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Generation Cheat

May 12, 2015

Rose Lipner, Features Editor From Stanford University to the SATs, cheating is prevalent in all parts of the country, at all grade levels and at all levels of academic talent. Fifty-nine percent...

Satire finds a home at The Freezing Point

Satire finds a home at The Freezing Point

By Nicole Soussana, Staff Writer May 4, 2015

On Facebook one night last December, Josh Goldner, Henry Wineburgh, Daniel Steinberg, Jacob Toczek and Gabe Silverstein were brainstorming about Rabbi Segal's release of the latest in his “Kosher Korner”...

How fair are the SATs?

How fair are the SATs?

By Eric Bazak, Features Editor February 22, 2015
Juniors’ eyes are glued to heavy Compass books as they fidget in the hallways, enveloped in insurmountable stress. There is only one explanation: SATs are coming up. But how objective is the SAT? Do Shalhevet students have a level playing field with students in public schools – or with each other?
TASTY: Top Chef winner Mei Lin, center, is normally sous chef at Ink on Melrose but made chicken tostadas at MexiKosher Feb. 19.

Prize-winning chefs take guest turns at Mexikosher

By Rose Lipner, Features Editor February 20, 2015

It was supposed to last until 9, but by 7:30 p.m. Feb 19 Mexikosher was all sold out of fresh, made-from-scratch tostadas — fried tortillas topped with sliced chicken, red cabbage, radishes, and a peanut,...

RESTAURANT: Mexikosher chef Katsuji Tanabe prepares food behind the counter for waiting customers.

Mexikosher owner says cooking kosher changed him

February 9, 2015

By Eric Bazak, Features Editor and Alexa Fishman, Editor-in-Chief Half Mexican, half Japanese and five-sevenths kosher, Katsuji Tanabe won the Food Network’s Chopped reality cooking competition last...

Mister Buckley

By Alec Fields, Staff Writer December 12, 2014
Before he resigned, the Boiling Point had planned a major feature on Mr. Buckley. It became a retrospective, but the story is the same.
Of 33 Shalhevet drivers polled in March, over a third had already been in accidents.

Immortal and behind the wheel

By Eric Bazak, Features Editor May 30, 2014
A recent Boiling Point poll of students with licenses found that most Shalhevet drivers regularly break several laws while driving, and 42 percent have already been in an accident — despite having been licensed for, at most, just two-and-a-half years.
Party Culture

Party Culture

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief March 12, 2014

A full bottle of vodka lay nestled in a bush, out of anyone’s line of vision in the unlikely case a parent would come home.  A few sophomores lounged on a couch, speaking incoherently as one of their...

HISTORY: Clockwise from top right - Junior Nicole Feder and her sister Ariana visited Robben Island in 2010 with their cousin, Danielle Drozin, at right

EXODUS: Jewish population wanes in South Africa

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer January 19, 2014

Although Shalhevet did not formally commemorate the passing of legendary human rights leader and statesman Nelson Mandela, the five minutes in between class and Town Hall Dec. 5 were particularly quiet,...

iPADS: Freshmen view a variety of web pages during Dr. Michael Yoss's World History class.

TECH-NOGRAPHY: How students and faculty are handling the geography of tech

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer January 10, 2014

Shalhevet's new iPad program has transformed classes for both sophomores and freshmen into intricate and technologically advanced courses -- as well as an opportunity to play the latest games and explore...

How other high schools navigate tech-based classes

How other high schools navigate tech-based classes

January 5, 2014

Both locally and nationally, schools are grappling with questions of how to best use technology without turning classrooms into free time for other electronic pursuits. An informal Boiling Point survey...

What’s in a pseudonym?

What’s in a pseudonym?

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief November 20, 2013

Melissa transformed into Mah Lissa. Natalie rechristened herself Nah Tally, and Kaili became Kay Lee...in cyberspace, that is. With college application season heating up, seniors have begun changing...

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