The
Gryphon Gazette •
April 2013
The Newspaper of St. George’s Independent School •
Volume XI, Issue V
Midtown Movement
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ith school-day countdowns and the emergence of Chacos, spring has been teasing the anxious students of St. George’s with promising signs soon to arrive in full bloom. In the upper school, everybody is feeling slightly twitterpated as girls stress over prom dress colors and guys hope to impress their dream dates with creative inquiries. In the middle school, eighthgraders learn about Stepping Up and anticipated talk of Field Day floods the halls. The looming thought of approaching end of the year exams, AP tests, and graduation hangs in the air, but it seems that the climbing temperatures and sunny blue skies make the stress of school slightly more bearable. We are currently on the up and up temperaturewise, school-wise, and of course, on the seemingly never–ending journey towards summer!
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A midtown monument greets Memphians.
ter if you live in CollierMaggie Courtney ’14 hopes of bringing people back into the heart of ville or Germantown. It seems as if con- Memphis. The ultimate The answer is always struction on Poplar will goal is to Memphis, but never end, especially in c e n t r a l why? t all has to the East Memphis, Mid- ize MemIt all has to do town, and Downtown p h i s do with the with the Misareas. Based on a recent more as a sissippi River. article in Memphis’s lo- city and Mississippi Memphis used cal newspaper, the city as a com- River. to be one of the of Memphis is planning m u n i t y ; largest slaveon reconstructing the w h e n buying and Midtown, East Memphis, someone asks where you trading cities in Amerand Downtown areas in are from, it does not mat- ica (hence, the name of
Auction Bridge in downtown Memphis). Plantation owners from the surrounding areas would convene on Mud Island, where steamboats traveling up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico would sell human beings off to the highest bidder.
ging through piles of cloth- Libby Heflin ’13 ing for what seems like days, with no guarantee that you’ll r. Leung, get ready receive any reward for your to feel nostalgic. The efforts. With all of these cavecountry being honored ats to consider, you might be wondering what the appeal in at this year’s Memphis thrift shop- in May International ping — or if Festival is Sweden! there even Did you forget that is one. Memphis in May honRest as- ors a country every sured, there year? Me too. It’s so are plenty of benefits associated with easy to forget that this whole thing is about bargain hunting.
ing Competition. I think I speak for all of us when I say that I am truly shocked that live music and world-class barbecue overshadow the fascinating Swedish exhibits of this year. For goodness sakes, there is an exhibit called, “The Art of Swedish Glass.” Ladies and gentlemen, it does not get much better than that.
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Flannel is the New Black
Leann Beard ’14
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ou’ve got your skinny jeans on, over-sized glasses pushed up your nose, knit scarf paired with your V-neck, jamming to “Thrift Shop,” Starbucks non-fat soy chai latte with two pumps of espresso in hand; you’re ready to go thrift shopping. Thrift shopping is not for the faint of heart. It requires initiative, determination, focus, and strength. You may find yourself dig-
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