“Together on 3. 1, 2, 3, TOGETHER!” That was how the girls tennis team finished its season this past in Sunday. From pre-season in August all the way to the Division II State Finals, this team was a cohesive, unified group. By leaning on each other, it fought adversity and overcame teams with arguably more…

In 1999, Stephan Chbosky wrote a young-adult novel which critics hailed as our generation’s Catcher in the Rye. The Perks of Being a Wallflower told the hauntingly real story of a high school outsider, dealing with the struggles of high school society. For many students who read this novel, it changes their lives. Chbosky has…

Over the past year, my grandma has sent me numerous articles criticizing teenagers for how much time they spend texting, tweeting, and IM-ing. If I’m being perfectly honest, I’ve ignored most of those articles and gone on with my daily life. But recently I stopped and took the time to read one of these articles,…

This is a world where we toss around big numbers lightly: trillion dollar deficits, multi-billion dollar companies, billion-dollar tax cuts. It’s difficult to fathom exactly how enormous those numbers are. I’ll try to describe those numbers another way. If you made $1 every second, you’d accumulate a million greenbacks in about 12 days. A billion…

The sexual exploitation of children is undoubtedly deplorable. Yet, we must acknowledge that it is not just the low-lifes of society that are committing these atrocities. Respected members of society commit these lurid acts, and Ohio is not exempt from these indecencies. Several schemes involving the wretched world of child trafficking have recently been exposed.…

Very rarely, if ever, is there any type of positive associated with ALS, commonly know as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The untreatable degenerative disease, which afflicts roughly 5,000 people per year, leaves its victims with no hope and a very short time span. When Neil Alexander’81 was diagnosed, his doctor recommended that the best course of…

Sporting jeans and a sweater, Ryan Vesler’01 remarks, “I feel like I’m giving my junior speech again,” drawing laughs from the crowd. Well known for his tee-shirt line, Homage, which has garnered critical acclaim, Vesler spoke to a crowded Trustees Room as a part of the Career Lunch Forum series on October 1st. “I remember…

I have heard many students say, “Oh, they are probably faking it,” or “They just want to get out of work.” Most athletes believe concussions are not serious injuries, and not an important enough reason to miss a game. In fact, 50% of high school athletes with concussions do not report them. But ignoring a…

According to The Book Lantern, a popular book review blog, a good book is is realistic, suspenseful, consistent, and relatable. No Easy Day: The First Hand Account of the Raid that Killed Osama Bin Laden, written by Mark Owen, a former Navy SEAL, is such a book. Written under a pseudonym and edited endlessly to avoid…

I’m sure everyone has been to at least one football or soccer game where the fans in the stands cheer for their team by shouting boos and insults at the opposing team. Maybe you’ve played in one and hurled insults yourself. Regardless, I think it is pretty much agreed that trash-talk is a part of…