We are lost. We are scared. We are heartbroken.  While we are still sheltered inside from a deadly virus, we witness another inexcusable instance of police brutality. We watch as hundreds march in our city for justice for George Floyd with signs reading “Say His Name.” Let us also not forget the all too recent…

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new questions for the government at both a local and national level–one of which being, how will we vote in November?  To answer this question, I set out to find an expert in election science and one of our local representatives.  I interviewed Professor M.V. Hood, a leading expert in…

Ohio Department of Health Director, Amy Acton, is a familiar face on the television screens of families all around Ohio. On March 23, 2020, Acton’s Stay Safe Ohio order went into effect. The order requested that Ohioans stay at their homes or places of residence and wear masks when going out into the public. Acton…

Wednesday, May 13 was not my birthday. It was not Christmas. Yet on that day, I found myself grinning ear to ear for three hours as I watched this legendary finale. It is not hyperbole to say that this was the greatest finale ever, and this season certainly ranks in the top 5. After Nick…

Perusing an article about quitting and failure by Rachel Friedman in the May/June issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette late week, I came across a passage reading, “poor Samuel Beckett’s out-of context ‘Fail again. Fail better’ quote.”  Having studied under an advisor whose unofficial mantra, in my mind, is “words are like dollars – save them,”…

John Krasinski, star of the hit comedy series The Office, used some of  his quarantine time to spread good news on his youtube channel, beginning on March 29.  Before Krasinski signed off off of his clips, he had posted a weekly video that included good news,  such as a virtual wedding or birthday celebrations. Lin…

Under quarantine, some of us are looking at old teen classics for an uplifting experience. I was expecting a heartwarming tale when I started watching Soul Surfer, having never seen it when I was younger. Based on the story of Bethany Hamilton, a popular surfer, who in the 2003 loses her arm in a shark…

(Senior Parade photos are Courtesy of Sandy Doyle Ahern and Mike Ahern) At 2:40 p.m. on May 1, dozens of faculty and staff members outfitted with face masks lined up at 8-feet apart on Campus Drive to bid the graduating seniors farewell as their families and the soon-to-be graduates circled Columbus Academy for the last…