Nam Bui ’19 and Javon Darrien ’19 “We live in an all-boy school, not a monastery. There’s a difference.” – a friend exclaimed at a debate tournament when people chuckled at his all-boys education. At Woodberry, any questions or doubts regarding single sex education are usually left behind […]
Note: These two articles are the product of a little intra-section competition. The editor, Agus Tornabene, wrote an article advocating for non-native English speakers to speak only English in public places, while Beau Adams advocated for the status-quo. The editor did not edit Beau Adam’s article, instead, the […]
A Call for Reform Luke Stone ’20 As it currently stands, Woodberry’s primary punitive measure, the demerit system, is hardly ever punitive. Receiving demerits, a consequence that once threatened to not only take Saturday evening activities off the table for students, but also put persistent infringers on probation […]
A Matter of Interaction By: Dylan Yen ‘19 For as long as anyone can remember, Woodberry has had grade-specific dorms. Besides the Prefects and a few Juniors on Freshman and Sophomore dorms, each grade has been consigned to a dorm. Seniors to Griffin and Dowd House, Juniors to […]
A Needed Message Hutch Bray ‘21 Vaping here at Woodberry has become a problem that needs to be addressed because it affects the whole community. In an effort to curb vaping, the Administration has tightened rules around it. From now on, upon being caught using a vaporizer for […]
Javon Darrien ’19 Our school has a storied tradition filled with rites of passage. As a student body, we are proud of this because we think that we are better off for having passed these challenges. That is largely true. We see all the rituals as a way […]
Luke Stone ‘20 Tradition. Camaraderie. Brotherhood. Sealed by friendship’s tie. What do all of these buzzwords have in common? They are all used in material written by the school to explain what Woodberry is like to the outside world. Most importantly, all of those words describe what pep […]
Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of a conversation that I had with Ryan Alexander about the Woodberry cup. Alexander will replace Henry Heil as the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life next fall. As Alexander has yet to fully assume the new role, […]