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Access to Success
Contributing Writer Alethea Shirilan-Howlett, '20
In the 1987 film Baby Boom, directed by Charles Shyer, career woman J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) inherits a toddler from a deceased cousin and raises the child as her own....
Just Because School Is Out, Doesn’t Mean Healthy Meals Have To Be
Contributing Writer Everly Kessler, '21
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, officials across the nation are pressed with the notion of how they are to feed millions of home-bound students who typically rely on school...
Bring Back the Fun in Youth Sports
Contributing Writer Nate Rindfuss, '21
Let’s be honest, we’ve all seen it at some point: a parent or coach at a youth sporting event barking at referees or their child as if it’s Game 7...
An Environmentalist Teen and Businesses That Don’t Budge
Contributing Writer Alice Yi, '21
The Earth is warming; most people are aware of this.
The rising panic of irreversible damage is pressing and clear. This past decade, awareness of climate change has skyrocketed, protests and...
Can Hard Work Outshine Talent?
Contributing Writer Paige Stepanian, '21
We all know the story of the tortoise and the hare. As a childhood fable told throughout generations, this jovial tale reminds us of the time that slow and steady...
The Hidden Risks to Energy Drink Consumption
Contributing Writer Thomas Sabatino, '21
As a typical high school athlete that does many extracurricular activities, I’m always looking to get that extra boost of energy for the day. On weekends, I get up early...
A Gene-ius Generation
Contributing Writer Emily Ninestein, '21
Engineering humans has long been the stuff of dystopian tales and sci-fi films, but modern science is closer than you might think to making so-called “designer babies” a reality.
In 2018,...
The NCAA’s Job Is Not Finished
Contributing Writer Johnny Keib, '21
Imagine working your entire life for something, and then having it ripped away from you. It would suck, right? That’s the reality for thousands of college athletes across the nation....
The Hidden Costs of Sugar
Contributing Writer Essex Glowacki, '21
In a world with so many dangers surrounding us, it’s unlikely to think that one of the deadliest of those dangers is something we eagerly consume everyday. However, heart disease...
The Low Probability of Reality
Contributing Writer Shamus Endries, '21
Pong, a tennis-based arcade game, was released in 1972. At the time, Pong was revolutionary, though when we look back at the game, composed of merely two rectangles and a...