Last Wednesday, October 31, as young kids counted their candy after trick-or-treating and most Academy students finished up homework before heading to bed, the Viking boys soccer squad’s evening had just begun. After a late start to the game, the team took on opponent Mansfield Christian in the brutal cold and rain, losing the hard-fought…
It’s Tuesday morning, and you realize you are in charge of advisory snack. You start to panic, but then remember you can go to Dunkin’ Donuts to get the usual two-dozen pack of donuts. Soon, the automatic response to being in charge of snack is to bring donuts, so every Tuesday from that point forward is deemed…
Boiling out of the Caribbean and devastating the Eastern Seaboard, Hurricane Sandy has been one of the most powerful storms ever to hit New England. New York City has been one of the hardest-hit areas. The subway system was flooded, a large portion of Lower Manhattan was underwater, and trading on Wall Street was closed…
Over the past year, my grandma has sent me numerous articles criticizing teenagers for how much time they spend texting, tweeting, and IM-ing. If I’m being perfectly honest, I’ve ignored most of those articles and gone on with my daily life. But recently I stopped and took the time to read one of these articles,…
The sexual exploitation of children is undoubtedly deplorable. Yet, we must acknowledge that it is not just the low-lifes of society that are committing these atrocities. Respected members of society commit these lurid acts, and Ohio is not exempt from these indecencies. Several schemes involving the wretched world of child trafficking have recently been exposed.…
Very rarely, if ever, is there any type of positive associated with ALS, commonly know as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The untreatable degenerative disease, which afflicts roughly 5,000 people per year, leaves its victims with no hope and a very short time span. When Neil Alexander’81 was diagnosed, his doctor recommended that the best course of…
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