Talon Articles

What is an NFT?

The strange world of NFTs Bored Apes? CryptoPunks? Randomly generated doodles of cats selling for $20,000? These so-called "NFTs" have taken the digital world by storm and caused mass hysteria, but many major questions about them still loom. What even are they, and...

What are Microtones

Tuning into any news broadcast, you will quickly be made aware that these are unprecedented times. Social unrest, geopolitical time bombs, and a worldwide pandemic make everyday feel just a little bit off. If you are looking for music to fit these uneasy times, music...

Front ‘n’ center

COVID-19 essential workers fighting on the frontline For front-line health care workers, the pandemic has brought many untold stories. "There was a bus driver who came in with COVID," said Rachel Burton, a physician and hospitalist at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. "He...

Eat, school, sleep deprivation-repeat

Recently, I purchased an alarm clock that wakes me up using light instead of noise. It increases the amount of light it shines over a 30 minute period ending during my set wake up time. After that, it beeps anyway just in case. The idea is that I'll wake up the...
50 Years of Title IX

50 Years of Title IX

Honoring girls sports at MA Title IX: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from...

Beck to the Future

Beck to the Future

Beck to the future How Latin teacher navigated twisting career path to upper school Some people have a calling to...