“The upper schoolers carried the drive this year,” said Mrs. Bening, faculty advisor of Service Board, as she beamed when asked about this year’s annual Food Drive. The clever Hunger Games revamp inspired students to band together and be of service to the community this fall. You may remember those short Hunger Games style clips…

Congratulations! You have been selected to attend the Student International Affairs Summit this summer in Washington, D.C. You were nominated because of your excellent academic record and leadership potential. This opportunity could give you an admissions edge when it comes time to apply for college. Three hundred congressional leaders have endorsed this program. And blah,…

Your friends may be traveling, the weather may be cold, and the idea of a large family gathering may seem, well, less than relaxing, but, with a little creativity and an openness for adventure, you can make your Thanksgiving in Columbus enviable to all. For starters, try one of these eight ideas over your break…

A futuristic new technology, the 3D printer, has been introduced to Columbus Academy’s science department. The printer is used by Mr. Devore’s Physics 2 class, who will participate in the First Technology Challenge, a competition where teams build robots to accomplish tasks. The printer is easy to maintain and operate, allowing the class to design…

The clock strikes 12:40. Students jump from their seats. The race to beat the lunch line begins. The dining hall offers a wide variety of meals, from a plate full of pierogies to a salad topped with chicken and walnuts, but every student has a top pick. Here, a few high schoolers share theirs. “As…

All students are familiar with the 8:00 AM check-in battle, as it is something that occurs every morning. Students have tried complaining, they have tried begging for the return of those last five minutes between 8:00 and 8:05, and they have tried intentionally showing up late in mass numbers in protest, but nothing has worked.…

In most families, it’s the parents who must worry about their children getting drunk or high. Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, grew up in a vastly different world. Day to day life was a struggle for Liz and her family. Liz’s parents…

The hallways of CA and the roads of Ohio should be treated as one and the same. Cars should yield right, keep up with the suggested speed of traffic, and only attempt to pass when it is safe and legal to do so. Following this logic, it’s understandable why the non-licensed freshmen have trouble navigating…

Sweaters, skirts, pants, socks, facial hair; at times it can seem like the school is trying to control every aspect of what we wear and how we look. The hallways buzz with complaints about “new” dress code rules and the unbelievable injustice of them. These complaints have always been around, but lately it seems like…