Dear Mr. Romney, As an 18 year-old student who will be starting college next year, I am extremely concerned about your approach to affordable education and your plans to assist college students across the country. I feel as if you are out of touch with the struggles college students face every day. This past April,…

The first thing Todd Akin said to Charles Jaco in his now-infamous interview on August 19th was, “You always  keep things moving and keep it interesting.” Well, Mr. Akin, it seems you were correct. This interview has started a large, seething movement. Interesting for the GOP, who, just this Monday denounced its support for Akin…

In the wake of a tattoo scandal, NCAA sanctions, and its first losing season in over twenty years, Ohio State looks towards brighter days. Despite the recent setbacks, energy runs high throughout Columbus, and all the excitement centers on one man. Urban Meyer is home. It’s a match made in heaven: Meyer and Ohio State.…

I’m going to let you in on what’s going on with the campaign, and it’s simple: you may as well inaugurate Barack Obama for his second term. He’s an incumbent solidifying his position with a juggernaut of a fundraising operation still in place from his first run for office. While Romney has been slogging through…

When I overhear a heated debate regarding whether school dances are lame (this usually credited to the no grinding policy), I find myself surprised to be not so inclined to take up either side of the argument. It seems to me the efforts of both sides of the debate are fruitless. Trying to make someone…

Let’s call it as it is. The Republican primary race, thus far, has been weak, and, at times, embarrassing. There was Palin’s bus tour Paul Revere mixup, Bachman’s Newsweek cover, Perry’s memory lapse, and now the unraveling of the shockingly successful, and at least for a little while, Herman Cain campaign. A sign of this…

Each June, the entire Upper School comes together to honor the academic excellence of the highest performing students in the school. Although this tradition has been at Academy for decades, in recent years it has attracted considerable criticism from both students and some faculty. The problems lies not in the talent, but in the fact…

About two-and-a-half months ago, I came to a disturbing realization: I had become the worst kind of Facebook user. Facebook is meant to be used to exchange information: I post on your wall. And you post on mine. I had removed the former: however, when I would go on Facebook, I would rarely post anything…