to connect my headphones to the in-flight entertainment, and practically none of...

Hide ya Teslas!

You-Yan Wang, Columnist May 6, 2025

 In Elon Musk’s bent worldview he showed us at Donald Trump’s inauguration, he’s busy rallying in 1934 Nuremberg. I guess the bundle of perks you receive for being the richest man in the world...

Today’s Colosseum

Caroline Dudzinski, Columnist May 6, 2025

 Those acquainted with me are aware that my trade is creative writing. Naturally, I shall disclose some of my own writing as an opening of this column series, but know that it is a satirical novel of...

Car rides of crime

Louisa Kirk, Columnist May 6, 2025

 I spent a lot of my childhood afraid. I was scared of the dark and the monsters that took the form of my laundry basket in the corner of my room. I was terrified that Whitey Bulger would unleash the...

The end of mayhem

Miley Chen, Columnist March 7, 2025

It’s strange to think that this will be the last column I write for The Vanguard. Honestly, it makes me a bit sad—there are a lot of stories that I would’ve liked to share. I never got...

Epilogue

Diba Demir, Columnist March 7, 2025

Writing my last column, I am filled with the same bittersweet feeling that strikes me when approaching the last few pages of a novel: an eagerness to conclude the story and begin another but also...

‘Keenly Attuned’ says adios

Keenan Billings, Columnist March 7, 2025

Thank you, everyone, for listening. (Or is it reading?) Over the past year, my dedicated fans—shoutout Ms. Hudson and Mr. Vazquez, a select few of my friends, and, of course, my parents—have...

A reflection on reflection

Martha Balson, Columnist March 7, 2025

When I began writing this column, I saw it as a fun way of sharing unserious stories with the school community. The lessons embedded in these stories seemed similarly casual—a way of giving more...

Our next movie night

Aparajita Srivastava, Columnist March 7, 2025

One of my best memories from high school is watching “Dirty Dancing” with all my friends on the Friday afternoon before spring break. Between sushi and cupcakes, the 14 of us were transported...

The human condition

Diba Demir, Columnist February 7, 2025

“The Vegetarian,” by this year’s Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang, follows Yeong-hye, a simple and humdrum woman who converts to vegetarianism overnight after a dream. Repulsed by her dream’s...

Puntun: why my parents gave up

Miley Chen, Columnist February 7, 2025

My dad loves reading. He brings a book everywhere. I’ve always tolerated reading. Don’t get me wrong. Overall, I really like the books I’ve read for school—I have a soft spot for Shakespeare...

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