Pop quizzes: A pop of terror
Students enter the classroom, homework ready, expecting a lecture. Instead, the seats are in rows and the teacher tells them to quickly choose a desk. You can only have a…
The high school’s AI policy: Too restrictive? Too open? Just right.
I grip my pencil tightly as I scribble down what can only be described as a rudimentary summary of what I studied the night before. The side of my hand…
The harsh reality of your fight: protesting on college campuses
On April 17, a group of students at Columbia University established an encampment of tents on the campus’s East Butler Lawn, calling for the university to divest from companies with…
Renaming finals week: a pointless change
Students sit in precise rows. Feet anxiously bounce. Eyes hastily scan. Students hear the dreaded line: “Five more minutes.” Kids give their friends uneasy glances from across the classroom. Finally,…
What does good government look like?
2023 has been a year to forget for the House of Representatives. On January 3, at the opening of the 118th United States Congress, the newly elected members of the…
Bluebook, no paper: is Step Up Day ready to go digital?
Instead of the usual pencil-paper Scantron, as juniors went into their designated classrooms on October 11, they pulled out their laptops and opened up Bluebook — the College Board’s premiere…
Native American imagery in today’s sports culture
As February break began, my family and I decided to take a trip down to sunny Vero Beach, Florida. We left early in the morning in order to get there…
Affirmative Action: how to turn an unfair policy into an equalizing one
Affirmative action is a policy in which race is taken into consideration as a factor in applications for universities or jobs. It was first introduced in 1965 when Lyndon B.…
How national security just became a teen issue
Under the Trump administration, TikTok, the popular social media application that allows users to create and share short videos, came under fire for its possible endangerment of national security because…
‘Cocaine Bear’: a compelling well-crafted exercise in absurdity
Loosely inspired by the true story of an American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine, Elizabeth Banks’ much anticipated black comedy “Cocaine Bear” was released in theaters on February…