We have been hearing reports in the news about the NSA snooping through Google and Yahoo data centers and surveilling phones of foreign world leaders. Many Americans feel these actions cross a line because they fear what this means for the privacy of their own information. Several Columbus Academy students felt likewise after the distribution…

Among thousands of other dystopian novel fanatics, I, rushed to my local bookstore last Tuesday, October 22,  to purchase Allegiant, the concluding installment in Veronica Roth’s wildly popular Divergent trilogy.  Allegiant is fast-paced and unpredictable, a true page-turner. Unlike its predecessors, Divergent and Insurgent, Allegiant is written from two perspectives. Roth alternates between main characters…

As the academic stakes get higher and performance demands get stronger, many Columbus Academy students must decide which is more important: a healthy amount of sleep or an “A” on their tests. Time-consuming sports, activities, part-time jobs, social media, family and friend issues, and standardized testing, take away from a nourishing amount of sleep. With…

We at Academy are lucky to have the kinds of resources that we do. Not only do we have access to a very high caliber of education, but we also, for the most part, have the luxury of choosing what clothes we wear each morning, what food to put in our mouths, and how we…

Upcoming in the 2014  year will come a new skirt rule: the controversial two-pleated skirt requirement. No matter what style of skirt that would have been chosen, somebody would not be happy with it,” says upper school dean, Mrs. Dillon. For those girls who feel uncomfortable with this mandatory style, Dillon says, “There is always an…

Boys Soccer After a scare this past Wednesday in its overtime victory over Wellington, the boys soccer team took care of business against Columbus International in the District Final. The Vikings escaped with another 1-0 victory, behind a goal scored by George Daoud’14. This Wednesday, October 30, the team will play Worthington Christian in the…

Opening next fall, the new Morse Road Whole Foods already has everyone’s attention, and mouths are watering. The only question is whether people are excited because they’ll be cutting down on a long car ride, or because they’re favorite foods will be closer than ever. For the average Columbus Academy student, organic is the norm, and…

Artist: Miley Cyrus Album: Bangerz Release Date: October 4, 2013       With the entire media buzz focused on Miley Cyrus in the past couple months, many are wondering if it was to attract attention to Cyrus’s new album Bangerz. If so, her tactics worked. Critics everywhere from Rolling Stone to Spin Magazine are…

Whether you’ve seen it, you’ve probably heard about the movie, Gravity. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in the new film directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The heart-pounding thriller takes place deep in space where Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (Clooney) are on a mission to repair the Hubble telescope. When debris destroys the…