By AMY HUANG, junior When you travel through the halls of JP, you probably catch snippets of various conversations that range in topic from the math test that the entire class “yolo’ed” to so-and-so’s “swag”. As a student living in the 21st century, you probably understand the meaning of these slang words and use them … Continue reading
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JP Stevens: A Biography
By MATT LEE, senior John P. Stevens High School first opened in the autumn of 1964. At the time, it was commissioned because Edison’s population was growing too fast for Edison High School. The town had changed its name from Raritan just ten years before, after a public vote chose the name “Edison” over “Nixon.” Despite walking through JP’s hallways every day, most students hardly … Continue reading
Watch and learn
By NANCY WOO, sophomore SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, sports has established itself as a common ground to bring people together — to unite a shaken community or bring peace between warring nations. The essence of exhilaration in sports is that moment when the underdog fights back to cover a large deficit with a mere few minutes … Continue reading