These past few weeks have been laden with fiery political debates, heated altercations and a boatload of disagreements. Outrageous cruelty and an exponentially increasing death toll in Syria has left the...

Now that I am a junior, I get one of those dingy, super-small lockers in the old part of the school instead of a nice, big one that the rest of the grades use. The most annoying consequence, however, was...

“So Miss America is a terrorist.” “I swear I’m not racist, but this is America.” “Congratulations Al-Qaeda. Our Miss America is one of you.” These were just a few of the thousands...

We’ve all seen bullying. Whether in the form of malicious rumors, exclusion from a group, or nasty texts, many of us have been subjected to it, perpetrated it or allowed it. Regardless of the role any...

In early August, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, since the Internet took over as the primary way of getting information, the significance of libraries,...

I recently got the opportunity to watch a documentary I had been wanting to see for a very long time. The documentary is titled “Bully” and is directed by highly acclaimed filmmaker Lee Hirsch. The...

It is a well-known fact that this school offers a variety of extracurricular activities for students. Many of these, music and sports in particular, require a considerable amount of time spent practicing...

Just so no one thinks I’m hysterical - this isn’t 1984. This is 2013. This is the information era, in which our lives are increasingly recorded, traceable, digitized. And in this era, no one should...

On April 15, our country was badly shaken. As news of the Boston bombings spread, heartfelt tweets sprang up on my timeline. “Pray for Boston,” they said. Pictures on my Instagram popped up. “Pray...

The 2012-2013 school year was, as most years tend to be, an eventful one for not only this school but also the nation and the world. The United States reeled after a horrific shooting in the quiet town...