‘Columns’ Archives
Everyone deserves to be treated equally
The best part about the ad was what it didn’t say. It didn’t say, "Look! Here is a mentally disabled child that we put in our magazine!" It didn’t say, "Our magazine is making a difference by including down syndrome children to model for us!" And the ad especially [Read More]
The gift of friendship
Some student shy away from disabled students because they may not know the right thing to do, but there isn’t anything to be nervous about. [Read More]
The best gift is the gift of kindness
He was sitting all by himself, with no one to talk to, when a table during my lunch period noticed. Immediately, I felt sad. I wouldn’t want to be treated like that. Then I saw that table do a small act of kindness: they invited him to their lunch table. It didn’t take [Read More]
Greedy sports stars lead to lockouts
With the holidays just around the corner, we stress the importance that it’s about giving, not receiving. Unless you’re a professional athlete. Whether it’s baseball, basketball, football, or squash, athletes have thought of themselves as kings (see King James [Read More]
We need to quit sheltering our youth
I had to shake my head when I saw another mother carrying around hand sanitizer, because it’s a symbol of what’s wrong with our society. [Read More]
Nov. 27 is ‘takes-giving’
Superlatives run lives. Everyone expects the latest and greatest, no matter what the cost is. The most expensive cars, the most advanced cell phone and the most stylish clothes. For example, take the new iPhone 4S that came out on Oct. 14. All the people that recently got [Read More]
Is Hollywood running out of ideas?
What do “Cars 2” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” have in common? They’re both sequels. [Read More]
When rowdies get too rowdy
Getting rowdie for your school’s football, basketball or badminton game can be a blast, but when it comes to supporting your school and tearing down the opponent’s, where is the line drawn? Even I have had to ask myself that important question. [Read More]
Still learning acceptance, ten years later
Not everyone is accepted. Every day, people are criticized on the color of their skin, the size of their body and the beliefs they have about the universe. Every day, I hear students justify their mean remarks in the hallways to their friends with everything from personal [Read More]
Drama isn’t worth anyone’s time
The epiphany hit me when my 12-year-old sister came home sobbing recently. Of course, a fight in sixth grade seems like the end of the world. [Read More]
Money can’t buy happiness, and other things I learned on safari
When my family decided to go on an African safari, I was very excited—despite the hepatitis vaccinations. But it wasn’t roaming the plains in a 4×4 (actually, it was a Toyota van with leopard print on the sides) or lions and hippopotami (yes, that is the plural of [Read More]
Justice should be served, but maybe the death penalty isn’t it
When Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty on March 10 it commuted the sentences of 15 men on Death Row to life in prison without parole. I believe in the death penalty. I believe that some crimes are just so heinous that justice demands it, and I [Read More]
We should follow our dreams, no matter what
It was junior year and my class was looking up colleges we planned to apply to. [Read More]
I believe that everyone needs something to believe in small or big
By Nicole Rymarz, Senior It’s a common theme in movies; when we believe in something greater than ourselves, whether it be in ghosts or aliens or that the wish we made at 11:11 really will come true, a chord of hope is struck within us. Believing in something, big or [Read More]
New schedule may be a turn for the best
Motivation, determination and drive. Those three words all have around the same dictionary definition: what allows you to strive towards a goal. And helping the students who lack that internal drive succeed anyway is part of the goal in the proposed schedule. [Read More]
End bullying of gay students
Faggot. It only takes one word to drive someone over the edge. Most students are aware of how serious the teen suicides have become in the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community recently. In the past month, America alone has faced at least five known [Read More]
Too much technology is spoiling society
Technology has a made us fat, spoiled and lazy. Okay—so maybe that’s exaggerating just a little bit, but obesity rates have undeniably increased. [Read More]
The presidential race and the media
By JC Gillett Reporter When the TV turns on, it’s there, it’s also on the front page of every major newspaper. These targeted audiences may already know what I’m talking about; the presidential raceis the biggest thing being covered in the media to date, and it’s [Read More]
There really is no place like home
By Tarah Catalano Reporter I’ll never forget the day. It was cold, just about to snow, and my m om made my boyfriend Josh go home early for no apparent reason. Being typical Tarah, I got mad at her but little did I know that would be the least of my worries. [Read More]
The real candidate debate
By Liz Hylland Reporter It seems as if a person can’t turn on a TV, look through the mail, or simply drive down the street a few blocks without seeing something telling someone why they should or shouldn’t vote for someone. [Read More]