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It is surprising that the administration has not responded to many seniors' "beach body" craze.

Apoorva Approved: The Upper School needs to vocalize its body-positive undertones

by Apoorva Rangan, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2015

Rolling waves. Beating sun. A complete lack of academic obligation. Can you think of a better way to spend a Monday and Tuesday in May? A year ago, I certainly could. To stressed-out junior me, the...

My dad (seated, right) poses with his three younger siblings in this formal photo.

Apoorva Approved: On age, senioritis, and growing up

by Apoorva Rangan, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief January 29, 2015

I saw my dad as a 17-year-old for the first time this weekend, in a photo circulated through my family on WhatsApp. He had a shock of black hair and a jaw. He’s gentler now, his hair salt white with...

Police in retired Department of Defense (DoD) gear move through the Ferguson business district, forcing protesters to other neighborhoods. The Pentagon's 1033 program, where any state or local law enforcement agency may request DoD equipment, faces intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill this week.

Apoorva Approved: Policemen of the people

by Apoorva Rangan, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief September 9, 2014
21 days ago, Canfield Drive looked like a regular blue-collar street. The city blocks which it spans in Ferguson, Missouri hold a working class neighborhood where nearly 100% of residents identify as black, according to the 2010 Census. Though the city’s median income is $37,134, Canfield Drive’s median is far lower. The street overlooked an apartment building complex where families lived their daily routines. It was an American Everytown of a sort.
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