Get ready, Taft, because ready or not, iPad kids are coming! Gen Alpha may not be little kids anymore. In fact, the oldest of the generation may already be in our midst. In just a few more years, the very...
This year, Taft introduced a revamped preseason and orientation schedule: instead of varsity athletes, dorm monitors, and international students moving in on different days, this fall, the entire Taft...
I was not expecting to spend my Tuesday night in C118 delicately balancing dry spaghetti, masking tapes, twine, and a marshmallow – but there I was, at 9 pm, building a pasta tower with Tatum ‘26,...
Track and Field has a long and successful history at Taft, bringing together distance runners, sprinters, throwers, jumpers, and even pole vaulters into one team that competes across seventeen events....
The student body at Taft is generally well-rounded, balancing demanding academics, elite sports teams, and impressive extracurriculars. But walking down Main Hall, I couldn’t help but notice the new...
Imagine getting your worst math grade of the year back on third-floor Wu. Bordering on tears, you trudge all the way to the history wing for the in-class essay that you’ve been dreading all day, just...
Since the dawn of time, the space rock Pluto had been at the top of the extraterrestrial hierarchy. It was designated as a planet–simple yet elegant. The ancient Sumerians worshipped Pluto as their healing...
Being spiritual at Taft is difficult. We dedicate so much effort to academics and athletics that when choosing between sleep and soulful, heart-fulfilling, introspective meditation, sleep usually wins....
Tate Celebi, Head Writer 24-25
• February 14, 2025
Every February, humanity asks itself the same question: how much longer is winter going to last? And every year, this question is answered by an unlikely hero, a groundhog who goes by the name...
I’m going to describe the female main character from the latest book I’ve read: she eats a lot but never gains weight; she’s beautiful, but somehow thinks she’s ugly; she’s dangerous but helpless...
Mr. LaCasse’s address a few weeks ago broached an important debate, one that crosses our minds each time we see a vivid buzzcut bobbing in the halls: how harmful are our age-based traditions?...
