As a student walks down the halls of CHS, what does he see? Bra straps, underwear, tube tops, hats and sunglasses. These are just a few of the many dress code rules students violate.
Students are supposed...
For the millions of people who use the Internet every day, privacy may no longer be guaranteed if the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) becomes law.
Passed by the House of Representatives...
I first met Nachu Bhatnagar in the fall of 2010 shortly after his cancer diagnosis when I was assigned as his home instructor for English. Nachu was a passionate student of history with a stunning intellectual...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest of them all? "Not you, you’re so ugly. Get off the Internet, you attention seeker."
With the simple click of a button, a video is sent spiraling into...
At the height of the Information Age, we have at our fingertips what is perhaps humanity’s greatest invention: the Internet. This technology reduces all kinds of human feats, from the rapid spread of...
Four thousand dollars open up a world of possibilities. With this large sum of money, the school could improve its bathrooms or purchase new computers. Despite the immense benefits of saving money, the...
It started like any other day. After getting home and hopping on the computer, I instinctively wound up on Facebook. Only this time, instead of my news feed being filled with college announcements and...
America has a lot of problems right now.
But the most disturbing problem isn’t what’s going on in the Middle East or in Congress or with the President—it’s a domestic problem we can’t seem to...
What does YOLO ("You Only Live Once") mean to you? An obvious remark? A way of life? A stupid overused phrase? Whatever your connotation may be, YOLO is unavoidable whether it is used in a mocking fashion...
For most students, standardized testing is not the ideal way to spend a weekend morning. Nearly anything is better than sitting in a small classroom taking a four-hour exam on reading, math and writing....
Making fun of someone for cutting themselves, having an eating disorder or looking different has always been a problem in high school, but when students are allowed to interact anonymously, there is virtually...
As parents and teachers sat down at movie theaters to see what all the fuss was about, they were nothing short of appalled at the scenes forced into their heads by the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’...
