Grady Dillon: Defunding the police is by far the stupidest proposal anyone has ever come up with. I have heard some idiotic ideas before in the past, but this is the most outrageous of them all. On June 7, the Minneapolis City Council passed a veto-proof decision to not onlyContinue Reading
It is despicable to value corporations over lives, yet this ideology is ingrained into American society. There has been an uproar on social media recently, not only about the unjust murder of George Floyd, but also the riots that resulted. The biggest controversy is over the destruction of property; peopleContinue Reading
While the students were relishing the break brought on by the shutdown, the teachers had to learn how to shift from their physical classrooms to Blackboard Collaborate and change curricula to fit online learning restrictions, all within a month’s time. Students need to recognize how hard their teachers have beenContinue Reading
Dating will always come with surprises, but learning you have to stay six feet apart at all times is usually never the case. My boyfriend and I started dating a couple of months before quarantine started. We went from seeing each other almost every day at and outside of schoolContinue Reading
Now that attending class means simply waking up, grabbing your laptop and logging on, I struggle to find the motivation to do more than the bare minimum. My daily schedule used to be a lot more chaotic. I would wake up at 6:45 a.m., go to school, come home aroundContinue Reading
During the transition to online school, most classes have been bearable as learning new material in core subjects like math and science is not too difficult. But, one part of school that is completely left out from the smooth transition is foreign languages. For students learning a second language, theContinue Reading
When I was a sophomore, I was a big fan of the rap group Brockhampton. I loved their first three albums, known by fans as “The Saturation Trilogy, they were one of the first bands that made me appreciate newer music and would be a much different person if IContinue Reading
The most popular photo sharing app Instagram has decided to test out removing likes from a select number of users on their platform. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the news on November 8 and is removing likes from seven countries including the U.S. Only certain users will experience this featureContinue Reading
I find it nearly impossible to scroll through any form of social media without seeing a nostalgic post about the end of the decade. Clips of sappy Disney montages fill my Instagram feed, reminding me that, as a senior, saying goodbye to the 2010s means saying goodbye to my childhood.Continue Reading
Over the last few years, new research indicates that the art of multitasking is nearly impossible, and focusing on more than one assignment at once jeopardizes the value of each. But, when a student has around three major grade-determining assignments due on the same day, the challenging skill of multitaskingContinue Reading