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The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

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The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

Overthink. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

Richelle Chang, Column Writer September 6, 2023

I sat in a conference room in the Almy Library, adding the finishing touches to my Junior Profile this past April on a stressful Friday afternoon. At this point in the day, most everyone had already left...

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Oppenheimer: the man who destroyed the world

Beckett Dubovik, Projects Editor September 6, 2023

Julius Oppenheimer is just as troubled as one might expect a scientist developing an atomic bomb to be. A scene in the second half of his eponymous biopic where he tests the bomb brings his moral quandries...

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Barbie… a feminist?

Alexandra Kluzak, Editor in Chief September 6, 2023

Fellow feminists, we can claim a victory. A blonde pawn of the patriarchy has defected to our side. Her name is Barbie. You may think, ‘Barbie…a feminist?’ ‘That braindead doll…a feminist?’...

Taylor Swift is an icon of our era

Kate Rice, Editorials Editor September 6, 2023

The Eras Tour. Five continents and 50 shows lasting three-and-a- half hours each. Taylor Swift performs 44 songs from her ten albums, each known as one of her “eras.” Since her last stadium tour in...

Lyricism: when it works and when it doesn’t

Lyricism: when it works and when it doesn’t

Henry Kirk, Column Writer September 6, 2023

What makes a good song? Or more specifically, since I am focusing on lyricism, what makes a song well-written? Obviously, there are artists—like Bob Dylan—who immediately spring to mind when one mentions...

Wildfires burn in Canada.

Climate change strikes throughout the summer

Kate Rice, Editorials Editor September 6, 2023

Record-breaking temperatures and raging wildfires are just two of the ways the burning of fossil fuels and other human activity have damaged the planet this summer. A heightened concern in recent years,...

‘No Labels’ moves toward partisan politics

‘No Labels’ moves toward partisan politics

Jack Moskow, Column Writer September 6, 2023

Even though the major political parties will not convene to formally nominate their standard-bearer for another year, many pundits have already declared that 2024 will be a repeat match-up of the 2020...

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