THE BREAK

BY: Brian Zhan, Staff Reporter

Table Tennis is officially going to become varsity this year as a Season 2 sport, and it has been a long time coming. Three years ago, Table Tennis began at ISB as a club sport. Until recently, players traveled as a Junior Varsity team, only recruiting members by word of mouth rather than through announcements. Although it is small in terms of members, since it was founded, the Table Tennis team has stood out because of its many outstanding achievements.  The team has repeatedly won all tournaments it has participated in, including China Cup, ISAC, and ACAMIS. Its members are also regularly ranked in both first and second place in singles and doubles events in these tournaments.

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BY: NICOLE ZHU, Managing Editor

Since the start of the new school year, those passing in and out of ISB’s West Gate have seen piles of artificial grass and bags of rubber sitting in the parking lot as cranes and excavators situate themselves behind blue barriers in the stadium. Over the last few weeks as the barriers have come down, people have been able to sneak peeks at the five-and-a-half-month project undertaken by the Facilities Office: complete renovation of the stadium.

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