Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

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Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

The Spokesman

Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

The Spokesman

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How PDS honored Black History Month

Sanjana Paramesh, Online Opinions Editor March 17, 2021

For over a decade, PDS has hosted an annual Black History Month celebration to honor and cherish the myriad of contributions that our Black brothers and sisters have made to our community and beyond. For...

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What’s it like being an Asian-American in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Milind Singh, Online Staff Writer March 15, 2021

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic put life as we know it on pause almost a year ago. As more countries closed their borders and restricted travel, many began to question the origins of the virus: Where...

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PDS Community Reacts to the 2021 Australian Open

Emily Zhu, Online Staff Writer March 14, 2021

Over the past few weeks, all eyes were on sunny Melbourne, Australia as the 2021 Australian Open came to an end. Filled with fierce competition and exceptional tennis playing, this 14-day tournament came...

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For India, A Crucial Moment In the Fight for True Democracy

Adya Jha, Online Staff Writer March 13, 2021

In what some call the "largest protest in human history," hundreds of thousands of farmers, mainly from the northwestern states of Punjab and Haryana in India, marched towards the nation's capital, Delhi,...

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How to Get a Valentine – You Will Never Be Alone Again on the Most Romantic Day of the Year

Josephine Baranski, Online Staff Writer March 10, 2021

As Valentine’s Day festivities conclude, romantics in happy relationships finish their boxes of chocolates, throw out their dead supermarket flowers, and place their red and pink Hallmark cards nicely...

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Rise of Elderly Asian American Attacks Over the Country

Gloria Wang, Online Staff Writer March 8, 2021

On January 28, an 84-year-old Thai man Vicha Ratanapakdee was shoved to the ground by 19-year-old Antoine Watson in San Francisco. This act was captured on video and was widely shared around the world...

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The PDS Model UN Teams Dominance at NAIMUN and YMUN

Benjamin Masia, Online Staff Writer March 7, 2021

In the past two months, the PDS Model UN team attended conferences held at Georgetown (NAIMUN) and Yale (YMUN). Various members of both teams agreed that the conference was an amazing learning experience...

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What happened in Texas?

Kyler Zhou, Online News Editor March 7, 2021

In the past two weeks, Texas was hit with the biggest winter storms ever faced in the state, leaving millions of people without power. Fear and apprehension spread around the state as to what will happen...

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Perseverance in the Face of Adversity

Navaneeth Rajan, Online Features Editor March 5, 2021

On February 18, NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars, their most advanced rover mission to date, named Mars 2020. The 300 million mile journey took 7 months to complete,...

PDS Community Reacts to the The Weeknd’s Super Bowl LV Halftime Show

Zander Zhang, Online Staff Writer March 2, 2021

Featuring a hallway of mirrors, a choir of robots, and an entourage of bandaged figures,  Canadian singer The Weeknd quite literally turned Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium into a spectacle of “Blinding...

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Review of Netflix’s Night Stalker

Sanjana Paramesh, Online Opinions Editor March 1, 2021

*Trigger Warning: violence, crime, sexual violence Richard Ramirez, more commonly known as the Night Stalker, was one of Los Angeles' most infamous criminals who terrorized over 43 people and their families....

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Council During COVID- What’s Changed?

Navaneeth Rajan, Online Features Editor February 27, 2021

Every year, some of the school’s most passionate and well-beloved students are elected by their peers to help lead the high school. Student Council has always been a major part of PDS life, organizing...

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