With the fashion industry accounting for 10% of global carbon emissions and 20% of waste water, creating a sustainable and “green” image has become important for fashion companies. Brands like H&M and Zara (including its parent company Inditex) promote their dedication to combating the impact that their products have on climate change, but is any progress being made?
Read MoreTwelve weeks into the 2020-2021 school year, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) students found themselves adjusting to a new schedule, with Wednesdays designed to hold no classes except a morning commitment to C&C. While CGS students will now begin their transition to a hybrid model, they will still be guaranteed this “Community Wednesday.”
Read MoreAs Super Bowl LV approaches, here are some key storylines to watch for as the Kansas City Chiefs look to defend their title against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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As the 2020-2021 school year approached in late August and early September, schools across the country implemented different hybrid learning models to allow students to safely attend in-person classes during the pandemic. Catlin Gabel School (CGS) hopes to soon apply hybrid learning as well.
Book sales for Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera” and Sylvia Plaths’s “The Bell Jar” soared in the beginning of the pandemic. All three books focus on how solitude affects us as people. As the pandemic and quarantine has continued past people’s expectations, the selection of books has also changed.
Read MoreEveryday, we consume media. This media comes in many different forms such as movies, TV shows, music, images, and videos from social media platforms.
Read MoreLess than a month and a half after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were approved for emergency use by the FDA, 24.7 million doses have already been administered, with 3.8 million people fully vaccinated. Despite new, more infectious variants, depressing totals of 4,000 deaths on Jan. 26 alone and over 25 million reported cases and 425,000 deaths in the U.S, and a slower-than-expected rollout, the vaccine offers glimmers of hope for life after COVID-19.
Read MoreThe way people who struggle with addiction are treated needs to change, and HBO’s “Euphoria” might just help push that change.
Read MoreChildren and grandchildren of those who experience trauma are more likely to be actively suicidal and have other major mental health concerns than children and grandchildren of people without that trauma, as noted by SAMHSA. These rippling effects can be clearly accounted for by all forms of trauma, which can be best defined as an emotional response to a terrible event, according to American Psychological Association.
Read MoreWhile communities throughout the Portland metropolitan area were greeted by accumulating snow the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 26, metro area students shared contrasting comments on the concept of virtual “snow days.”
Read MoreUpper School students have been on all kinds of recent adventures outside of school. Here are a variety of photos (some with captions) about their experiences.
Read MoreCornell Farms, popular lunch spot for Catlin Gabel (CGS) students, has found ways to adapt throughout the pandemic and is ready for students to come back with open arms.
Read MoreDespite nearly three months having passed since the presidential election, and a new president in office, the transition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s administrations is still fresh in everyone’s minds. For weeks, Trump refused to admit defeat, even though nine presidents before him lost their second campaigns. Here’s a look back at his transition, as well as the two other most recent presidents to lose reelection, and how their reactions differed from Trump’s.
Read MoreOn Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, the Electoral College officially determined President-elect Joe Biden the 46th President of the United States of America. Subsequently, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 - and early the next day - amidst and after a chaotic riot, members of Congress counted the Electoral College votes.
Read MoreAs schools switched to Zoom and sports practices were cancelled, Portland’s teens hit the streets, Strava recording, mask in hand. These are the favorite places of 12 teen runners.
Read MoreThe Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Environmental Action Team (EAT) created an innovative challenge aimed at reducing carbon emissions, a leading cause of climate change. The project was spearheaded by three CGS ninth graders: Campbell Swaim, Sofia Rutman, and Mahala Lambert.
Read MoreHere is a look back at some of the events that shaped 2020.
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