Senior Vikings, Mira Bhasin and Malcolm Klingbeil, lead the football student section on Friday, August 31. Kayla Podgurski’19/Media) On the night of Friday, October 12, I, like many others, braved the cold weather to witness what, in my opinion, was one of the worst student-section performances in recent memory. To clarify, Upper School students were…

The migrant caravan headed for the US-Mexico border has reignited America’s debate over immigration. “Fibonacci Blue”/Flickr   On November 3, nearly 7,000 Honduran migrants passed through Mexico’s southern Oaxaca province on their way to the US border.  This “caravan” has reignited America’s incendiary debate over immigration.  Many of the caravan’s refugees endure the grueling trek through central America…

Scrunchies are making a big comeback, partly because of Chamberlain. Wikimedia Commons With 5 million YouTube subscribers and 4.8 million Instagram followers, Emma Chamberlain has become a household name, at least to teens. Her refreshing habit of blurting out the first thing that comes into her head while vlogging has won her legions of  fans in the…

Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in Massachusetts (Flickr) Massachusetts Senator and Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s selection of “minority status” on certain documents were first revealed in 2012 when she was running for a seat in Congress. Since then, she has received constant pressure to prove her Native American heritage and that she didn’t pose as…

President Obama lights White House in rainbow colors following SCOTUS’ legalization of gay marriage (Flickr).    Our country has aspired to uphold its early core values of justice and equality since its beginnings. While these principles were first reserved for white male property owners, the Constitution proved to be a living document that could expand…

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is under fire for infringing on minority communities’ voting rights. Office of U.S. Senator David Perdue. Wikimedia Commons Georgia’s race for governor has become a dogfight over voting rights. The deadlocked election pits Democrat Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s House minority leader, against  Georgia’s Secretary of State, Republican Brian Kemp. As the race…

Excessive technology use has become an epidemic in our culture. PXHere In August of 2019, there will be no ifs, ands or doubts about Academy’s policy on cellphones, because the new technology protocol will be updated and accessible to us in the student handbook. It will be clearly spelled out in black and white. In…

A later start for students would help! Wikipedia Later start times could allow students to be more mentally prepared for school. Creative Commons “California dreamin’ . . .  on such a winter’s dayyyyyyyy!” I belted out alongside The Mamas & the Papas, as I gazed out into the crowd of screaming fans. Of course, I was…

Pop Star Taylor Swift (Courtesy of The Country Music Hall of Fame/Flickr) “I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined . . . ooh, look what you made me do” What happens when the world’s biggest Pop Star gets political? Taylor Swift broke her political vow of silence on October 7,…

Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashogi, never exited the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey after entering it on October 2. Creative Commons/ POMED (Project on Middle East Democracy)  On October 2, Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey. He never walked out. Turkish records show that Khashoggi was horribly mutilated and…