A documentary called The Race to Nowhere has been on a tour around the country, using schools as theaters to audiences of mostly parents. It captures the stress of the most students through interviews and footage of students from third grade to a college level, with the primary focus onContinue Reading

The summer movies lineup is filled to the brim, and, as with any set of choices, has good and bad options. The comedic stylings of the third movie in the Twilight series, which I hear is a full-movie buildup to a dramatic battle that does not actually take place, onlyContinue Reading

The crackle of the wrapper sounds deafening in the hush of the early morning. School is beginning and the nauseating, repulsive smell of fake strawberries is just too much. Are Pop-Tarts really necessary at such an early hour? All you want is tea ? an idea is born. Why notContinue Reading

Recently a show was performed after school to raise money for international charity. Although the International Club?s efforts should be applauded and supported, the effectiveness of foreign aid on a world scale has yet to be determined. Charity is one of the most celebrated acts of humanity, but many haveContinue Reading

For years, Alabama resident Laura Mallory campaigned against the wildly successful Harry Potter books, claiming them to be “dangerous and deceptive” and blaming them for “mainstreaming witchcraft [for children]”. Mallory challenged the books? placement in school libraries and appealed multiple times in effort to have the Potter series banned fromContinue Reading

According to Peter?s Principle, a theory originally established by education specialist Laurence J. Peter in 1969, a person rises up the ranks until they reach a point of incompetence. This truth also applies to a political parties. The Republican and Democratic parties have both historically implemented change that has- pushedContinue Reading