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Monthly Archives: December 2016

News

New Gym Becomes “The Mack”

(Photo/Courtesy of Bob Lee) For all Academy students, the gyms are often a place for the largest of school gatherings: pep rallies, honors assemblies, and even Commencement and Convocation on rainy days. While it is rare for all of the student and teacher body to gather, the gyms are a symbol of the Academy community…

Sports

Boys Basketball Starts Strong

The Academy boys basketball team went 2-1 in its first three games, beating Watkins Memorial and West Jefferson, before falling to Whitehall on Friday, December 9. In the season opener at Watkins Memorial, the Vikings showed how dangerous they could be this season, putting together a 61-44 victory over the Warriors. Watkins Memorial hung with…

Opinion & Editorial

Fake News Not Just a National Problem

News readers in foreign countries are more susceptible to fake American news than we are. (Photo/ Licensed under CC0.) While the proliferation of fake news pieces on American social media has come under increased scrutiny following the divisive presidential election, the devaluing of fact checking is more serious outside of the United States. Mere hours…

News

Skunkworks Welcomes You!

Want to create something that ideally makes the world a better place that can be technology-related or not? Academy welcomes as many girls to join the current group of boys to engage in this new opportunity. Take Anders Seline and Austin Zhang’s electric skateboard for that “last mile” of transportation problem for commuters. David Barren…

A&E

Take Your Mind off of Exams with Festive Light Displays

(Image/Courtesy of PublicDomainPictures.net) From last week’s essays to this coming week’s exams, a break from our studies can be a bit cheerier with three light shows to soothe the studying stresses. Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo Every night from November 18 to the new year (with the exception of Christmas), millions of lights illuminate the…

Sports

Boys Have Week of Back-to-Back Wrestling

(Photo/Courtesy of  Michael Thomas Roehrenback II) Our wrestling team had back-to-back meets on December 7 and December 8. On Wednesday, the boys competed against multiple teams at Linden McKinley.  Their home meet on Thursday was against Beechcroft, Centennial, and Columbus East.  The team placed well in both meets and showed real improvement over the last…