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The Blue & Gold

Reporting the news since 1914

The Blue & Gold

Thicker Than Water

By Brian O'Connor
May 18, 2023

According to its website, the Red Cross collects, on average, 13.6 million units of whole blood and red blood cells annually. On April 26 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., our school community contributed its...

Music, Movement, and Magnificence: Mamma Mia!

By Cosette Lane, Staff Writer
May 18, 2023

From March 22st to 25th, students, parents, and faculty made their way to Woodruff Auditorium to see this year’s spring musical, Mamma Mia! The musical promised an unforgettable performance with singing,...

Chanel Day to the Rescue

By Gigi Glennon, Editor-in-Chief
May 18, 2023

April 20th brought many students’ favorite day, Chanel Day! Starting with a mass celebrating St. Peter Chanel’s life and work on the island of Futuna, the students then dismissed to a day filled...

Election Season Unfolds

By Stella Chambless, Staff Writer
May 18, 2023

Student elections mark the beginning of another exciting school year, and those elected become the face of the student body. Election season began when candidates’ fliers appeared on the screens and...

Cultural Exchange Comes to Campus

By Abigail Stafford, Sarah White, and Sidon Afeworki, Staff Writers
Feb 28, 2023

Did you know we had six French foreign exchange students visit our school? We had the pleasure of meeting four of these students—Julie, Romin, Selen, and Armand—and interviewing them, as well as...

Seeing Our School From a New Perspective

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Nov 10, 2022

While our day-to-day lives often blur together into a boring schedule, some students from other parts of the world find our schedule fascinating. From September 23 to October 2, Marist welcomed over twenty...

Our School’s First Foray Into Self-Defense

By Maggie York, Editor-in-Chief
Nov 8, 2022

On October 4th, our school hosted its first self-defense class for any interested female student. The class was organized and brought to fruition by seniors Lauren Darke and Lily Deiters. It was taught...

Broadcast Journalist Clark Howard Reminds Marist to Always Look Ahead

By Patrick Sheesley, News Editor
Nov 2, 2022

Clark Howard visited Marist on September 16, 2022 to discuss his broadcasting career with students and faculty during the activity period. Howard, an Atlanta resident and nationally recognized radio...

Remembering Women in Writing

By Amanda Altarejos, Editor-in-Chief
Feb 6, 2022

“No black woman writer in this culture can ever write ‘too much.’” —bell hooks, Remembered Rapture “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” —Joan Didion, The White Album “From...

Deaths of Three Esteemed Writers at the End of 2021

Feb 3, 2022

“No black woman writer in this culture can ever write ‘too much.’” Bell Hooks, Remembered Rapture.  “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Joan Didion, The White Album.  “From...

Keeping Marist Open: The Guide to Returning to Normalcy

Keeping Marist Open: The Guide to Returning to Normalcy

By Grace Neil, Features Editor
Oct 14, 2021

COVID-19. Covid. The Pandemic. Whatever you want to call it. As our lives have been slowly returning to normal, there are a lot of questions about the near future. With multiple vaccines rolling out and...

Hurricane Ida and What It Left Behind

Hurricane Ida and What It Left Behind

By Daniela Ortiz, Staff Writer
Oct 13, 2021

With the arrival of Hurricane Ida in the last days of August 2021, Louisiana saw one of its worst storms since Hurricane Katrina. Ida tore through the coast with top wind speeds of 150 miles per hour and...

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