campus
WEB EXCLUSIVE: We need a finals week
Luke Ganley ’25 Everybody hates finals. Nobody likes cramming for exams or hastily putting together a final project, but how necessary are finals? Is it beneficial for teachers to have…
Chemistry’s life lessons
Connor Simpkins ’25 When I enrolled in Honors Chemistry, a notoriously difficult class, I expected…
Should college counseling start earlier? No.
Luke Ganley ’25 Should college counseling start at the beginning of Fourth Form? Considering the…
School should start after 8:30
Ryan Hu ’26 Have you ever woken up for school and wanted to go back…
Fighting polarization in the classroom
Mason Wiegand ’25 If you want a cesspool of human discourse, look no further than…
A matter of virtue: Defending the standing ovation
Arsh Aggarwal ’24 Reflections represent everything the school stands for. They offer students a chance…
Students should not write semester interim comments. Teachers should.
It’s not about who should carry the burden of writing academic comments. It’s about giving…
The mindfulness in jigsaw puzzles
It’s 8 o’clock on a Monday morning, and you walk through the doors of Severinghaus…
Easter Monday should be a school holiday
What do you think of first when you hear the word “Easter”? For some, it…
Graduation project proposal process needs clarity
When handed the graduation project proposal form in advisory, I scanned over the brief directions,…
Teachers should return graded work faster
Why do teachers take so long to grade and return certain assignments? This is a…
A case against pop quizzes
Grayson Morgan ’26 Students are required to juggle their academic, artistic, and athletic commitments with…
ChatGPT: A calculator for English class
Chat GPT produced this response about Lord of the Flies ChatGPT is a groundbreaking new…
The pressure to stand out: How high school expectations threaten the true purpose of altruism
Arsh Aggarwal ’24 High school is a time for self-discovery, where students learn about themselves…
We should not have class during World Cup matches
Students in a science classroom watch the US beat Iran 1-0, November 29, 2022 –…
Language department should offer Greek
Classics posters in Dr. Fenton’s classroom – Pierce Laveran ’24 Latin, the rigorous and linear…
off-campus
Revolutionizing roadways: the future of traffic efficiency
A roundabout with surrounding buildings in a suburban setting – Nathan Palmer, via Wikimedia Commons A crash. Debris on the street. Ambulances, police cars. Widespread confusion. Traffic held up for…
One view of the French pension reform crisis
French pension protests in Montpellier, France, May 1, 2023 – Fourmidable via Wikimedia Comomons How…
To be remembered
Owen Yu ’23 On April 27, Head of School Mr. Tyler Casertano spoke to the…
AI, too artificially intelligent?
Tommy Saul ’25 Most of us think the apocalypse is millennia away, but it is…
Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson were fired. Will they be canceled next?
Colin Toth ’26 Journalism itself has dominated the news for the past several weeks. Two…
The death of competitive sports leagues?
Nicholas Keszeli ’23 “There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50…
The drinking age promotes unhealthy alcohol consumption
A lower drinking age might discourage binge drinking, like beer pong – via Wikimedia Commons…
Pick one and run with it… but when?: Single-vs. multi-sport athletes
Thomas Kaplan ’24 (left) prepares to kick a soccer ball; Silas Graham ’27 shoots a…
On the importance of winning: we must resupply Ukraine
President Biden met with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine outside the Mariinskyi Palace in February 2023…
What is the “Red Pill”? Should I take it?
The audience rises at the Friday, March 10 performance of Les Miserables, one of the…
Should you buy an electric car?
Strolling through the school parking lot in September, I stopped as I noticed four new…
iPad Kids, the bane of the next generation
Last week while eating at a restaurant I was rudely interrupted by the sounds of…
The dangers of the Ohio train derailment
Luke Ganley ’25 On February 2, 2023, one of the worst chemical disasters on American…
George Santos: elected, but at what cost?
George Santos, one of the first openly gay Republican representatives, might be the most interesting…
Ronaldo signing with Al-Nassr is Sportswashing
Liam French ’25 Just days before the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Ronaldo’s contract with Premier…
“TikTok,” there goes your private information
Tommy Saul ’25 It is truly disturbing that a simple social media service where the…
