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Opinion – Counter Opinion: Should School be Cancelled on Election Day?

Peter Ryan and Margot Schneider October 20, 2020

Yes Margot Schneider '22 The presidential election on November 3rd will be a turning point for the United States. The stigma around this election is augmented by increasingly polarized and partisan...

Opinion: VP Debate Drenched in Misogyny

Opinion: VP Debate Drenched in Misogyny

Lily Brin and Henry Planet October 12, 2020

While the first and only vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence (featuring “the fly”) left us considerably less furious than the presidential debate on September 29, there were...

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Fontaines D.C.’ s A Hero’s Death is a Listless Let Down

C.C. Servon October 7, 2020

The British Isles have been overtaken by post-punk music in the past few years. Bands like IDLES, Girl Band, and Heavy Lungs have found critical and commercial success by carrying the effects-laden mantle...

Two Opinions: Should Homework be Graded for Accuracy?

Two Opinions: Should Homework be Graded for Accuracy?

Margot Schneider and Peter Ryan October 7, 2020

Why Graded Homework is Beneficial During iSelectLearning and Hybrid Learning by Margot Schneider '22 Teachers use homework as a resource to push students’ understanding of the material that is...

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Opinion: Stop Laughing at Trump and Start Voting!

Henry Planet '23 and Lily Brin '23 October 4, 2020

Tuesday’s presidential debate has already been regarded by many as a representation of how our country becomes more and more of an international laughing stock every day. Amidst President Donald Trump’s...

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The Importance of Being a Poll Worker this Election

Annie Rupertus, Co-Editor in Chief September 23, 2020

The United States is experiencing a poll worker shortage. Election officials across the country are scrambling to find enough people to work the polls on Election Day on November 3rd so that polling...

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87: Remembrance and Ramifications

Peter Ryan, Co-Editor in Chief September 22, 2020

Supreme Court justice and modern feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away from cancer on Friday at the age of 87. Born Joan Ruth Bader in New York City in 1933, Justice Ginsburg was raised in...

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Opinion: The Accountability Election

Peter Ryan, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2020

In Brian Kors’ eleventh grade history class, every Friends Select student is taught that “the government is an umbrella.” Brian asserts that it is up to the American people to hold their peers and...

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Opinion: The Party of Broken Promises

Peter Ryan, Editor-in-Chief September 4, 2020

The Republican Party opened their convention last week by painting itself as the only remaining defender of “The Land of Promise”: This tagline was also used to praise President Donald Trump as a...

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Opinion: Boycott– A Better Way to Enact Change in America

Peter Ryan June 3, 2020

As civil unrest unfolds across the country, conservative pundits are successfully shifting the national narrative away from racist police brutality and toward looting and the destruction of small...

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Steps to Productive Antiracist Allyship in the Wake of George Floyd’s Murder

Annie Rupertus June 3, 2020

If you’re anything like me, you are filled with grief and rage over the racist events in our country this past week (and the chain of events beginning long before that). In processing my emotions,...

Opinion: Coronavirus Concerns During Black Lives Matter Protests

Opinion: Coronavirus Concerns During Black Lives Matter Protests

Izzy Ebede May 31, 2020

Over the past few days, thousands of Americans have gathered in cities across the country to protest the death of George Floyd. Although these protests are absolutely necessary in the fight against...