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Monkey See, Monkey Do

by on Feb.23, 2010, under DT

With an increase of celebrities in fashion and gossip magazines, they are becoming fashion icons. Entire magazine spreads are dedicated to what celebrities are wearing at the moment, whether it is leather jackets, high heels, or scarves.  Because of this, celebrities dictate the trends that teenagers such as the students at TAS buy. Victoria Chi (10) said, “I think people buy clothes that their favorite celebrities wear because they want to have the lifestyle they have.  They admire them so they want to dress the way they do, the magazines just make it easier for people to copy them”.
Websites such as www.people.com have features on how you can get celebrity style; readers can find where they can get Taylor Swift’s scarf, or Rachel McAdams’ sweater. The repercussions of this can be seen at any high school, or even on the street. While not openly apparent, students unconsciously compare each other’s outfits and judge each other based on what the other is wearing. Vivian Huang (10) said, “a few years ago, no one wore skinny jeans, but once magazines started featuring celebrities wearing skinny jeans the trend caught on, and now everyone wears them.”
Besides fashion, even hair and makeup styles are modeled after celebrities. “When I was choosing a hairstyle for frolic, I immediately looked in magazines for celebrity hairstyles,” said Jennifer Huang (10). (continue reading…)

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Who are We Wearing Today?

by on Feb.23, 2010, under DT

Brands seldom fail to escape the eye when one walks around campus. Uggs in hallways. Coach bags on shoulders. Tory Burch flats. The mass of Abercrombie & Fitch hoodies. Flip open a magazine in the middle of the library, and find a dazzling array of outfits. “Pair these True Religion jeans with a cute top for effect,” says Seventeen magazine, while on another page, there are cheaper “lookalikes” (Forever 21, H&M) of high-end outfits. Juicy Couture. Marc Jacobs. Christian Dior. Pages of $100+ outfits draped on sunlight-dappled and heavily airbrushed models sitting in tall grass appear in Vogue photoshoots. Even in Runners World magazine, brands pop up: Nike, Asics, Adidas. But what do TAS students think about it all? (continue reading…)

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The Gap between our Wallets

by on Feb.23, 2010, under DT

It is more often that we hear encouragements to save rather than spend.  Either from grandparents or parents who have experienced hardships in terms of money, or from peers, deeply involved in the Asian community and its prominent money saving mentality. But in a multicultural and partially American environment, many people can’t help but notice how the act of buying and spending still manages to occupy part of our way of life. (continue reading…)

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Carbon Footprint

by on Jan.06, 2010, under DT

The message is everywhere: Reduce your carbon footprint, and help save the environment. However, making these changes can be difficult, such as switching to solar electricity, or using energy efficient gas. These changes are out of many students’ hands, but there are numerous ways the average high school student can invoke a positive change in his or her carbon emissions. (continue reading…)

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Paper: Less is More

by on Jan.06, 2010, under DT

One year ago, a paper limit was introduced to each TAS student. Since then, these tabs have kept a precise record of each sheet of paper printed by a student and if explored, revealed a student’s carbon footprint that specific month. After last year’s trial, Upper School information technology head, Mr. Robb Sloan, discovered that “91% of students printed under 400 pages when the limit was 500 pages”. Access to tools such as the Google folders and drop box available on the Online Classroom allowed teachers and students to turn in assignments to be graded without printing out a single sheet of paper. Considering this verity, the paper limit was dropped to 400 pages. (continue reading…)

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The Little People

by on Jan.06, 2010, under DT

Hope? Apprehension? Confusion? Indifference? Perhaps the feeling we have about the environment is a mixture of similar emotions. Yet some, namely students from the lower school, still feel hopeful despite the daunting future of the environment and what consequences it will render. To these students, global warming is a remote, intimidating issue that will require people to work as a unit to solve. Kevin Yu (4) said, “I don’t think that global warming is a problem that one person can solve. It’s going to take everyone’s efforts combined to make it stop.” (continue reading…)

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TYPA to Varsity: The Transition

by on Nov.03, 2009, under DT

As students transition from lower and middle school to high school, it is not difficult for them to realize the changes that occur throughout the years just by looking back at how things used to be. Some remember specific nostalgic or embarrassing moments and others recall the small, day to day details that made their childhood what it was. (continue reading…)

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