The Inkblot

The Oxford comma debate

Fiona Griffin and Phineaus Whedon • March 31, 2023

In 2018, Oakhurst Dairy paid out millions of dollars to its employees over a single piece of missing punctuation within Maine’s legislature: the Oxford comma. The Oxford comma as popularized by the...

MCVSD works to diversify English curriculums

Kelly Meehan and Katherine Manatos • June 17, 2021

To teach the classics or to teach more diverse books, that is the question. The Monmouth County Vocational School District’s English department has been working to adapt its curriculum to include...

Students ‘book it’ to the new Book Nook

Andrew Wang • January 10, 2016

Last year, then-sophomore Shannon Bradley of Keyport decided that the Book Nook “was really a mess” and wanted to do something about it. “There were books everywhere stacked precariously on all...

Sherman departs from CHS, leaves Lang and legacy in his place

Anna Robinson • September 26, 2015

The baseball cap has been hung up for good. Former English III teacher Robert Sherman resigned over the summer break after 14 years at CHS. “The Class of 2016 was a great group to go out with,”...