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President Park greets Vladimir Putin at the 2013 G20 Summit in St. Petersburg. On Saturday, November 5th, thousands flooded the streets of Seoul, South Korea, demanding the resignation of their embattled president Park Geun-hye. Park has been engulfed in a damaging political scandal over the pat few weeks after allowing a Choi Soon-sil view confidential…

Every Thursday is an important day for at least three juniors at Columbus Academy. Sophomores realize that it will soon be their turn to speak in front of 400 people, and freshmen push the thought aside, as they have two years until their speech dates. What we now call the “Junior Speech” officially began in…

Following the annual Celebration of Leadership Assembly, the Academy Life Editorial Board met with RJ Mitte to discuss his experience with cerebral palsy, and career as an actor, philanthropist, and celebrity face of the #CutTheBull campaign to end bullying and provide support for children with disabilities. A condensed version of the interview lightly edited for clarity and grammar appears below. Photos…

On Wednesday, October 19, juniors will be eagerly sharpening their number 2-lead pencils as they embark on the annual PSAT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) with close to over a million and a half other eleventh-grades students worldwide, including those juniors enrolled in American schools abroad.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? The three R’s that we all learned as kids, reminding us that with a little extra effort, we could make our planet a little cleaner. Yet it appears that our community has been struggling with one R in particular: recycling.

A five-month long controversy about the Dakota Access Pipeline not only threatens to harm our environment in the case of a spill, but it proves to be a monumental event in our modern history as it has become a nationwide fight for Native American rights.

“You have a notification.” With no regard for my surroundings, my eyes are drawn to the screen. Whether I am in the middle of a conversation or am finishing a math problem, my attention suddenly dissipates. My finger moves to the screen on its own accord. Social media has a huge impact on museums, which…