“Echo chamber” is a phrase I first heard when visiting a college last spring. It’s been stuck in my mind ever since, slipping into my everyday vocabulary and forcing me to experience Columbus Academy differently. I’ve grown up as a liberal in a conservative household. My stances on issues have always been challenged, and I…

There is no “before 9/11.” Not for us, anyway. I can see the Twin Towers falling in the back of my mind. I’ve seen the footage so many times that it’s been etched into some part of my consciousness like an old, hazy memory. But it isn’t a memory.

To those of you who are new to our community,The Academy Life is the student newspaper of Columbus Academy. We have been enjoying an online-only platform since November 28, 2011. Unlike many other student publications, ours is the product of a zero-period journalism class rather than an extracurricular group. We strive to be the voice of the…

AN OVERVIEW We don’t know what we don’t know about human trafficking. There are too many variables: victim shaming, misrepresentation, skewed statistics, and the low chance to ever truly be able to understand what we’re dealing with here.

Awards and arts’ letters were handed out at the Concert Band’s final show of the year on Tuesday, April 12. The event was a goodbye to the many seniors who have long played a huge part in enriching Academy’s band program.

We’re not saying goodbye to the impossible woman quite yet, but the makers of Barbie have taken a step in the right direction with a new range of dolls who are more than thin, blonde, and white.

Often, people can be romanticized more after deaths than during their time on Earth. David Bowie was the exception to that rule. He was the exception to every rule.

National Novel Writing Month has drawn to a close, and you can practically hear the sighs of relief resound across America as students, teachers, and everyone in between save drafts of, oh, I don’t know, about 50,000 words, for the final time. The determined few who make it through this affectionately named “NaNoWriMo” have now…

Caffeine can be like magic. It helps you stay up late, wake up early, and increase your overall productivity. It’s almost as if the whole concept of caffeination is too good to be true.

When I first heard the premise of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, Hamilton, I couldn’t help but laugh. A hip-hop musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton? Come on. What kind of audience does that draw? Apparently, a huge one.