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…

October 1st: Amazon releases the Kindle Fire HDX with Mayday technology. Samsung broadcasts the Galaxy Note 3. October 21st: Nokia and Microsoft each unveil new tablet updates designed to be iPad alternatives. October 22nd: Apple unveils iPad Air. So goes the vicious tablet industry. As Apple competes to keep its head above water, its main…

We at Academy are lucky to have the kinds of resources that we do. Not only do we have access to a very high caliber of education, but we also, for the most part, have the luxury of choosing what clothes we wear each morning, what food to put in our mouths, and how we…

On April 29, 2013, Jason Collins made history by becoming the first openly gay active player in professional sports. He has been given all sorts of support from the President to NBA star, Kobe Bryant.  But there is one thing he hasn’t been given yet: An NBA Job. Averaging 3.6 points through his 12-year career,…

The Syrian conflict has been in the news non-stop for the past few weeks. As a steady stream of atrocities and heinous chemical attacks flows through the media, President Obama pushes for action against Syrian dictator Assad. Yes, Assad is a brutal dictator. Yes, hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this…

How annoying! It is the first week back to school and you are already getting into trouble for not having an ID hanging in your car window. These little warning sticky notes we get. Wasn’t it hilarious when someone took them all and covered one car in notes? They’re just nuisances. Who cares if we…

Remember the song,  “Oops, I did it again”? How about The Parent Trap, The Amanda Show, Hannah Montana? Most high school students are old enough to remember at least one if not all of these pop-culture phenomena and at one point or another likely looked up to the major stars and performers involved.

I can’t pretend to know even a fraction of the fear and helplessness that lie in the wake of a disaster like this. I can’t pretend to know what it’s like to have my peace of mind shattered in an instant, to walk around my city not knowing if I will find a bomb waiting…

We all know  WWII ended in 1945,  after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. When did the last WWII soldier officially surrender? 1974. Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer, lived in the  Philippine jungles, waging guerilla warfare against the locals for nearly 20 years after the war’s end, until his former commander found and  ordered him…

Q: Why did the blonde put lipstick on her forehead? A: So she could make up her mind. Two blondes were in a parking lot trying to unlock their car door with a coat hanger. The first blonde said “I can’t get the door unlocked!” The second replied, “You’d better. It’s starting to rain and…