While the yearbook chronicles any given year in Aragon history, it is the back pages that many people covet. In those last few blank pages, there is a treasure trove of personal memories, hilarious laughs, and way too many “HAGS!” The last few pages hold the signatures, the fun, sometimes tearful end of the year ritual that has created a fascinating array of politics.

There are plenty of activities for students to participate in here at Aragon, from sports teams and leadership classes to the yearbook or service commission. Aragon clubs range from ethnicity orientated to faith oriented, while others involve video games or pastimes. When you add them all up, you get 76 unique groups to choose from. Here are a few to be featured this month.

While many are in the dark when it comes to the existing card game ban, rumors are circulating over a comprehensive and severe ban of all card games to be instituted in the next school year. Librarian Diane Gagliani commented that she has not received any specific ruling on the card games ban.

For many high school juniors and seniors, the summer season is a time to continue studying and get involved in extracurricular activities; at the same time, many other students get the chance to relax and take a break from a year of studying.

Advil versus generic Ibuprofen, True Religion versus simple jeans, Wonder bread, Uggs, Nalgene bottles, Starbucks. Brand names are common in today’s world, ranging from food to clothes, and medicine to colleges. But is this obsession with brand names a result of an increase in materialism?

As April comes to an end, the deadline for seniors to submit their Statement of Intent to the college of their choosing looms nearer and nearer. Although graduating seniors may not be fully aware of what to expect, Aragon teachers have plenty of advice for the seniors having had first-hand experience with college life.