Senior Profile: Allison Siegel
Maggie Cassidy, Managing Editor
June 3, 2011
Senior Allison Siegel managed to have an extremely busy and demanding high school career at JC while being the SAC President, women’s varsity field hockey captain, and Print Chief of The Patriot. Siegel, who has been on the staff of The Patriot for the past two years, says that being a member of The... Read more »
Predictions suggest 15-year low for student enrollment
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
April 26, 2011
The student population has been declining since 2006, as smaller incoming classes continue to replace larger graduating classes. The upcoming school year will follow this pattern. The current enrollment is 738 students, but after the class of 2011 graduates, approximately 40 to 50 of those seats will... Read more »
Briggs revises Honor Council plans
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
March 29, 2011
Students met with Dean of Students Thomas Vierheller and Music Director Daniel Briggs on March 15 to learn more about the Honor Council that will be put into place during the 2011-2012 school year. “We really wanted to finally address [the Honor Council] with students and the whole process. We wanted... Read more »
Family television loses its wholesome content
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
March 22, 2011
Everyone has had that awkward moment when their parents walk in during the single romantic scene in a movie or show. It’s even worse when they’re sitting right next to you. Although ABC Family network’s name suggests television shows that are family-friendly and relatively tame, the actual content... Read more »
The Strokes return with promise
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
February 14, 2011
It’s been a rough week for indie music – The White Stripes, The Gorillaz, and LCD Soundsystem have announced their ends. But in death, one always finds life. And the indie gods breathed into the lungs of music with the release of The Strokes’ new single, “Under Cover of Darkness.” For the... Read more »
Driving becomes an escape to relax
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
January 17, 2011
With two hands on the wheel—or alternating as I lean one arm on my window sill— I can’t think of something that brings more comfort to me than driving. Most of the time, I’m doing at least three things at once. Cell phone in hand or back pocket, I’ll work on my homework or play around on... Read more »
Kings Of Leon album proves promising
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
October 28, 2010
Kings of Leon has been torn apart, loved, scoffed at, and kicked to the curb. Just as any well deserving boy’s rock band with a story should. The band’s newest edition to their impressive discography, Come Around Sundown, was released October 19. I was lucky enough to see Kings of Leon in concert... Read more »
“Hurley” regresses and impresses
Allison Siegel
October 24, 2010
Putting out another album like clockwork, Weezer released “Hurley” on September 10th. The album is named after the character Hugo “Hurley” Reyes from the hit television show “Lost”. The band has always been known for their quirky attitudes and nerdy tendencies, but their last two albums... Read more »
Wavves’ new album strikes a chord
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
September 13, 2010
For those raised on the alterna-punk whine of Tom Delonge in Blink-182, the newest Wavves album strikes a familiar chord. King of the Beach premiered in June but is hanging on now with its theme of endless summer and teenage angst. Wavves, a.k.a. Nathan Williams, brings his loud guitar riffs and poor... Read more »
Yearbooks foster false sense of friendship
Allison Siegel, Managing Editor
June 3, 2010
Attached to the hands of every student for the past week, they hold the “memories” of the past school year. Sharpie-clad freshmen, attempting to have every single one of their friends pour their hearts out in the eleven pages of blank space, roam and stalk through the hallways. And what is it... Read more »