Since 2018, musicians and YouTubers Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon, as the band First of October, have gone into a recording studio every year (excluding 2020) on October 1st. Their challenge: to write and...
Every school year, DeMatha hosts the traditional Walk-A-Thon. Students, faculty members, and families this year are raising money for MOMcares, which is an organization that helps provide mothers and babies...
On the street of Steenweg in the Dutch city of Utrecht lies a seemingly plain building. However, inside the building’s unassuming exterior is a lively, vibrant place filled with wondrous mechanical musical...
On May 24, musician Andrew Bird released the album Sunday Morning Put-On, on which he recorded his versions of nine jazz standards, as well as his own composition, “Ballon de peut-être.” Bird started...
When trombonist Steve Turre, a long-time member of the Saturday Night Live house band, released the album Sanctified Shells in 1993, it showcased a rather obscure instrument: the conch shell. However,...
Two years ago, a timid me crept to the corner of the room for my first sports journalism class at DeMatha. Although I appeared shy, I had strong ambitions to succeed in this class, as I aspired to become...
I've been hearing that schools are trying to ban phones and I get why because some students can't stay off their cell phones and stay on task in school.
Despite this, I personally think this is a bad...
The DeMatha staff is getting tired of kids being on their phones at all times of the day and they're doing something to fix it. Next year, they will be starting the new rule where you won't need your phone...
On February 16, 2024, approximately 1,000 people at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, DC, eagerly waited for the show to begin. However, the performance they were waiting to see was not a musical act,...
Bayern 04 Leverkusen has shown tremendous improvement over the years, but this season is by far the best season for the team.
Bayern 04 Leverkusen is a 1st division German soccer team that has been...
After an exciting 2023 Major League Baseball season that resulted in the Texas Rangers lifting the Commissioner's Trophy, the DeMatha community will be looking forward to Opening Day of the 2024 season...
A few years ago, I found out about the Marble Machine, a musical contraption that plays vibraphone, bass, and drums using marbles. The machine was built by Swedish musician and engineer Martin Molin, the...
