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For the Class of ‘22, The Play’s the Thing

July 21, 2022 6:35pm | Giada Leone

Due to last year's terrible Covid situation, Exeter Summer students were not able to participate in the annual end of summer production. Thankfully, this year, around twenty students are back and working hard as they prepare for this year's musical! It includes a mix of "Annie", "Matilda", "High School Musical", "Six Ex Wives", "The Greatest Showman", "Les Miserables", and many more! The rehearsals run in the Goel Center Theater & Dance, and on July 18, students had their first official …

Exeter’s Famous Literary Gem – the Library

July 21, 2022 3:37pm | Iris Mou, Selena Yu

The Class of 1945 Library has been standing over 80 feet tall at the heart of PEA’s Campus since 1971. Designed by renowned architect of the 20th Century, Louis Khan, students, and teachers alike admire the simplistic exterior and beautiful interior of the nine-level building. It was officially named the Class of 1945 Library in 1995 to honor Dr. Lewis Perry, who served as principal from 1914 to 1946. Circular pillars with almost window-like functions line the four interior walls of the build…

Jungle Dreams

July 21, 2022 3:15pm | Amanda Katz

Apples you’ve given me Blood-red and juicy with desireCrystals you’ve waved at me Damsel, but not in distress Emerald green eyes Full with a glistening sort of excitement Girls holding golden grapesHappily sitting among the grape vines, I let you take control, We’re underneath the vines, We’re kissing through the pines, I imagine you are mine, I’m waiting for a sign It’s only been her gaze She puts on my mitten, I smirk sly…

Self Portrait

July 21, 2022 12:05pm | Amanda Katz

Am I a user? A loser? A winner? A friend? A sinner? A joke? A nightmare? Their dread? Her meds A pencil with no lead His toy A foolish mind and head A lonely, empty bed A tiffany’s handbag A fluorescent red flag A culprit in the night I feel kinda bad A girl? A boy? A helpless pestered sigh A daughter? A sister? A colorful arc in the sky A key A lantern A stormy, screeching tantrum I dyed my hair auburn …

Another Tomorrow: A Sonnet

July 21, 2022 11:58am | Selena Yu, Iris Mou

When you tilt your head just slightly upward, The sun’s rays come spiraling down the sky. A sight indescribable by one word, Like the soft sound of a fluttering fly. A small warm breeze brushes the leaves airborne, As the air sprouts this beautiful bouquet Of light scattering, a wonder adorned On this stunning daze of a darkling day. The air particles’ colored reflections Prompt this sunset to graze the grassy …

Heat and Rain

July 24, 2021 1:29pm | Advaith Mopuri, Guest Contributor

i walked through the citythrough the sweltering heatand i saw the smoke from the prairie fires,so far awaybut then all the smoketurned into rainand i saw damp air and moist grasslightning, rain, and the boom of thunderthe slick sidewalk tries to make me slipbut my shoes grab on;i’m standing tall the devil tried to make a deal with meto cast my soul into the raintelling me that i would be freefrom my eternal chains i didn’t say a word and i waiteduntil he disappeared the rain kee…

Phillips Exeter Summer

July 24, 2021 1:26pm | Prisha Shivani, Guest Contributor

The sunlight shines on the grass,Dew outlining the field,Indicating a new day,Lit with students walking around campus,Groups laughing, talking, eating together,Passing the football after breakfast,Visiting the library to engulf oneself in the world of fantasy,Walking to the bookstore,Brown brick buildings rise around me,Each unique though beautiful,Carrying a long history since made,A sigh of content brushes my lips, looking at the scene,Phillips Exeter Summer …

On Being Human

July 24, 2021 1:19pm | Rafaela M. Pieres, Guest Contributer

What does it take to be human? With everything that makes up a human, there is a subjective and an objective side. The objective part considers that all human beings are biologically classified as homo sapien primates of the animal kingdom with genes composed of 46 chromosomes in each cell. But that’s not the total picture. Humans have developed to a point where simply surviving as reproducing organisms would not be enough - living as a human is more complex than just being born huma…

Three Random Things I Love About Campus

July 13, 2021 11:21pm | Anika M. Nagle, Guest Contributor

This is a collection of small, random things that I enjoy about the campus here at Exeter. It ranges from the type of buildings this campus houses, from the big white tents found scattered around, yet each of these things, however inconsequential they may seem, are still appreciable. When I first walked onto the campus here at Exeter the first thing I noticed was the variety of buildings. There were the big, squat, brick dormitories and then there were the glass and metal buildings such as t…

Issue 4 Poetry

July 31, 2019 5:24pm |

The Game Called Love By Marco Zhao, Guest Contributor Love is an emotion,always in motion.Love leads to greatness,but when that greatness turns to weakness.Love is the one to blame,they say 'love is just a game.'Oh, Cupid aims,oh, Venus' fame.Everlasting love is a bluff,finding true love is enough. The Revealing By Marco Zhao, Guest Contributor All things must come to an end,whether its positive or negative.I hope the rules can bend, but alas, this is always so…