(Courtesy/Jake L.) Columbus Academy’s Model UN delegates debated nuclear proliferation at the club’s fall CAMUN conference on Saturday, a warm-up before the team takes 40 students to Washington, D.C., for one of the most competitive conferences in the country. Model UN, short for Model United Nations, assigns each student a country and asks them to…

Cross country finished its season Saturday, October 31, after competing in regionals at Pickerington North. The girls placed 12th out of 21 teams, with 269 points, and the boys placed 17th out of 32, with 474 points. Junior captain Claire C. said, “Pickerington North is always a great course where a lot of runners PR…

(Courtesy/Ms. Bening) An abundance of pipe cleaners, pom-poms, markers, and glue sticks covered the Dining Hall tables on Tuesday, October 27, as giggles and excited shouts from kindergarteners filled the air. The occasion marked the seniors’ third activity with their kindergarten buddies: pumpkin decorating. At 9:15 a.m., seniors filed into the Dining Hall, where bags…

(Courtesy/ Lila P.) Academy’s theatre department took the stage on October 23 and 24 for Peter Pan Goes Wrong, a one-act comedy written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer. The play follows the fictional Cornley Drama Society members as they attempt to stage Peter Pan. But early on, everything that could go wrong does.…

Izu N./Staff I walked into the lab worried about the smell, but I walked out with a better understanding of the human body and an even bigger love for medicine and science. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the 21 juniors and seniors in Academy’s two Anatomy sections, along with Dr. Lester and Mr. Gittins, spent the…

@noahbergmedia Instagram  Volleyball suffered a season-ending loss on Tuesday, October 20, falling 3-0 to the Centerburg Trojans. The Vikes final record is 9-14 (7-9 in CBL play).  The Trojans jumped out on the Vikings early, winning the first set 25-17, and then capturing the second and third 25-8.  The Vikes have had a relatively disappointing…

Courtesy/Noah Berg In my four years of high school, our football team has competed in four straight CBL championships. Freshman year, we lost it to Bishop Ready. Sophomore year: the Silver Knights took it from us again. Last year we took what was ours, winning the conference with an undefeated CBL record, taking down Franklin…

Courteey/CA STUCO) Organized by STUCO, Intramural Games have become a delightful staple on Lazarus Courtyard, where NFL anthems blare during lunch as students attempt to build a team before the deadline. Chatbots become the tie-breaking vote on the final team name, as classmates gather to watch various triumphs and defeats. Intramurals give students opportunities to…

Walk into Dr. Geis’ classroom, and you’ll quickly learn two things: he is deeply passionate about mathematics, and he happens to have direct ties to the custom fire truck industry. “My family builds and designs fire trucks,” said Geis, who joined the Upper School math department this fall. “So if you want to buy a…

Whistles blowing. Pages turning. Thermometers dropping. In mid-August, I stood on my doorstep, smiling for the quintessential ‘First Day of School’ pictures. The low temperature was in the 60s, and we braced ourselves for the heat of an after-school practice. Now, I pull out my jacket, no longer feeling warmth, but instead the brisk air…