To the Editors: When I read James Malin’s opinion about gender in the last issue of the Standard, I wanted to share with all well-meaning feminists with male privilege what I know about sexism. When...

With homework pending, deadlines looming and tests overwhelming, a break from school could never be more welcome than right now. It is so easy to come home and see your life through a negative lens. But...

Recently Bill Maher and Ben Affleck got into a heated debate over whether Islam as a whole is a peaceful religion. The debate soon went viral with people from all sides chiming in with their opinions. While...

As a distinguished international American school, ASL has always prized its forerunning education, sending students to the most prestigious and the most recognized universities worldwide. As can be expected...

The world is a pretty depressing place to be in right now. Ebola continues to spread, the situation in Iraq seems no nearer to being resolved and home-grown terrorism is an increasing risk. But in the...

At every school, expectations to succeed are placed on students, but maintaining a certain standard in order to meet expectations is a task that is not always maintainable.  When I had a lot of work...

At ASL, both the administration and student leadership groups are going to come under scrutiny and, following that scrutiny, criticism. Some of this criticism is valid, however, the majority of it simply...

I fully support gender equity. I find it incomprehensible that anyone genuinely feels that people should be denied opportunities due to their gender. What I have found, though, is that I, as a male, cannot...

London is one of the greatest cities in the world, filled with endless opportunities of theater, museums and historical monuments, making it one of the most culturally diverse places. Thousands of tourists...

Nadia Sawiris, Culture Editor: When we read a headline relating to the death of children, it is a natural reaction for us to be abhorred; unfortunately, it often comes to cloud intelligent judgment on...

Imagine this scenario. A student posts a picture of themself wearing “disheveled” clothing, with an ear to ear smile, holding an adorable African or South Asian child as a prop. It’s not a hard thing...

When we start paying attention to details, and formulating opinions, and testing them out, we, as individuals or groups, learn. When we learn we attain a further level of understanding which enables us...