Opinions

Parking at Taft by Dylan Kim

May 6, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

In our rapidly changing world, the most mundane problems often get drowned out by the cacophony of conflicts. Nowhere is this truer than Taft, where the community chooses to address one-off issues while leaving chronic maladies untouched. Perhaps the most…

The Problem with Single-Opinion Morning Meeting Speakers by Liz Carlson

May 6, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

Educate the whole student. Listen to all opinions. Practice civil discourse. These tenets are fundamental to the Taft community and the school claims to uphold them. However, the selection of morning meeting speakers shows the school feels otherwise.The vast majority…

For Paper Straws by Hollen Spain

May 6, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

Recently, there have been a spate of videos that have gone viral regarding plastic straws and their negative impact on marine life, particularly turtles. These videos reflect the pervasion of marine pollution in today’s seas. Although straws are viewed as…

Against Paper Straws by Olivia Wivestad

May 6, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

Paper straws suck, no pun intended. As the EcoMons of Taft guilt us into a plastic straw ban on behalf of the turtles, the drinks we spend our own parents’ money on in the Jig become undrinkable due to the…

Graffiti in the MAC by Margot Odden

January 29, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

“Like any needy boyfriend, The MAC calls me at all hours.” A current senior’s description of her relationship with The Moorhead Academic Center epitomizes the appreciation loyal MAC attendees feel for their beloved study space. While The MAC grows particularly…

Senioritis Hits Hard by Jack O’Donnell

January 29, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

It’s 8:15 a.m. and the second bell just rang, signaling that all students should be seated in class with their completed homework assignments, ready to learn. Some frantic students can still be seen sprinting from Main building to Wu building…

Class Committee: Overhyped? by Collin Amelsberg

January 29, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

Leadership at Taft is a rather interesting topic. Being at a boarding school and having so much student life accessible to us at all times leads to a stronger need for dedicated leaders in our community. The denotation of leadership…

Battle of the Grades by Nina Brokelman and Julia Dawson

January 29, 2019 | by Camilla McGarry-19

As four year seniors, we both recall the clout that upperclassmen had when we were freshmen. Visiting the Rock as an underclassman? That would never happen, unless GALS invited all girls to come over for some sort of bonding activity.…

Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative: A Paradox

February 21, 2017 | by Maeve Millen-17

We’ve all heard someone say it. We’ve all seen a member of our generation or the next, afraid to be grouped in with their conservative grandparents, hold their heads high and say confidently, as if it is the answer to…

Response to “White Males, Listen Up”

January 17, 2017 | by The Editors

This article was written in response to Maeve Millen’s Papyrus article, “White Males, Listen Up” . By Jason Bab ’17 The article I recently read in the Papyrus entitled “White Males, Listen Up” is the quintessential example of the attitude and behavior…

I volunteered at the Soup Kitchen… (once.)

January 6, 2017 | by Caroline Moore

By Caroline Moore ’17 Over years, the once manageable college process has become a ruthless competition, fought with calculated gamesmanship and unethical practices. As colleges’ acceptance rates have fallen to as low as 3%, the frequency of immoral behavior executed…

Eating Disorders: The Elephant is Still in the Room

January 6, 2017 | by Liz Henebry-17

Maeve Millen: While it is troubling that unhealthy eating patterns are so common at Taft, what is almost as troubling is the fact that they are so seldom talked about despite their prevalence. We rejoice at the fact that we…

White Males, Listen Up

January 6, 2017 | by Maeve Millen-17

We are intelligent and ambitious students at one of the most rigorous schools in the nation. We take hard classes, we balance these classes with our other commitments, but we seem to be failing to have effective conversation. We try…

Mental Illness at Taft

January 6, 2017 | by Sumi Kim-17

Illustration by Joanna Kleszczewski ’18 I suppose I am a bit of an anomaly in that I have had three of my best friends leave this school – voluntarily or otherwise – for mental health reasons. When it happened…

PSA: Come Back Taft Crush and Taft Snapchat

October 24, 2015 | by Jackson McAtee- 17

Imagine yourself, a freshman at a school away from home for the first time. You are terrified that there are six hundred new faces that you have to learn, and see no possible way of ever knowing everyone. One day, as you…

Baltimore Riots

May 7, 2015 | by Sophia Dawn-16

America’s most recent struggle with the debate over police brutality in Baltimore has contributed to a slowly emerging crisis in the US. Just like a dramatic television show, Freddie Gray’s arrest was only an hour long. However, the impact of…

Religion at Taft

April 25, 2015 | by Iliana Smith-15

I first learned the value of being exposed to other people’s religious practices through playing for a soccer team in New York. Many of my teammates came from different racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, but we all celebrated our differences…

Thin Enough

March 3, 2015 | by Caroline Leopold-15

When my AP Psychology teacher jumped on the Bingham stage this morning to explain that our Morning Meeting speaker would be discussing eating disorders, I felt myself slump down in my chair, search my pockets for my phone, and try…

The Elephant in the Room

February 24, 2015 | by Kayla Kim-16

Every year, a handful of students are asked to leave Taft for mental health reasons. Sometimes students are relieved to end their unhappiness here and other times students feel as if leaving is the worst possible outcome. Regardless, it is…

DON’T JUST LEAVE US HANGING: The Great Veracross Scandal of ’15

February 2, 2015 | by Caroline Borzilleri-15

This winter our grades seemingly got lost somewhere between the Candy Cane Forest and the Lincoln Tunnel, leaving countless Tafties sitting by their computers, incessantly refreshing Veracross until the results of the most stressful week for Taft students arrived in…

Community Service Day

Students set out for Taft’s 21st annual day of service.

Making Slime in the Chem Lab with Science Teacher David Hostage, CSD ’15.

Taft students volunteer at Truelove Farm in Morris, CT for Community Service Day.

Taft students volunteer doing outdoor cleanup at Flander’s Nature Center and Woodbury Yoga Center for Community Service Day.

TAFT 2015 CSD PAL

Making Slime in the Chem Lab with Science Teacher David Hostage, CSD ’15.

Story time in the Belcher Reader Room on Community Service Day 2015.

Taft students volunteer at Truelove Farm in Morris, CT for Community Service Day.

Sarah Koshi and Taft students helped clean the archives at Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum.

TAFT 2015 CSD PAL

Taft students volunteer doing outdoor cleanup at Flander’s Nature Center and Woodbury Yoga Center for Community Service Day.

The girls cross country team went to multiple downtown Waterbury sites yesterday to do cleanup. They were working under the auspices of PAL at PAL sites.

Taft students volunteer at Truelove Farm in Morris, CT for Community Service Day.

Physics Phun with Brian Norledge and Jim Mooney, CSD ’15

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