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Book Review: If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

Book Review: If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

Bianca Lewandowski, Staff Writer February 5, 2024

Recently, I read the book If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin, a recommendation from my TikTok feed. Overall, I give this book 9/10. It is your classic romance book, but with some twists that kept...

Places To Visit This Upcoming Summer

Places To Visit This Upcoming Summer

Bianca Lewandowski, Staff Writer June 2, 2023

After a very busy school year, figuring out what to do during the summer can be tricky. Especially around Sayreville, finding something new to do can be a challenge. Here is a list of places to visit (by...

Opinions on the new Proposed Schedule Changes

Opinions on the new Proposed Schedule Changes

Bianca Lewandowski, Staff Writer May 12, 2023

If you haven't seen it already, the Sayreville Board of Education had proposed new start and end times for the Sayreville War Memorial High School (along with the Middle School, and elementary schools)....

Students Commentate on School Lunch Options

Students Commentate on School Lunch Options

Editor, Staff Writer December 3, 2021

As it has become more accessible, students of Sayreville War Memorial High School have commentated more than ever on their school lunches. This past April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced...

Wait finally over for Avengers: Endgame

Wait finally over for Avengers: Endgame

Zenia Khan, Staff Writer May 3, 2019

*Beware for some spoilers* Here is the movie that everyone has been waiting for! Marvel fans have been patiently awaiting the release of Avengers: Endgame, the finale of an epic showdown between the...

Watching Escape Room: A Movie Review

Watching Escape Room: A Movie Review

Kavita Parasuraman, Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2019

It's hard to come by an actual scary horror movie and chilling mystery movie, yet Escape Room proved otherwise. In this drama/mystery, we watch a group of distinctive people enter what seems like a harmless...

You cant have a Sugar Rush without the crash - thoughts after watching Ralph Breaks the Internet

You can’t have a “Sugar Rush” without the crash – thoughts after watching “Ralph Breaks the Internet”

Ashlee Bonsi, Staff Writer December 7, 2018

Following the success of critically-acclaimed animated film Wreck-It Ralph, Disney released Ralph Breaks the Internet five years and nineteen days after the first movie's 2012 release date. Taking up...

Did Twenty One Pilots go in the right direction with Trench?

Did Twenty One Pilots go in the right direction with “Trench”?

Rose Tomaszewski, Staff Writer December 7, 2018

Ohio duo Twenty One Pilots have taken over radio stations and award shows over the past two years, after the release of their single, “Stressed Out”, followed by a series of other hit singles,...

Bohemian Rhapsody: an epic finale despite obstructed timeline

Bohemian Rhapsody: an epic finale despite obstructed timeline

Jessica Stochel, Staff Writer December 7, 2018

Queen transcends through the movie screens with their portrayal in Bohemian Rhapsody. When the movie was released on November 2, I was very skeptical at first to entrust an over-dramatic Hollywood crew...

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer released

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer released

Ryan Real, Staff Writer March 23, 2018

The highly anticipated second installment of Fantastic Beasts recently released its trailer and it shows some promising signs to be as successful as its predecessor. Fantastic Beasts occurs before the...

Book Review - All The Bright Places

Book Review – All The Bright Places

Ciara Weller, Staff Writer January 26, 2018

At first glance, Violet Markey and Theodore Finch could not be any more different. Violet is the popular cheerleader who's  friends with all of the wrong people. Finch is an outcast known as “Theodore...

Book Review - The Glass Castle

Book Review – The Glass Castle

Kavita Parasuraman, Staff Writer November 17, 2017

A family on the move in the fifties. Living a nomadic way of life. These two sentences do not go together in this time. Everyone is busy with their own lives, no space for adventure. Yet the author of...

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