Archive for the ‘Specials’ Section
Senior Speech: “Thoughts of a YouTube Junkie”
by Alex Cantrell | June 2010
Alex Cantrell was one of the two senior speakers at graduation. His speech below is entitled “Thoughts of a YouTube Junkie.”
Sometimes, when I succumb to boredom, I travel to the land of YouTube. I’ll admit, I’ve watched all sorts of things: Family Guy clips, funny kitten videos, stupid home videos, celebrity news gossip, and the [...]
Senior Speech: “Stop and Smell the Memories”
by Maddy Benjamin | June 2010
Maddy Benjamin was one of the two senior speakers at graduation. Her speech below is entitled “Stop and Smell the Memories.”
Crayons smell like childhood. Actually, pretty much anything Crayola smells like childhood. So do grass stains, strawberry flavored Twizzlers and freshly opened band-aids.
Summer is sunscreen, hot asphalt and a soft undercurrent of sweat. Saturdays are [...]
A Farewell to Specials Editor Lily Liu
by Pauline Zheng & Helen Zhou | June 2010
This June, as the onslaught of AB seniors prepare to leave high school and embark on the next chapter of their lives, nearly half of Spectrum crew will be moving on as well. Senior Specials editor Lily Liu will be among those diligent and dedicated editors that The Spectrum will sorely miss.
Some of us find [...]
A Very Anticipated Senior Skip Day
by Lily Liu | May 2010
On Wednesday, April 7, a day forecasted to yield 85 degree weather, a portion of the senior class agreed to take part in a much-debated tradition: Senior Skip Day. Although their absence was not surprising, due to the predicted sunny weather and the fact that many seniors blatantly hinted to their teachers that they would [...]
April Fool’s! Students and Faculty Get in Spirit
by Pauline Zheng & Helen Zhou | May 2010
It is the one day you can use that false pack of Wrigley’s Doublemint to zap your friends – the one day you can put ice down your grandpa’s back and watch him chase you around the kitchen with a knife. It is the one day of the year when you can “put toothpaste in [...]
With Summer in Sight, Seniors Slip and Slide
by Anupa Manjunanatha | May 2010
That magical part of your senior year in high school: when things get a little easier, and nothing you do matters. Senior slide 2010 has finally arrived.
Spring came early this year. The sun is out earlier and earlier each morning, and with recent summer-like temperatures in the 80s and 90s, the long awaited senior slide [...]
Highlights of the Olympic Games
by Spectrum Staff | March 2010
The Flying Tomato
Halfpipe champion Shaun White defended his title to win his second Olympic gold medal. White’s early score of 46.8 earned him the gold medal with a sizeable margin over the silver medalist’s score of 45.0. He extended his lead with a score of 48.4 on his “victory run,” which featured a trick known [...]
