Izu N./Staff Every day we walk through our hallways carrying textbook and supply-filled backpacks, a normal part of school life, which made me wonder how these heavy loads might affect our health. To better understand how heavy students’ backpacks are during a typical school day, I conducted a two-day survey of 162 of our high…

Flickr Bad Bunny first gained attention following his release of “Soy Peor” on YouTube. After a resulting record deal and collaborations with other major Latin artists, Bad Bunny erupted into a global sensation, now having been Spotify’s most played artist for four years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2025) and the recipient of 17 Latin Grammys and…

Pixabay On Thursday, February 26, Academy held a Community Café with Emelia Sheeley, executive director of Riverview International Center(RIC), a Columbus-based nonprofit that helps new Americans make their transition to the US more seamless and welcoming. Several students, including current senior Lynn Y., have participated in internships with RIC through Columbus Academy’s Internship Program. Sheeley…

Flickr With the Men’s College basketball tournament just a few weeks away, we take a look at some early favorites and potential Cinderella teams that could make a run, as well as the schedule that will be followed this year. Selection Sunday takes place on March 15, and March Madness officially commences with the first…

(Wikimedia Commons) In 1947, amidst the Cold War, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock to representhow close humanity was to self-destruction. While the clock initially only took into account the threats of nuclear warfare, in 2007, the clock’s overseers factored in other global catastrophes like climate change, political instability, pandemics, and…

(Wikamedia) After a long, grueling season in college football, a winner has been crowned after one of the greatest turnarounds in all of sports. The 2026 College Football National Champion is the Indiana Hoosiers after battling the Miami Hurricanes in a 27-21 contest for the trophy. Yes, you heard that right. After being thought of…

(Pixabay) Whether it is scrolling on Instagram or TikTok, five minutes of scrolling turning into hours of doom scrolling, or when we unhealthily compare ourselves to the perfect, airbrushed snippets of others’ lives, too many of us are tied to our screens. With our substantial amount of daily screen time, why not pick up a…

(Wikimedia) The college football regular season has come to the close and the playoffs are decided, though not without drama. Indiana claimed the number one spot for the first time in program history after beating Ohio State in the Big 10 championship. The Buckeyes are ranked second, followed by Georgia and Texas Tech. These four…

(University of Michigan/Pixabay.com) Michigan football, Coach Sherrone Moore, has been fired after just two seasons with the team after engaging in an affair with his assistant. He was arrested shortly after the firing was announced for allegedly breaking into said assistant’s house and threatening her. It is a bad situation for everyone involved and leads…

The average American teenager spends 7 hours and 22 minutes on their phone per day and is on track to spend over 12 years of their life staring at a screen. Social media sucks hours upon hours of time from our lives. It leeches attention, monetizing it and commodifying it in a cycle that keeps…