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How has our dependency on technology changed?

How has our dependency on technology changed?

Statesman Staff | December 16, 2024

You sit at your desk staring at your Ipad screen. You have 4 tests tomorrow that decide your grade and an essay that's due tonight. Realistically, it would take you 3-4 hours to finish your essay, but...

iPad Restrictions: Too Much?

iPad Restrictions: Too Much?

Netra Wuppalapati, Staff Reporter | December 16, 2024

Tap. Tap. Tap tap tap tap. You frustratedly spam the refresh button of the browser for spotify.com, hoping the window clouding your screen goes away. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. Shutting your iPad, you...

How does being an athlete shape identity?

How does being an athlete shape identity?

Adi Jaiswal, Managing Editor of Web | December 10, 2024

Writing out ‘basketball practice’ for every day of the week on her calendar, varsity basketball player Nisha Musunuri ’25 finds herself running out of space. Her calendar is filled with reminders...

Kiva Club Hosts Annual Ball-a-Palooza Event

Kiva Club Hosts Annual Ball-a-Palooza Event

Samarth Donapati and Siya Patel | December 8, 2024

On Saturday Nov. 23, 2024, Kiva club, an international service organization at Stevenson, hosted its annual Ball-a-Palooza in the Sports Center. This year, the tournament raised roughly 400 dollars for...

Effect of evolving beauty standards

Effect of evolving beauty standards

Hannah Diab, Sanvi Gupta, and Kashvi Nagpal | November 21, 2024

Alia Rhodes ’27 lays on her bed, scrolling through Instagram, liking post after post containing altered and airbrushed images. Despite knowing each post is perfectly curated to portray only the best...

Growth of Greenwashing

Growth of Greenwashing

Eleanor McInnis, Copy Editor | November 19, 2024

When you opened your phone one morning, you saw a news app notification, showing that your favorite clothing brand falsely claimed to have implemented a production process with significantly lower carbon...

Digital Fragment

Digital Fragment

Oliver Arora, Web Editor | November 18, 2024

The internet continuously becomes more and more integral into our daily lifestyle. It has become nearly impossible not to be in touch with social media and the digital realm, whether you’re at the library,...

Does Stevenson do enough for its community?

Does Stevenson do enough for its community?

Statesman Staff | November 15, 2024

As you open your third executive board (e-board) rejection email, you begin to feel inadequate compared to your peers, who are all on e-board for their respective clubs. You begin to wonder if you should...

More Than Identity

More Than Identity

Oliver Arora, Web Editor | November 13, 2024

Swing state after swing state after swing state. Donald Trump’s shocking domination of the 2024 presidential election will lead him back to the office in January to serve as the 47th president. Reflecting...

Patriots Make History at Home

Patriots Make History at Home

Justin Ferstein, Sports Editor | November 4, 2024

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article mistakenly stated that the Patriots had last won a playoff game in 2014, during their State Championship run. The article also misstated some statistics....

How have people become more desensitized to toxicity?

How have people become more desensitized to toxicity?

Statesman Staff | October 27, 2024

OMG! She’s giving me the “ick.” Two minutes ago, the girl who just spoke and the one who’s giving her the “ick” was just catching up on the drama from class. They were laughing and talking,...

The Stevenson Patriots secured the NSC Co-Champions title after a hard fought game against the Lake Zurich Bears. The Patriots shared the championship title with Libertyville High School, who also hold a record of 8-1, losing their only game to Lake Forest.

Patriots Win the NSC for First Time in Eight Years

Ansh Aggarwal and Oliver Arora | October 25, 2024

The Patriots beat the Lake Zurich Bears away on Friday, Oct. 25 with a thrilling 20-17 victory in the final seconds as they improved their record to 8-1. It’s the first time the Patriots have won the...

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