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Point-Counterpoint: Gun control

Point-Counterpoint: Gun control

February 9, 2016

Evan DaCosta ('16): I’d like to start by saying that we all have the same goal in mind: Reducing the number of innocent people killed every year. There is a commonly held misconception that the...

Misconceptions about the NSA

Misconceptions about the NSA

February 9, 2016

I was somewhat taken aback by a documentary I saw recently at the Big Bang Data exhibit at Somerset House. The documentary was a short, exposé-type film on the American National Security Agency (NSA)...

Lets hear what you have to say

Let’s hear what you have to say

February 9, 2016

Teachers, I want to know what you want to talk about, not what you have to talk about. Teach me about that niche subject matter that causes you heartbreak when you think about how it’s excluded from...

Questioning the influence of professional athletes

December 8, 2015

Influence. It dictates our lives. Sometimes that influence comes in the form of politicians, such as Barack Obama, other times in the form of cultural advocates, such as Kendrick Lamar. Growing...

How many APs are you taking?

How many APs are you taking?

December 7, 2015

If you are a junior or senior, I bet you hear that all the time. It is questions such as this that fuel the Advanced Placement (AP) targeted vision of our school. AP courses have completely overrun...

Biased western media

December 7, 2015

On November 13, a series of terrorist attacks carried out by Islamic State (IS) militants hit Paris. Within a few hours, thousands of people all over the globe took to their phones to broadcast the horrific...

Plays should provoke thought

December 7, 2015

With each piece of art, there are questions that the viewer must ask themselves: What is the point? What is the overall message? When we watched the recent production of “High School Musical”, we...

Let’s talk

December 7, 2015

The school has become a place where difficult issues are avoided and contentious discussions are shied away from. Yes, controversial issues are never easy to talk about and divisions may emerge. Yet,...

Freshmen rushing to grow up

December 7, 2015

It’s a Wednesday night and my Facebook is buzzing with talk of plans for the upcoming weekend. Most of the names are familiar, but the group chat size has doubled from last year’s and filled with people...

Why voting for Bernie Sanders is like voting for Donald Trump

December 3, 2015

Or more similar than you might think. On a very intuitive level, Republican primary candidate Donald Trump and Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders have clear flaws in their respective campaigns...

A war on ISIS, not Islam

November 16, 2015

It's a crisp Saturday night in Covent Garden, the voices of my friends drowned out by the babble of noise at the tube station’s entrance. There are security guards standing just beyond the ticket gates....

Validation is not the point

Validation is not the point

November 9, 2015

Recently, 19-year-old Instagram star Essena O’Neill spoke out against social media and its harmful consequences. She described how she became so consumed with likes, comments, views and any indication...

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