Governor Mike DeWine (Wikimedia Commons)\   Earlier this year, I had more faith in my Governor’s response to the pandemic.    More than a week before President Trump declared a national emergency, Governor DeWine had banned spectators at the Arnold Classic. Ohio had not reported a single case of the coronavirus.    Just a week…

(Courtesy/dreamstime) The ditty of “In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue,” has echoed throughout elementary-school hallways in America for decades, introducing young students to the overwhelmingly Eurocentric and egregiously flawed narrative–too common in American curricula.  What the above phrase fails to address is Christopher Columbus’ acts of racism, murder, enslavement, and rape of the rightful…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the victim of a kidnapping plot, which was intercepted by the FBI on October 8th (Flickr). In the most recent (and possibly final) presidential debate, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace threw President Trump a softball question.  “Are you willing — tonight — to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and say…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg served on the United States Supreme Court for more than 27 years. (Wikimedia Commons) On September 18th, 2020, our nation lost a hero in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  I could use this article to expound on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s response to her death. Within an hour of the announcement of…

(Pixabay) COVID-19 has forced us to make mask-wearing, constant sanitizing, and limiting our social interactions part of our routine. It is dangerously easy for us to fixate on how our lives and school experience have become limited since the onset of Coronavirus, yet after a few weeks of hybrid-learning benefits can be found in unexpected…

(Ethan Weiser’22/Managing editor) Over this September 18-20 weekend, Jews around the world celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marking the change from 5780 to 5781.  Some things were the same this year as in most years: my house smelled like chicken soup, I ate apples and honey, I attended services, and I felt change…

We are lost. We are scared. We are heartbroken.  While we are still sheltered inside from a deadly virus, we witness another inexcusable instance of police brutality. We watch as hundreds march in our city for justice for George Floyd with signs reading “Say His Name.” Let us also not forget the all too recent…

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new questions for the government at both a local and national level–one of which being, how will we vote in November?  To answer this question, I set out to find an expert in election science and one of our local representatives.  I interviewed Professor M.V. Hood, a leading expert in…

Ohio Department of Health Director, Amy Acton, is a familiar face on the television screens of families all around Ohio. On March 23, 2020, Acton’s Stay Safe Ohio order went into effect. The order requested that Ohioans stay at their homes or places of residence and wear masks when going out into the public. Acton…

As the weeks drag on and people are stuck inside their homes, it is difficult to remember the importance of maintaining relationships.    Although we are all separated by miles, a close community is important now more than ever before.    While it is important to physically distance yourself from others, this does not mean…