Defender Allen Koganov’22 maneuvers puck from his opponent. (Jenny L’Hommedieu’19) This weekend, the Academy Ice Hockey team played against Gahanna Lincoln and Thomas Worthington. After beginning the season in style two weeks ago with impressive 4-1 and 11-3 wins against Sycamore and Dublin-Scioto respectively, Academy came to its home ice as the away team to…

The CA Girls swim team dove into meet season this week, facing Bishop Watterson at home on Friday, November 30, and having its annual Relay Meet on Saturday, December 1.    The first meet of the week was a quick one, with Academy controlling the meet from beginning to end. Superb swims from senior Sammie…

Larger-than-life lanterns. (Carolyn Zhang’20/A&E editor)   From now until January 6, 2019, the international touring exhibit, Dragon Lights, will be on display in the Natural Resources Park at the Ohio Expo Center. Presented by Tianyu Arts & Culture Inc., Dragon Lights features large, illuminated Chinese lanterns made by artisans from Zigong, Sichuan, described as “China’s…

(Courtesy/The Blue Diamond Gallery) Exams! Talking with your friends about how much you studied over the past week, how tired you are and how badly you’ll do on the upcoming mid-terms doesn’t benefit anyone involved. Although students’ sleep levels can run low during this time of the year, there’s no need to turn these factors…

Sophie Spolter’22 drives to the hoop against Madison Christian. (Inji Kang’19/Media editor) The girls basketball season opener took place on Monday, November 26, in the Mack against Genoa Christian. The Vikes hoped to start out their year on the right foot after coming off one of the strongest seasons in recent history. Genoa was due…

Cryptocurrency’s instability. (Flickr) This past November, Bitcoin dropped by about 40% in value, starting above 6,000 USD per coin at the beginning of November and now having a value of close to 4,000 USD. The cryptocurrency made itself heard last December when its price per coin broke past $19,000 before rapidly decreasing in value the…

Voter fraud paranoia has swept over the nation. (Tom Bullock/Wikimedia Commons) Citing a Pew Research figure showing 70% of Americans are confident in US election security, The Hill proclaimed on Tuesday, November 19, that there is “a high level of confidence in the American electoral system.” Really? Since when is 70% a high or even…

Academy students and faculty attend 2018 TEDxColumbus. (Courtesy/Ruth Milligan) On Friday, November 16, a small group of Academy students attended the 10th annual TEDxColumbus, held downtown at the Riffe Center’s Jo Ann Davidson theatre. Accompanied by Mr. Farrenkopf, Mr. Leet, and Mr. Olexio, the students heard fifteen different speeches, each talk being twenty minutes long. This…

SPARC students discuss their exploratory survey. (Kayla Podgurski’19/Media)   Rekha (former student): Last year, I, along with six other classmates, participated in The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s research consortium called the Center for the Study of Boys and Girls’ Lives (CSBGL) and presented our final project at CSBGL’s annual Roundtable Conference. More about…

Recent investigations fuel controversy regarding who gets through Harvard’s gates. (Flickr) I sit at the dinner table with my family one rainy evening, talking about my college applications. We decide to leave all socio-economic information blank, in an effort to conceal my racial identity. I pessimistically note that my middle names are a red flag…