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October 2026 / Current Year Articles
Odyssey Overhyped
This summer, several movies were released that have the potential to be great, as Caleb Park ‘29 discussed in his September article. Obsession, an indie horror film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and finally, The Odyssey. I had very high hopes for the Odyssey when I went to see it. The cast, consisting of big names like Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, had the potential to be great. Furthermore, Christopher Nolan, in my opinion, is one of the best directors of this generation. So, with a great cast, a great director, and one of the best story plots ever, this movie was set to be amazing.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
Mr. Smythe’s Bid for Power Grows
The start of each academic year at Gilman brings a series of events and traditions. One of the most prominent is the opening-day convocation, which commences with the Seniors walking out to Brown Field hand in hand with the Kindergarten class. The tradition is for Head of the School, Mr. Henry P.A. Smyth, to deliver an opening speech to the school. This year, however, he was nowhere to be seen on the morning of the convocation.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
IM Waterboy
With Student Body President Sean Broadbent’s ‘27 declaration of a State of Emergency for varsity athletes, various measures have been put in place to ensure that varsity athletes receive the absolute best treatment, which they absolutely deserve. These include the creation of the “Gilman Blues,” a student-section intramural designed to make athletes feel supported at every game, and the new middle school coaching intramural, meant to maintain Gilman’s tradition of dominating the MIAA.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
The Scoreboard Saga and Renovation Plans
Despite classes taking a pause over the summer, Gilman kept busy. There were athletic practices, summer camps, and new construction projects, including a new Lower School playground, new flooring in Carey Hall, and, most notably, new videoboards.
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Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Feola
For this month’s Alumni Spotlight, The News checked in on alumnus Matthew Feola ‘25. Feeling unsatisfied with his experience at the University of North Carolina, he decided to search for a way to find economic and entrepreneurial fulfillment at this stage of his life and dropped out of school. That is when he discovered user-generated content (UGC). A form of content creation, with UGC, a corporation pays a creator to promote their product. This sort of advertising has existed since the dawn of time, but, because of short-form-based algorithms on Instagram and TikTok, the scene has recently grown substantially more popular.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Greenhouse
For many Gilman students, the Greenhouse, formally known as the Hydroponics Dome, is simply another prop on the greater Gilman campus. Though recently, as those who walk up from the lower lot each morning may have noticed, the dome appears abandoned, with tomatoes and other plants growing out of the cracks. What is really going on here, and what is the true story of Gilman’s avant-garde agricultural scene?
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