(Courtesy/ Sancho McCann) Each year, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, GLSEN, sponsors the Day of Silence, a student-led event held in thousands of schools across the nation. The event’s mission is to “[bring] awareness to the silencing effects of anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools,” according to GLSEN.  Academy’s GSA hosted the Day…

Cardinal Harbor performs at the Gallery Stage. (Abby Jeffers’18/Staff) Music filled the Short North on Saturday during Steadfast Fest, a one-day music festival hosted by local music publication TUNED UP.  With three stages and 17 bands, music mogul and event organizer, Ryan Getz, certainly had enough on his plate—yet still prioritized greeting fans and volunteers.…

Tristan Rhee’17 with Marty Award. (Chris Heermann’18/Media Team) It’s that time of year again: activities’ periods are filled with awards assemblies, and Honors Assembly is just around the corner. Unlike the arts and foreign language awards, however, there’s one award that Academy doesn’t receive every year. Senior Tristan Rhee, dedicated writer for The Academy Life—and…

NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell at the draft. (Courtesy/Creative Commons) The NFL has a major domestic violence problem. Ever since Ray Rice was charged with assaulting his fiancee in 2014, domestic violence issues have plagued the league. The NFL tried to take a harder stance on domestic violence in recent years, but the pendulum seems to…

Suriya Sundaram’ 19. (Inji Kang’19/Media Team) Academy’s tennis team played three matches this week, winning all of them.  On April 24, the Vikes matched up against the Granville Blue Aces, who forfeited two matches, with Academy winning  3-0. The Vikings went up against their biggest rival on the 25th against the Bexley Lions. In a tough…

(Riley Hennessy’20/Media Team) Columbus Academy opened the week with a huge league matchup against West Jefferson High School on Monday, April 24. The Vikings and Rough Riders played two games. The first was to finish the game that was postponed due to severe weather on April 5. The home game began in the bottom of the…

Ginnie Ma’20, Bri Dragin’18, Jessica Griffin’17, Muriel Goldfarb’18, and Clare Neltner’19 lead the pack in the 100 meter dash. (Chris Heermann 18/Media Team). The girls track team held its own on Senior Night, triumphing over Centerburg in an intense dual meet on April 25. Our girls then traveled to Hamilton Township High School on April…

Caleb Crawley’19. (Chris Heermann’18/Media Team) The Vikes started off a successful week ,with a win on senior night, Tuesday, April 25, in a dual meet against Canterbury on the 28th.  The team’s Senior Night was bittersweet. For Bob Kirk’67, it was his year of coaching 43 years of track With four team state titles, four…

(Julia Gurevitz’19/Media Team) For over 20 years, Academy’s annual Senior Art Show has been held in the Theatre Lobby.  This year, however, the art show was repositioned to take advantage of the new arts complex in the renovated Morris Hall. Despite the change in location, the brilliant artistic spirit and undying passion demonstrated remained the…