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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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Maren Dunn

Maren Dunn, Junior Editor

Maren is a senior who just recently joined the beacon. The number one thing you should know about Maren is that she has accomplished one of the most amazing and astounding scientific feats known to man: she has cloned herself. In her free time, Maren enjoys flashing peace signs at strangers and (badly) laxing it up. You can spot Maren driving around Tenleytown in her reliable but beat up Honda Civic. Combined, Maren and her clone have gotten more parking tickets and into more accidents than anyone else in the span of 6 months.

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Top 7 best horror movies

Maren Dunn, Junior Editor November 24, 2019

Even though spooky season has passed, there is no reason why horror movies shouldn’t be enjoyed year-round. Every film on this list has two things: bloodcurdling jump scares and an intriguing plot. The...

November Albums of the Month

November Albums of the Month

"Cheap Queen" by King Princess Anna Arnsberger and Maren Dunn 9/10 The debut album of 20 year-old Mikaela Straus (better known as King Princess), “Cheap Queen,” has surpassed expectations. The...

Kaleb Gezahegn heads to Yale with two full scholarships

Kaleb Gezahegn heads to Yale with two full scholarships

Maren Dunn and Madelyn Shapiro June 9, 2019

When senior Kaleb Gezahegn first started kindergarten in Ethiopia, he admittedly wasn’t the best behaved student. “I used to take toys from my kindergarten to play at home,” he said, smiling. But...

Attagirl: Paloma Benach steps up to the plate

Attagirl: Paloma Benach steps up to the plate

Maren Dunn, Junior Editor May 5, 2019

Freshman Paloma Benach is just like any other member of the Wilson boys JV baseball team, except for one thing: she’s not a boy. Benach started playing little league baseball when she was six years...

Wilson cuts ASL I class

Wilson cuts ASL I class

Maren Dunn, Junior Editor November 11, 2018

Wilson shrunk the American Sign Language (ASL) program, cutting ASL I and leaving the school with only one sign language course. The change has frustrated students, who reported a reduced level of productivity...

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Gentrification contributes to demise of graffiti in DC

Maren Dunn, Junior Editor October 7, 2018

The neighborhoods and streets of DC are splattered with art. For years, citizens have left their mark on the nation’s capital by splashing its brown brick walls with professional-level art such as murals...

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