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Financial literacy can help students in the long run

BY LAURAINE NICHOLLS Just recently, I had an after-dinner talk with my parents and younger sister about balancing a checkbook. Unfortunately, not many other people my age can say the same. The purpose of getting [...]
Opinion

The case for a younger president

BY RYAN SCAFURI This next election cycle is an incredibly exciting one for many people, but for me especially it’s a massive occasion. During this next election I will be able to cast an official [...]
Opinion

The “Anti-Vax” movement has serious consequences

BY ERIC SCHAFER New York City made headlines in early April when Mayor Bill de Blasio and Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot announced a public health emergency due to an outbreak of measles, ordering all [...]
Opinion

Time to say ‘goodbye’ to marine life

BY CAITLIN BERTOLINO “It’s just one plastic straw,”said 7.53 billion people in the world. In recent years, the debate about plastic use, especially single use plastic products, has become both urgent and controversial. Some argue [...]
Opinion

Teachers not shooters

BY ALEX COLUMBIA Imagine that your high school math teacher has a gun inside her classroom ready to shoot the minute there is an alarm of an active shooter inside the school. This may be [...]
Features

“Fast food culture” in high schools

BY AMANDA HEPBURN, ERIC SCHAFER, RACHEL SKINNER The sound of crinkling McDonald’s wrappers and the smell of sugary donuts is becoming more and more common in American high schools as the school cafeteria does not [...]
Opinion

Lie until they listen

BY ALEX COLUMBIA, JAKE LYONS, RYAN SCAFURI Have you ever heard something so blatantly false, you couldn’t help but tell that person just how wrong they were? Now imagine hearing that on your TV everyday, [...]
Creative Challenge

The Bermuda Triangle is still a mystery

BY LAUREN ESCHENBRENNER There are many phenomena about which we know very little. Among them is the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. What really happens to those who venture within its boundaries? What happened to [...]
Features

Is procrastination inevitable for high school students?

BY LAURAINE NICHOLLS It is no secret that procrastination with school work has been an ongoing trend for many high school students. Reasons for delaying the completion of school assignments range from being a personal [...]
Opinion

What motivates evil?

BY BRIAN CONNOLLY When a person or group of people commit a terrible act against humanity, through torture, killings, or whatever it may be, most people have trouble understanding what motivated such actions to occur. [...]

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