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. […]
Category: Opinion
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]