March Madness is finally upon us and the anticipation is bubbling over the surface. Everybody is ready for his or her favorite team to repeat last year’s magical run. Throats will be soar, voices will be gone, and faces will be (partially) painted black. Some have waited all year for this, while others have waited longer. IT’S TIME FOR STATE PLAYOFFS AND LM IS READY FOR BATTLE. First, let us rewind and take a look at yet another dominating season by the Aces. With a regular season record of 21-2, the team enjoyed great success. They finished with a 17-0 mark in the Central League for the second straight year. We have become accustomed to going undefeated in the Central League, but that is no piece of cake and should not be taken for granted. Hours of preparation went into every game, no matter who the opponent was. Let us...

With spring right around the corner, the boys’ and girls’ track teams are preparing for another competitive season in the Central League. Despite the loss of a strong senior class that sent multiple runners to states last year, the current squads are looking forward to continuing the success that they...

On the morning of Monday, February 11, Officer Sean Quinn of the Lower Merion Police Department shot and killed himself in his own vehicle at FDR Park at the corner of 15th Street and Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. Born in Delaware County, 46-year-old Quinn served with the LMPD for 25 years. He was also...

Once a year, between the winter and spring, we decide to honor a select group of upperclassmen boys through an event known as Mr. Lower Merion. Mr. LM is a four-year-old tradition that supports the senior class, the LM Scholarship Foundation, and the ABC House. As a freshman watching AJ Schiffrin crowned, I...

Julia Kramer-Golinkoff for her nomination for the prestigious Prudential Spirit of Community Award! The award was founded in 1995 by Prudential Bank in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), an organization that provides information and resources to principals. It honors students in middle and high school...

Word-Nerds unite! Have you seen people sneakily swiping their fingers furiously around their phone screens under the desk in class, and wondered what they were doing? You too can join the 30 million users that are engaging in the new Words with Friends: Ruzzle! This addictive game works your brain as you discover words you never knew existed. How does it work? Unlike Words with Friends, Ruzzle is fast-paced, with only three two minute round games. Like Scrabble, some letters have special point values and similarly, to Boggle, words are made in any direction as long as the letters are adjacent. You can download this fun app for free or you can pay $2.99 and get some cool extras. Up until recently, the free version just had the game and the messenger to talk to your friend/opponent, while the paid version had extras such as a practice mode to improve your speedy-finger-swiping skills along with seeing all the possible words for...

A&E sat down with multitalented musician senior Will Brown, also known as Wildabeast, to discuss the recent release of “Wildabeast Mixtape Vol. 1.” When and how did you first become interested in music? I started playing the drums when I was five and while taking drum lessons I also went through phases taking piano, violin, and guitar lessons...

Early decision, early action, rolling, regular decision, affirmative action and early notification are all terms that most seniors have come to understand over the course of their graduating year. At this point in the year most (if not all) of these deadlines have come and gone.  Our applications are in the hands of the many admissions officers who are trusted to decide if we are worthy to attend the schools they work for.  Many students who applied early or rolling have already heard back from schools.  Early decision notification days were a huge stress for some, waiting to hear from their top choices or wishing their friends luck as they heard.  As a class we had many successes but an equal amount of disappointments. It is just a small sample of what is soon to come as regular decision mailings go out. April 1st, the day the majority of colleges...