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The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

Community reflects on mental health in athletics

Community reflects on mental health in athletics

Anjali Reddy, Off Campus Editor September 9, 2021

The world is no stranger to athletes pulling out of competitions because of physical injury—this summer, for example, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, top-ranked men’s singles tennis players, withdrew...

Biv is back for freshmen and sophomores

Biv is back for freshmen and sophomores

Maya Benjamin, Managing Editor September 9, 2021

This summer, the school’s freshmen returned to searching for Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Soap and sash- cord rope alongside pencils and folders during their back-to-school shopping. On the first day of...

Reunions revitalize

Reunions revitalize

Daniel Katz, Staff Columnist September 9, 2021

Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Bob, Bill, Brad, and Daniel. The four of us were inseparable. I was only at Shore Country Day School in Beverly from third to fifth grade, but, somehow,...

Bivouac: 70 years and counting

Bivouac: 70 years and counting

Editorial Board, Volume 50 September 9, 2021

Senior year brings self-acceptance

Senior year brings self-acceptance

Jacqui Haining, Staff Columnist September 9, 2021

Senior year and turning eighteen don’t necessarily mark the absorption into adulthood for everyone. Certainly not immediately, at least. But the realization of these quickly approaching milestones has...

“In the Heights” lives up to the hype

“In the Heights” lives up to the hype

Emmy Lev, Assistant Photo Editor September 9, 2021

For years, directors have turned books into films; now, they’re bringing Broadway to the big screen, making musicals more accessible to the public. This summer, HBO Max released Lin-Manuel Miranda’s...

“Loki” takes one step forward, two steps back

“Loki” takes one step forward, two steps back

Talia Beckhardt, Guest Columnist September 9, 2021

In the first 30 minutes of Marvel’s 2018 “Avengers: Infinity War,” mischievous antihero Loki was dead. A past version of Loki, however, time traveled to escape in “Avengers: Endgame,” creating...

“Fast and the Furious” will leave you furious

“Fast and the Furious” will leave you furious

Augie Hawk, Editorials Editor September 9, 2021

After a year spent trapped at home with our families, you’d think everyone— Hollywood executives included—would have had enough. According to the most recent installment of the “Fast and the Furious”...

Cabot Grant funds students initiatives

Cabot Grant funds students initiatives

Dylan Higgins, Media Editor September 9, 2021

This year, all six candidates for the annual Cabot Grant received some level of funding for their proposed projects. The recipients—Sofia Chen, Kira Tian (both ’22), Nina Khera ’23, Jasmine Xing...

Is AI friend or foe?

Is AI friend or foe?

Brendyn Burkitt, Staff Columnist September 9, 2021

As humans, we have always thought of ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution and the most intelligent and cognitively capable species on Earth. We drive ourselves to innovate, to advance, and to prove that...

Students take on summer jobs

Students take on summer jobs

To learn more about what community members did this summer, The Vanguard spoke with four Upper School students about their summer jobs. Lab Rat Instead of ocean breezes or ice cream, Sanya Goenka ’22...

Lifting to lighten

Lifting to lighten

Natalie Veson, Guest Columnist September 9, 2021

My Thursday mornings begin Wednesday night. I diligently scramble to finish my homework before 10 p.m. in order to survive my 5 a.m. alarm. I stuff my backpack with my notebooks and laptop and place it...

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