The date is Tuesday, August 22. 23:00 o'clock. T-minus eight days until your first day at Taft. The battle has begun— you are a soldier and your life solely depends upon the decision of your Command...
One of the worst questions I get asked every year is what I’m going to be for Halloween. I mean, it's such a simple question, yet every single time, I’m frozen and unsure what to say. Am I going as...
As the morning walks to Wu grow colder and leaves start to turn, it's clear another New England fall is upon us. It's one of the most beloved times of the year at Taft, when the campus is at its most charming:...
Ladies, let's be honest: the days of the jock are over. We’re done with the same mindless brutes who incoherently grunt at the TV during football games and maintain subpar personal hygiene. The Taft...
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...
