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The Girls Varsity Cheerleading team celebrates on the sidelines before the game. In addition to sideline cheer, they also perform during the halftime show.

How to: Cheerleading

Brayden Caldwell and Himang Sharma | October 10, 2024

On an endless plane of green strands, a chanting mob leaps into action. A ball of brushing bristles shakes fervently and rises. A large mass of hands extends, connecting each segment of their bodies,...

Anon(ymous) Hits the Stage

Anon(ymous) Hits the Stage

The Patriot Theatre Company (PTC) will present Anon(ymous), a modern retelling of Homer’s “Odyssey,” on Oct. 6 and 7. The Odyssey follows the story of the Greek hero Hercules, and his journey home...

Running back Sarah Bende ’26 cuts the field, gaining more yards on the play. Bende has proven to be one of the most powerful forces on Stevensons offense, averaging 4 carries per game.

Flag Football Climbs to the Top

Justin Ferstein and Aisha Fatima | September 26, 2024

Catching the football close to her side, Sammie Meliker ‘24 charges across the field in a determined attempt to reach the endzone. Gaining yards with each stride, which would bring her closer to a triumphant...

Impact of Lack of Political Action

Impact of Lack of Political Action

September 24, 2024

On Instagram, you pass by another post of Kamala Harris’s infamous coconut meme. One post later, it’s a video of an innocent Palestinian girl begging for donations as her family members lost their...

New Phone Jails: Good or Bad?

New Phone Jails: Good or Bad?

Lynde Mogensen, Staff Reporter | September 20, 2024

The basic delusion is that man may be governed and yet be free, famously claimed H.L. Mencken. In other words, to obtain freedom, one must forfeit structure — and what better structure is there to forfeit...

The Meme-ification of Politics

The Meme-ification of Politics

Satviki Inturi, Features Editor | September 14, 2024

If during the 2020 election, someone mentioned coconut trees, Charli XCX, and Kamala Harris in the same sentence, I would look at them up and down as if they were crazy. However, four years later, not...

Stevenson Switches from the SAT to the ACT

Stevenson Switches from the SAT to the ACT

Adi Jaiswal, Managing Editor of Web | September 13, 2024

Before 2017, high school students in Illinois were mandated to take the ACT, but the state switched to the SAT in 2017. Until now, the state has required students to take the SAT. However, starting in...

Stevenson Sends the Fans Home Happy

Stevenson Sends the Fans Home Happy

Aisha Fatima and Justin Ferstein | September 11, 2024

The Patriots never looked back once, as they stomped on the Taft Eagles in their home opener, increasing their record to 2-0. Thanks to the strong offensive efforts early in the game, the Patriots went...

As dozens of politicians, celebrities, and athletes endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, the fabric of our country slowly tears away with red and blue stains. The fanfare of conventions might be fascinating, but the inflamed rhetoric can be equally destructive to the fabric of a civil, democratic society. Graphic by Eshaam Bhattad.

The DNC Brings Life Back to Politics, but at the Expense of Civility

Eshaam Bhattad, Managing Editor of Production | September 4, 2024

During his 1968 presidential campaign, Republican nominee Richard Nixon made a surprising appearance on the popular political comedy show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,” a remarkably odd thing for a...

A composite of the album covers of "Mother I Sober by Lamar and "Scorpion" by Drake is pictured. Drake and Lamar began their careers collaborating on pieces, but are now engaged in a public feud through tracks at one another.

Why Kendrick Lamar Lost

Eshaam Bhattad, Managing Editor of Production | May 19, 2024

Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this article are not that of the Statesman publication, but rather that of the writer. The Statesman is committed to publishing Letters to the Editor and staff...

Protestor Eden Plotsky stands with the Israeli flag wrapped around her back, surrounded by fellow students. Students in support of Israel walked out as well, to represent their viewpoint.

Speaking Their Minds

On May 2, Stevenson students participated in a walk-out at the football stadium from 11:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.. The walk-out consisted of two brief speeches by students, followed by students sitting on...

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